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DESCRIPTION:&lt;strong&gt;Free Community Event &lt;/strong&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;Echoes of Struggle 
 and Hope: 20 Years of  the Japanese American Historical Plaza &lt;/em&gt; \n Fri
 day\, July 30\, 2010\n 5pm Rededication\, 6pm Party\n\nOregon Nikkei Endow
 ment continues celebrating its 20th year  in 2010 with a rededication of t
 he Japanese American Historical Plaza in  Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Fr
 iday\, July 30th. The poetry of Lawson  Inada\, Hisako Saito\, Masaki Kino
 shita\, and Shizue Iwatsuki combines with  the stunning and thoughtful des
 ign of landscape designer Robert Murase  and sculpture of Jim Gion to form
  not only a place of respite within the  city\, but also a place of rememb
 rance\, and a place to both acknowledge  and educate.\n\n Beginning at 5pm
  at the  Plaza\, the celebration will include special guests Justice Micha
 el  Gillette of the Oregon Supreme Court\, Consul General of Japan Takamic
 hi  Okabe\, Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish\, former Portland City  C
 ommissioner Mike Lindberg\, and former Poet Laureate of Oregon Lawson  Ina
 da.  Also featured will be  a special  poetry collaboration with &lt;a href=&quot;
 http://www.sistersoftheroadcafe.org/&quot;&gt;Sisters of the Road&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=
 &quot;http://www.tprojects.org/&quot;&gt;Transition Projects&lt;/a&gt; .\n The celebration th
 en continues with &lt;strong&gt;a  party at the Bill Naito Legacy Fountain&lt;/stro
 ng&gt; \, just steps away from  the Plaza. Bring your family and friends to e
 njoy community sponsored  music\, crafts\, food\, and  beer  to celebrate 
 this award-winning  landmark. Entertainment includes &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.p
 ortlandtaiko.org/&quot;&gt;Portland  Taiko&lt;/a&gt; \, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://minidokaswin
 gband.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Minidoka  Swing Band&lt;/a&gt; \, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.t
 heslants.com/&quot;&gt;The Slants&lt;/a&gt; .\n\nThis free event is sponsored in part by
  Neighbors West-NW\,  the Spirit Mountain Community Fund\, NW Natural\, Bi
 ll Naito Company\,  Sapporo USA\,  and Uwajimaya.
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SUMMARY:Japanese American Historical Plaza Rededication Event
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