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Dear Survivor: You Are Enough by Merely Existing In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Rise founder Amanda Nguyen writes a love letter to her younger self. By Amanda Nguyen Design by Morgan McMullen In 2012, Emmy-winning director Tani Ikeda founded Survivor Love Letter, a movement for survivors of sexual assault and their allies to publicly celebrate their lives. In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Marie Claire collaborated with the organization to publish survivor love letters from Tarana Burke, founder of the Me Too movement, and Amanda Nguyen, Nguyen's read . Whe...

L.A.Theatre Works to Release Audio Theater Recordings About JA Experience Posted On Top row: Jeanne Sakata, Anna Lyse Erikson (director), Mike McShane; second row: Tess Lina, Paul Yen, Joy Osmanski; third row: André Sogliuzzo, Susan Loewenberg (LATW producing artistic director), Josh Stamberg; bottom row: Greg Watanabe, Derek Mio, Brooke Ishibashi. (Photo courtesy L.A. Theatre Works) L.A. Theatre Works has announced two new state-of-the-art audio theater recordings about the Japanese American experience. Both the LATW-commissioned world premiere of “For Us All” by Jeanne Sakata and “...

Proposed ethnic studies course in Paso Robles sparks larger conversation about diversity and healing on the district's campuses  When Susana López reflected on the March 23 Paso Robles Joint Unified School District board meeting, she said it was painful for many reasons. That evening, an ethnic studies course—"Ethnic Studies: Multicultural America"—was proposed as an elective for Paso Robles High School students in the fall. Community members and students submitted emails ahead of the meeting and spoke during public comment in support of the proposed course. Ahead of the meeting, ...

How California’s Ethnic Studies Curriculum Got Sucked Into the Culture Wars By By Top researcher calls such inclusive models the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of American education reform As a middle schooler, early December was an agonizing time of year for civil rights activist Karen Korematsu. When the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack approached, she made excuses to avoid the school bus where students subjected her to racist bullying. “Go home.” “You don’t belong here.” Korematsu, 70, said a teacher’s lesson about the December 7, 1941, bombing in Hawaii only added to studen...

Arizona legislation fetes civil rights icon Fred Korematsu April 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1998 file photo, then President Clinton presents Fred Korematsu with a Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House. Arizona is honoring late civil rights icon Korematsu, whose fight against Japanese American internment went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday, April 15, 2021, signed legislation establishing a “Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution” on Jan. 30, Korematsu’s birthday. The legislatio...