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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.
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SUMMARY:"From One Generation to the Next: Families Intersecting with Histor
 y" on May 17\, 2008 in Los Angeles\, CA
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