steve sakanashi
@stevesakanashi
It’s not often our news coverage is so closely intertwined with my personal life. And while an emotional process…clearly, ha ha…the space to tell this story has been the experience of a lifetime. Incredibly meaningful. I hope you’ll give it a watch… JANM Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981 NBC News
This weekend marks the 81st anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. Emilie Ikeda shares more about the 1,000-page book with more than 125,000 names of innocent people impacted, which includes her own family.
Olympians Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani say they hope their book, which features the stories of "Amazing" members of the AAPI community, inspires empathy in kids of all backgrounds: “There are real world implications when it comes to a lack of visibility and representation.”
The Memphis Grizzlies today announced the team promoted Yuki Kawamura to a two-way contract.