The Nikkei Women's Legacy Association will host an sponsor "An Evening with Mario Reyes, Photographer," a special program to honor a friend of the Japanese American community who is the photo editor of the Japanese American bilingual newspaper, the Rafu Shimpo.

Mr. Reyes has adopted the Japanese community and, with his camera, he has been the community's historian for the past 22 years. His devotion and love of the Japanese American community here is the focus of a new documentary short film entitled, "More Than 1,000 Words," produced and directed by Stephen Nagano.

The film and a retrospective of Mr. Reyes' photos from 1989 to the present will be shown on the screen at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Forum Theater at the Japanese American National Museum on July 12, 2012. Following the program, we will have a reception offering desserts, coffee, and tea in the Democracy Lab.

This event will be free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact June Aochi Berk at (818) 400-3273 or juneaochiberk@me.com.