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 N EXT\nFamilies Intersecting with History\n\nSaturday\, May 17\, 2008\n2–4 PM\n\nAn inspiring conversation with <a href="http://www.discovernikkei.o rg/en/people/profile.php?id=68">Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga</a>\, with her daugh ter and son-in-law Lisa and Warren Furutani and their sons Joey and Sei\, who share their involvement in the community from redress to public servic e to grass-roots organization. Moderated by Prof. Mitchell Maki.\n\nJapane se American National Museum\n369 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 progr am is presented in conjunction with the National Museum’s 2008 public pr ogram 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 American National Museum\, is made possible t hrough the generous support of The Nippon Foundation.\n\n[inline:May17prog ramphoto-sm.jpg]<strong>PANELIST BIOS:</strong>\n<strong>Mitchell T. Maki< /strong> is the dean of the college of Health and Human Services at Califo rnia State University\, Dominguez Hills. A licensed clinical social worker \, Maki earned his Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs\, Master of Socia l Work\, and Ph.D. in social work from the University of Southern Californ ia. Maki has spoken on numerous occasions to groups interested in the redr ess movement and is recognized as one of the leading scholars on the Japan ese American redress movement. He is a co-author of an award-winning book\ , <i>Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese Americans Obtained Redre ss</i> (1999\, University of Illinois Press).\n\n<strong>Aiko Herzig-Yoshi naga</strong> played a pivotal role in both the coram nobis cases\, NCJAR ’s lawsuit\, and the redress campaign through her historic research at t he National Archives in Washington\, D.C.\, including as the senior resear ch associate for the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Ci vilians (CWRIC) hearings. She worked as a consultant and researcher for th e Office of Redress Administration of the Department of Justice in the 199 0s to help verify the eligibility of Japanese Americans for reparations. S he is retired and living in Gardena.\n\n<strong>Warren Furutani</strong> i s the State Assemblymember for California’s 55th District. For over 35 years in public service and community 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 electe d to the Los Angeles Unified School District in 1987 and has labored to es tablish admissions programs for minority students at colleges and universi ties.\n\n<strong>Lisa Abe Furutani</strong> was born in a U.S. Army hospit al in Kyoto\, Japan where her father was stationed during the Korean War. She was raised by her mother\, Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga\, in Manhattan\, NYC. She moved to Los Angeles in 1974. She married Warren Furutani in 1980. T hey have two sons\, Sei and Joey.\n\n<strong>Sei Furutani</strong> is a gr aduate student in the Sport Management Master’s program at CSULB to prep are for a career as a collegiate athletic director. Graduated in 2004 from UC Irvine with a degree in Criminology\, Law\, and Society. Worked at Gru en Associates\, a Los Angeles-based architecture firm for three years as a n Assistant Project Manager after graduation.\n\n<strong>Joey Tadashi Furu tani</strong> was born and raised in Gardena\, California and is a product of the Los Angeles public school system but remained steadfast in his com mitment to the JA community. Joey’s involvement in the JA community incl udes the coordination of a high school conference (2000) on the JA camp ex perience and field trip to Manzanar (2001) through a grant from the Califo rnia Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP). Currently\, he ser ves as the Co-Director of Camp Musubi\, a weeklong day camp for middle sch ool kids that focuses on JA culture and heritage. Joey graduated from UCLA in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Asian American Studies. He curr ently is the Account Coordinator at Nakatomi & Associates\, a public relat ions firm in Santa Monica. SUMMARY:"From One Generation to the Next: Families Intersecting with Histo ry" on May 17\, 2008 in Los Angeles\, CA URL:/en/events/2008/05/18/from-one-generation-to-the-next-families-interse ct/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR