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Robert Shimabukuro featured speaker for Day of Remembrance

March 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Feb. 18, South Seattle College hosted noted author and historian Robert Shimabukuro as the featured speaker for the annual Day of Remembrance. This annual event marks the anniversary that President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the evacuation and incarceration of 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, living on the West Coast, most of whom were U.S. […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Camp Minidoka, Executive Order, Robert Shimabukuro, South Seattle College, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, West Coast

Elsie Taniguchi — Spreading love in response to war-time internment experience

November 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yiqin Weng Northwest Asian Weekly Elsie Taniguchi, a 79-year-old Japanese American, describes herself as a volunteer. She has been the president of the Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) for 17 years. Taniguchi and her colleagues in JACL are now focusing on a subcommittee called “Camp Harmony Committee” to tell the next generation […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Bill Tashima, Camp Harmony Committee, Choichi Shimizu, Elsie Taniguchi, Elsie Taniguchi Spreading, Executive Order, JACL, Japanese Americans, Northwest Asian Weekly, Obon Odori, President Roosevelt, United States, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, Washington State Fairgrounds, Yiqin Weng, culture

JACL collaborates with the Smithsonian

May 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Executive Director Priscilla Ouchida met with Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History John Gray to sign an agreement for JACL to collaborate with the Museum on a 2017 exhibition commemorating the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066. Signed by President Roosevelt in 1942, Executive Order 9066 led […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Executive Order, JACL, Japanese Americans, National Museum, President Roosevelt, Priscilla Ouchida, Small Documents Gallery, Vol 34 No 19 | May 2 - May 8

Hasegawa, lawmakers, commemorate the Day of Remembrance

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  Legislators commemorated the anniversary of Executive Order 9066 in Olympia which was acknowledged on Feb. 23.  The order was a  wartime measure that sent 120,000 Japanese-Americans to concentration camps. A Senate Resolution honoring what is now called the Day of Remembrance, was offered by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Beacon Hill. “My whole family was sent […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Bob Hasegawa, Boy Scout Troop, Executive Order, President Roosevelt, Puyallup Fairgrounds, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

COMMENTARY: My wish for the Japanese American community

January 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Louise Kashino Takisaki Northwest Asian Weekly My dedication to support the Nisei Veterans Committee is because of the importance of preserving our history, especially during WWII. Our mission at NVC is to “Honor the Past; Educate the Future.” The history books have included very little on the Japanese incarceration during WWII, so it is […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Asian Community, Bainbridge Island Japanese, Europe, Executive Order, Japanese American, NVC, Nisei Veterans Committee, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pearl Harbor, Regimental Combat, Shiro Kashino, Top Contributor, United States, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30, WWII

Diane Sugimura: 35 years of planning for Seattle

May 15, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Irfan Shariff Northwest Asian Weekly One could consider Diane Sugimura as the woman behind Seattle’s skyline. She is the city’s director of planning and development and leads the 300-plus employees of the city’s department. Last year, she celebrated over 35 years of service to the city.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Bonita Chinn, DPD, Diane Sugimura, Executive Order, Irfan Shariff, Louisa Hotel, Nathan Torgelson, Normandy Park, Northwest Asian Weekly, Rainier Beach, Seattle Parks, Sharon Maeda, Vol 33 No 21 | May 17 - May 23, culture

70 years later, NU honors Japanese American student

May 2, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Northwest University (NU) in Kirkland will posthumously award an honorary bachelor’s degree to Yeiko Ogata, the school’s first Japanese American student. Research on the school’s multicultural history will be revealed during the ceremony, including how NU assisted Ogata in defiance of popular anti-Japanese sentiment during WWII.

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Devin Cabanilla, Dropped Mar, Dye Ogata, Executive Order, Filipino American Historical Society, Henry Ness, Joseph Castleberry, NBI, NU, North Central, Northwest University, Overlake Christian Church, Seattle, Vol 33 No 19 | May 3 - May 9, WWII, Willows Rd, Yeiko Ogata

President Obama meets Japanese American World War II veterans

February 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Feb. 18, President Obama met with seven surviving Japanese American World War II veterans, all in their 90s, to thank them in person for their service.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Congressional Gold Medal, Executive Order, Infantry Battalion, Military Intelligence Service, Oval Office, Pearl Harbor, President Obama, President Roosevelt, Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, Vol 33 No 9 | February 22 - February 28

White House increases outreach to limited English speakers

February 15, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last month, the White House Office of Public Engagement and White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) convened a daylong summit for federal agencies to discuss how to improve outreach to limited English proficient (LEP) communities.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, Affordable Care Act, Asian Americans, Census, Chinese Americans, Executive Order, Google Hangouts, Gulf Coast, Kiran Ahuja, Korean, LEP, Limited English Proficiency, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 8 | February 15 - February 21, WHIAAPI, White House Initiative, language

White House honors legacy of Fred Korematsu

February 8, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Jan. 30, the White House issued a statement honoring the legacy of Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American hero who stood his ground in the face of injustice.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2014, Asian Americans, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Civil Liberties Act, District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, Executive Order, Fred Korematsu, Japanese Americans, Judge Marilyn Patel, Kiran Ahuja, Marin County, Pearl Harbor, President Clinton, Supreme Court, Vol 33 No 7 | February 8 - February 14, White House Initiative

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