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Fiona Potter is a former Discover Nikkei intern currently living and working in the Bay Area, California.
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Cultivating remembrance: An interview with filmmaker Kenneth Kokka
The phrase “Richmond, California, 1942” might call to mind the patriotic bustle of naval shipyards …
Jan. 29, 2013

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Japanese American National Museum Store Online
Blossoms and Thorns: A Community Uprooted: New documentary portrays a vanishing industry
Richmond, California, in the year 1942 calls to mind the bustle of naval shipyards and a whirlwind …
Jan. 28, 2013
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Blossoms and Thorns (film)
California
Contra Costa JACL
Contra Costa Japanese American Citizens League
documentaries
Donna Graves
films
generations
horticulture
immigrants
immigration
Issei
Japan
Kenneth Kokka
migration
Nisei
Northern California
nurseries (horticulture)
postwar
prewar
resettlements
Richmond (Calif.)
United States
World War II
Blossoms and Thorns (film)
California
Contra Costa JACL
Contra Costa Japanese American Citizens League
documentaries
Donna Graves
films
generations
horticulture
immigrants
immigration
Issei
Japan
Kenneth Kokka
migration
Nisei
Northern California
nurseries (horticulture)
postwar
prewar
resettlements
Richmond (Calif.)
United States
World War II

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Feb. 19, 2009
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Berkeley, California, United States of America
Day of Remembrance at UC Berkeley
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Nov. 23, 2008
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San Francisco, California, United States of America
(R)EVOLUTIONS: Nikkei Student Union Culture Show Community Performance

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Reflections of a Summer Intern
When I first applied to the Nikkei Community Internship, I don’t think I really knew what I was get…
Sept. 9, 2008
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Aug. 23, 2008
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Los Angeles, California, United States of America
8/23 - NEXT GENERATION REMIX 2008: COMMUNITY REBORN
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Aug. 2, 2008 - Nov. 9, 2008
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Pasadena, California, United States of America
Wish Tree for Pasadena

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Aoyama Tree Designation Ceremony, July 17, 2008
On July 17, 2008, the Aoyama Tree in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, was designated Historic Cultural Monument No. 920 by the City of Los Angeles. In attendance at the ceremony were the city dignitaries, …

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Tuesday Night Cafe, Los Angeles, California
Those who claim there's nothing to do in Little Tokyo have obviously never been to Tuesday Night Cafe, a summer concert series at the Union Center for the Arts in Los Angeles that features music, poe…
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