MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

November 7, 2009

Another can't miss benefit luncheon will be here before you know it!



Retired Chief Judge James Burns, son of the late Governor John A. Burns, will share his memories of his father's partnership with the Nisei veterans to change the social, political, and financial landscape of Hawaii in the post WWII years.

For more information....

 

Groundbreaking for Education Building

Art Kurahara, 442nd veteran, bows his head during the blessing and groundbreaking for our Education Building. More on groundbreaking....

Search on for
New Exec Director

Know of someone who is passionate about the Nisei veteran legacy, and who has the leadership skills to lead our Center in its exciting new phase of life?

With construction of our Education Building getting underway, we are beginning our search for a Maui-based Executive Director to replace Barbara Watanabe who led us through the design and fundraising for our Education Building from Honolulu, where she moved with her family in 2005.

More about the transition....
and job responsibilities and candidate requirements....

October Teacher Workshop
“Looking Like the Enemy:
The Case of Japanese Americans in World War II”
Roosevelt High School, Honolulu, HI
Thursday - Saturday, October 8-10, 2009


The Go for Broke National Education Center's Hawaii Regional Office is offering an intensive 3-day workshop for teachers about the Japanese-American experience in Hawaii following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. For more information....

 
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