Special honors were presented by TCDS board member Dr.

and checks had gone out to Japanese Americans around the country.Murakawa was vice president for planning and development.

all of whom had supported same-sex marriage — which we saw as payback.including those who supported and opposed the JACL taking on the issue.Bill Kaneko and Trisha Murakawa.

Pretty much everything that I do for a living.the word impact was not just about helping steer the JACL toward taking such a forward-looking stance on the issue of same-sex marriage.

within the Japanese American community and upon their once-active roles in JACL.

and Kaji moved on to other endeavors after departing the JACL.Kathleen Goto about her parents’ incarceration during WWII.

SANTA MONICA —Seamless.and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace; About Face: Performing Race in Fashion and Theater; and the recent Worldmaking: Race.

such as Do you think internment affected you and your family? I started to answer.It would help future generations understand what the incarcerated had to face and how they survived.