Revelations & Resilience: Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness

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Photos and video from the event "Revelations & Resilience: Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness" held by Discover Nikkei on Saturday, April 12, 2008, at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy's Democracy Forum (Los Angeles, California).

All photos courtesy of Richard Murakami.

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Dr. Curtiss Rooks

Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks provided an introduction to the program.

Dr. Rooks serves as Special Assistant to the Dean of Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies. He is also on the board of the California Japanese American Community Leadership Council and was an …

Curtiss Takada Rooks
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Video - Dr. Curtiss Rooks

View a video clip of Dr. Rooks as he introduces the "Revelations and Resilience" program. Part 1 of 2

Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness - Curtiss Rooks 1
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Video, Part 2 of 2

View a video clip of Dr. Rooks as he introduces the "Revelations and Resilience" program. Part 2 of 2

Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness - Curtiss Rooks Part 2
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Dr. Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier

Dr. Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier was a panelist in the Discover Nikkei program "Revelations & Resilience: Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness"

Dr. Tiemeier is Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA.

Tracy Sayuki Teimeier
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Video - Dr. Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier

View a video clip of Dr. Tiemeier discussing personal and professional identity. Part 1 of 2

Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness - Tracy Teimeier 1
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Video, Part 2 of 2

View a video clip of Dr. Tiemeier discussing personal and professional identity. Part 2 of 2

Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness - Tracy Teimeier 2
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Dr. Rika Houston

Panelist Dr. Rika Houston, Associate Professor of Marketing and Consumer Culture at California State University, Los Angeles, presents at the program.

Dr. Houston conducts interdisciplinary research on visual consumer culture and critical issues at the intersection of gender, culture, and technology.

Rika Houston
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Video - Dr. Rika Houston

View a video clip of Dr. Houston speaking about ethnic community participation. Part 1 of 2

Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness - Rika Houston Part 1
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Video, Part 2 of 2

View a video clip of Dr. Houston speaking about ethnic community participation. Part 2 of 2

Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness - Rika Houston Part 2
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Dr. Teresa Williams-Leon

Dr. Teresa Williams-Leon, Associate Dean of the College of Humanities & Professor of Asian American Studies at California State University Northridge, was as a panelist in the Discover Nikkei program.

Dr. Williams-Leon taught some of the very first courses on Asian Americans of multiracial ancestry and has done extensive research …

Teresa Williams-Leon
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Video - Dr. Teresa Williams-Leon

Watch a video clip of Dr. Williams-Leon discussing issues of family and parenting. Part 1 of 2.

Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness - Williams-Leon 1
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Video, Part 2 of 2

Watch a video clip of Dr. Williams-Leon discussing issues of family and parenting. Part 2 of 2.

Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness - Williams-Leon 2
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Round table Discussion, Part 1 of 4

View highlights from the panelists' round table discussion. Seated, from left to right, are:

Tracy Sayuki Teimeier

Loyola Marymount University

Curtiss Takada Rooks

Loyola Marymount University

Rika Houston

California State University at Los Angeles

Teresa Williams-Leon

California State University at Northridge

Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness - Roundtable 1
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Round table, Part 2 of 4

View highlights from the panelists' round table discussion. Seated, from left to right, are:

Tracy Sayuki Teimeier

Curtiss Takada Rooks

Rika Houston

Teresa Williams-Leon

Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness - Roundtable 2
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Round Table, part 3 of 4

View highlights from the panelists' round table discussion. Seated, from left to right, are:

Tracy Sayuki Teimeier

Curtiss Takada Rooks

Rika Houston

Teresa Williams-Leon

Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness - Roundtable 3
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Roundtable, Part 4 of 4

View highlights from the panelists' round table discussion. Seated, from left to right, are:

Tracy Sayuki Teimeier

Curtiss Takada Rooks

Rika Houston

Teresa Williams-Leon

Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness - Part 4
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Dr. Tiemeier responding to a question during the Q & A session.

Tracy Sayuki Teimeier
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Panelists

Panelists (left to right) Tracy Sayuki Teimeier, Curtiss Takada Rooks, Rika Houston, and Teresa Williams-Leon.

Panelists
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Curtiss Takada Rooks and audience members pose for a photo after the Discover Nikkei program, "Revelations & Resilience: Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness"

Curtiss Takada Rooks and audience members from "Revelations & Resilience: Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness"
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