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Hokoyama to receive JACL Presidential Award

June 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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J.D. Hokoyama

The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) announced J.D. Hokoyama as a recipient of the 2015 JACL Presidential Award. Hokoyama served as a founding board member and President and CEO for Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc. for over 30 years, a national, non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization founded in 1982 in Los Angeles to achieve full participation and equality for AAPIs. Hokoyama is also a former Peace Corps and served as the associate/acting JACL National Director from 1978-1981. Hokoyama will receive his award at the Sayonara Banquet on July 15, 2015 at the 2015 JACL National Convention in Las Vegas, NV. (end)

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Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, CEO, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, NV, Peace Corps, Sayonara Banquet, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

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