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DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Okinawa Association of America\, Inc.\nSupport
 ed by the Okinawa Prefectural Government \nIn cooperation with Okinawa Tel
 evision Broadcasting Company\n\nShinichi Maehara\, Executive Director of O
 TV\nLecture on the Uchinanchu (Okinawan) community abroad and the Uchinanc
 hu Spirit\n"Sekai no Uchinanchu no Jijyou\; Uchinanchu no Chimugukuru"\n\n
 Saturday\, January 26\, 2008\n2:00pm - 4:00pm\nKen Nakaoka Center\n1700 W.
  162nd Street\nGardena\, CA  90247\n$15.00 per person\n\nMr. Maehara\, who
 se career spans over 35 years in broadcasting\, is especially known for hi
 s extensive travels and reporting on the Okinawan community all over the w
 orld. One of his award-winning documentaries entitled\, "Shukusei Sareta O
 kinawa Kenjin" (1993) has its roots in the Los Angeles Okinawan community\
 , as Maehara investigated what happened to five young Okinawans in 1932 af
 ter being deported to Russia prior to the frenzy of the McCarthy Era of th
 e 40s and 50s.\n\nAnother notable documentary was his piece on the small i
 solated Okinawan community in Cuba in 2000 which helped to reunite estrang
 ed families.\n\nToday\, many of the local Okinawan communities know him be
 st as the reporter who travels and profiles Okinawan members all over the 
 world on the program\, "Uchinanchu Worldwide (or Sekai Uchinanchu Kikou).\
 n\nTickets can be purchased in advance at the OAA Center\, 16500 S. Wester
 n Ave. #203\, Gardena\, 90247 or at the door. For more info\, call the OAA
  at (310) 532-1929 or email at mensore@earthlink.net.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Lecture on "Uchinanchus (Okinawans) Abroad and the Uchinanchu Spiri
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