Robert “Bob” Mizukami, Nisei Vet and 442nd member, and former Mayor of Fife, WA. & past president of The Puyallup Valley JACL & board member of NIKKEI CONCERNS & Fife Lion Club. He will be buried in a private ceremony @ Mount Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent. A public memorial service is scheduled for 11 AM [...]
Veteran documentary filmmaker Loni Ding passed away in February. Her career as an independent filmmaker, university professor and television producer spanned decades. Her numerous film and television projects garnered over 15 awards and fellowships. Best known for the award-winning documentary, “The Color of Honor: The Japanese American Soldiers During World War II”, her film that [...]
“How do we free ourselves from our past, if we do not even know this past?” These are the words of the late Professor Emritus Ron Takaki. On May 26, 2009, the legendary Ron Takaki passed away at the age of 70. Takaki pioneered the first Ethnic Studies Ph.D program in the country and taught [...]
