BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.1076@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20080518T000000Z DTEND:20080518T000000Z DESCRIPTION:DiscoverNikkei.org presents...\n\nFROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NE XT\nFamilies Intersecting with History\n\nSaturday\, May 17\, 2008\n2–4 PM\n\nAn inspiring conversation with <a href="/en/people/profile.php?id=68 ">Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga</a>\, with her daughter and son-in-law Lisa and Wa rren Furutani and their sons Joey and Sei\, who share their involvement in the community from redress to public service to grass-roots organization. Moderated by Prof. Mitchell Maki.\n\nJapanese American National Museum\n3 69 East First Street\nLos Angeles\, CA 90012\n\nFREE with Museum admission . RSVP required to 213.625.0414 ext. 2227 or <a>rsvp@janm.org</a> (subject : Redress program – May 17).\n\nThis program is presented in conjunction with the National Museum’s 2008 public program series&mdash\;<i>Redress Remembered: A Moment of National Redemption</i>&mdash\;which commemorates the 20th Anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988\, Discover Nikkei \, and Nikkei Community Day. Discover Nikkei\, a project of the Japanese A merican National Museum\, is made possible through the generous support of The Nippon Foundation.\n\n[inline:May17programphoto-sm.jpg]<strong>PANELI ST BIOS:</strong>\n<strong>Mitchell T. Maki</strong> is the dean of the co llege of Health and Human Services at California State University\, Doming uez Hills. A licensed clinical social worker\, Maki earned his Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs\, Master of Social Work\, and Ph.D. in social w ork from the University of Southern California. Maki has spoken on numerou s occasions to groups interested in the redress movement and is recognized as one of the leading scholars on the Japanese American redress movement. He is a co-author of an award-winning book\, <i>Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese Americans Obtained Redress</i> (1999\, University of I llinois Press).\n\n<strong>Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga</strong> played a pivotal role in both the coram nobis cases\, NCJAR’s lawsuit\, and the redress campaign through her historic research at the National Archives in Washing ton\, D.C.\, including as the senior research associate for the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings. She w orked as a consultant and researcher for the Office of Redress Administrat ion of the Department of Justice in the 1990s to help verify the eligibili ty of Japanese Americans for reparations. She is retired and living in Gar dena.\n\n<strong>Warren Furutani</strong> is the State Assemblymember for California’s 55th District. For over 35 years in public service and com munity involvement\, he has been recognized as a civil rights advocate for the Asian American community. Among some of his achievements\, Furutani was the first Asian Pacific American elected to the Los Angeles Unified Sc hool District in 1987 and has labored to establish admissions programs for minority students at colleges and universities.\n\n<strong>Lisa Abe Furut ani</strong> was born in a U.S. Army hospital in Kyoto\, Japan where her f ather was stationed during the Korean War. She was raised by her mother\, Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga\, in Manhattan\, NYC. She moved to Los Angeles in 1 974. She married Warren Furutani in 1980. They have two sons\, Sei and Joe y.\n\n<strong>Sei Furutani</strong> is a graduate student in the Sport Man agement Master’s program at CSULB to prepare for a career as a collegiat e athletic director. Graduated in 2004 from UC Irvine with a degree in Cri minology\, Law\, and Society. Worked at Gruen Associates\, a Los Angeles-b ased architecture firm for three years as an Assistant Project Manager aft er graduation.\n\n<strong>Joey Tadashi Furutani</strong> was born and rais ed in Gardena\, California and is a product of the Los Angeles public scho ol system but remained steadfast in his commitment to the JA community. Jo ey’s involvement in the JA community includes the coordination of a high school conference (2000) on the JA camp experience and field trip to Manz anar (2001) through a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Edu cation Program (CCLPEP). Currently\, he serves as the Co-Director of Camp Musubi\, a weeklong day camp for middle school kids that focuses on JA cul ture and heritage. Joey graduated from UCLA in 2007 with a Bachelor of Art s Degree in Asian American Studies. He currently is the Account Coordinato r at Nakatomi & Associates\, a public relations firm in Santa Monica. DTSTAMP:20241004T151503Z SUMMARY:"From One Generation to the Next: Families Intersecting with Histor y" on May 17\, 2008 in Los Angeles\, CA URL:/en/events/2008/05/18/from-one-generation-to-the-next-families-intersec t/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR