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- LEARNING FROM OUR HERITAGE
LEARNING FROM OUR HERITAGE
May
23
Heritage remembered nurtures our soulsSense of self builds, pride sets goals
Liz, you may remember when Kelly was interviewed with KING5 TV by Lori Matsukawa for “Stars of Tomorrow” program in high school and they filmed the bathroom walls in our home. Those walls are still filled with a bulletin board of memorabilia featuring who we are, our heritage and sayings left by my husband who past four years ago.
I choose to play the “Infinite Parenting Game” of taking responsibility and leaving a legacy for the next generations. There is nothing more “fun” for me than to share stories, BE INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT MAKE LIFE BETTER and continue LEARNING TO LEARN. These are some of the latest sayings on our bathroom wall and mirror that reflect my new single life mantras.
Drawings left by my husband like the Japanese sayings, NANA KOROBI, YA OKI (seven times down, eight times up!) and GAMBATTE (keep on trucking) will be in the book. We are publishing the 250 cartoon strips Sam did weekly, for five years, in the North American Post.
The 1980 US census was analyzed by the Washington State Department of Education. One of the main reasons I worked to help develop the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) is because of this research. Japanese Heritage census individuals were compared to several other ethnic groups including, American Indian, Chinese, Black, White and a few others.
This research suggested those of us with Japanese heritage were committing ethnic suicide because we are having the least amount of children and next to the American Indian population, out-marrying the most. But it also showed that we had the most per-capita income and white collar jobs. Therefore, I felt we had the financial resources and I was moved to continue sharing our heritage values for a better Washington and USA community.
In 2003, Lori Matsukawa and I were part of the original board and we are again on the current board of the JCCCW. Lori picks me up as we attend meetings and specially for our OMOIDE - Memories writing group.
The exciting aspect of doing this interview is that each of you readers and listeners are motivating me to organize my thoughts as we share our stories!!
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