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2024-07-19
Growing up in the Treasure Valley of Western Idaho and Eastern Oregon and graduating from Ontario High School, my Aunt Ethel told me this story with emphasis about how grateful she and the community ...
2024-07-15
Today, I had coffee with Joseph Opong who lives in Bellevue and is retired from his work with the APL shipping company. Joseph is part of the Ghana Asanti tribe and fled his country around 1985 becau...
2024-07-08
To the organizers and volunteers who organized the 2024 Minidoka Pilgrimage: Thank you for creating this pilgrimage to remember and heal. 9000 were incarcerated in Minidoka with as little ...
2024-07-01
“Probably the most well-known story from Auburn Pioneer Cemetery involves the Kato family tragedy. The 1930s were difficult times for most Americans but for the Kato family, financial difficultie...
2024-06-24
As I went around the room and asked each person to first identify themselves and what their heritage was, I explained to them, "Research is suggesting we start with verbally sharing and remembering ou...
2024-06-16
Carlos Navaro, his wife Rosa and their three children invited me to visit in their home. Carlos is from Mexico and lives in Quincy, Washington, a small town 150 miles east of Seattle. Driving from ...
2024-06-12
Last Saturday, June 8, 2024, my OMOIDE VII - Kip Tokuda Memorial Grant Project assistant, Erika, accompanied me as I drove from Seattle to Spokane. Crossing from evergreens to sage brush, Erika had a ...
2024-06-03
The shock of the news that Andy Goto was gone brought tears, but the sadness needed connections and discussions. Who can I call, who doesn’t mind being bothered? Simon Sinek gives an example of his...
2024-05-25
All of life seeks food, protection from danger and reproduction, but humans are the only ones that can tell stories. Secondly, connecting with others in conversation helps us understand ourselves bett...
2024-05-18
This year, 2024, will be the seventh year since Sam passed. Eighteen of us gathered at the Hillcrest Cemetery for a "nanakaiki" (seventh year Japanese memorial ceremony), installment of the stone mar...