News
Release
October
13,
2011
Assemblywoman
Fiona
Ma
California
Speaker
Pro
Tempore
12th
Assembly
District
California Assembly Bill 199 will help ensure that the contributions of Filipino veterans who fought side by side American troops are properly recognized and remembered by future generations.
Assemblywoman
Fiona
Ma
(D-San
Francisco
and
San
Mateo
Counties),
announces
the
signing
of
Assembly
Bill
199
this
Friday
October
14,
2011
at
Bessie
Carmichael
Middle
School
in
San
Francisco.
Bessie
Carmichael,
whose
school
population
is
50%
Filipino,
sits
in
the
SOMA
district
of
San
Francisco,
home
to
many
Filipino
WWII
Veterans.
When
this
bill
was
originally
introduced
in
2004,
98
Filipino
WWII
veterans
were
still
alive
to
tell
their
stories.
Today,
there
are
only
17
veterans
still
alive.
Two
previous
versions
of
this
bill
were
vetoed
by
Governor
Schwarzenegger.
AB
199,
the
Filipinos
in
WWII
Social
Studies
Curriculum
Act,
is
the
first
step
toward
ensuring
that
social
science
instruction
in
grades
7-12
includes
the
significant
role
of
Filipinos
in
World
War
II.
This
bill
helps
ensure
that
our
children
and
future
generations
learn
of
the
contributions
and
sacrifice
of
these
brave
Filipino
soldiers
before
we
lose
them
in
history.
During
World
War
II,
the
Philippines
was
a
commonwealth
of
the
United
States.
Filipino
soldiers
in
the
US
Armed
Forces
were
in
effect
US
nationals,
who
fought
side
by
side
with
American
Troops.
Breathe
Love
Repeat:
a
near-life
experience
will
be
presented
in
February
and
March
at
Under
St.
Marks
as
a
part
of
the
2012
Frigid
New
York
Festival.
In
Breathe
Love
Repeat:
a
near-life
experience,
a
“Samurai
Super
Daughter”
struggles
with
her
mother’s
love
at
the
crossroads
between
East
and
West,
struggling
to
affirm
life
between
this
world
and
the
next.
Produced by Mustique Projects, the production is written by and will star Broadway’s Suzen Murakoshi (A Chorus Line and The King & I) and will feature direction from Obie-Award Winner Ching Valdes-Aran (who performed in The Wild Party on Broadway).
With warmth and humor, “Breathe Love Repeat, a near-life experience” tells the story of the last days in the life of a mother and daughter. This uplifting and life-affirming show takes audiences from the mountains of Japan to the islands of Hawaii as Murakoshi brings the clarity of life into focus by bringing us closer to the end.
Suzen
Murakoshi
is
a
veteran
of
Broadway,
off-Broadway
and
regional
theatres.
Her
favorite
roles
include
“Juliet”
in Romeo
and
Julietat
the
Cleveland
Playhouse
and
“Connie”
in A
Chorus
Line on
Broadway.
Together
with
Obie
award
winner,
Ching
Valdes-Aran,
Ms.
Murakoshi
has
performed
her
own
past
work
at
the
Edinburgh
Fringe
Festival
where
she
was
short-listed
for
Best
Actor
for
her
role
as
“Helen”
in Slippery
When
Wet
(SWW).
Have you heard this before? “Love or Business, you have to choose.” The message is direct - you have to decide what you value more, something/one you love or your work/business. Actually, there is a more factual statement – Love is Good Business.
February is the month of love. A great deal of thought and energy will be spent on expressions of love, usually for a romantic partner. The truth in the old axiom, Love makes the World Go Round, applies to all aspects of life, not only to romantic love. When you are doing what you love, you are going to be more successful in it, and you will also be happier and at peace. It’s only natural.
“I don’t think I have ever worked in my life, because work to me means that you are really doing something you don’t like.”