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Save Our Chinatown - Judge Rules
Judge Sharon Waters rules on the Save Our Chinatown case against the City of Riverside.
News release from the Save Our Chinatown Committee
September 5, 2009
Hello, Everyone,
We have ALL been waiting to hear Judge Sharon Waters' decision, so here's the news. Please find below
1) The SOCC press release, and
2) the article about the decision from the Press Enterprise.
Both documents are also available at our website - http://saveourchinatown.org .
Watch for the next updates that
a) will let you know some of our next steps and how you can help us, and
b) news of our recent activities.
Keep up the support and good thoughts; we will need all that and your continued help!
Blessings,
Judy
for the Save Our Chinatown Committee (SOCC)
http://saveourchinatown.org
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Memorial Services January 6 for Civil Rights Leader Gordon Hirabayashi 1918 - 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - The Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education, along with the members of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) - Asian Law Caucus, Asian American Justice Center, Asian American Institute and Asian Pacific American Legal Center - mourn the loss of civil rights leader Gordon Hirabayashi, who passed away on January 2, 2012 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at the age of 93. His former wife, Esther Hirabayashi, passed away in Edmonton just hours later on the same day. She was 87. He is survived by his wife, Susan, his children, Marion, Sharon, and Jay, his brother, James, and his sister Esther (also known as Tosh Furugori). "He was a great father who taught me about the values of honesty, integrity and justice," says his son, Jay Hirabayashi. "He was rightly recognized as a hero, but he never saw himself that way. He saw himself as someone who did wh
at he had to do to stand up for the rights he believed in." In 1942, Hirabayashi was a 24-year-old student at the University of Washington when President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, ordering the incarceration of 120,000 innocent people of Japanese ancestry. Hirabayashi, an American citizen, turned himself into the FBI in order to intentionally defy a curfew law imposed on all west coast residents of Japanese ancestry. After he was arrested and convicted, Hirabayashi appealed his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Similar...
Five Secrets to a Happy, Healthy and Successful Life by Marilyn Tam
Five Secrets to a Happy, Healthy & Successful Life By Marilyn Tam
You make well-meaning resolutions to improve your life. But your resolutions fade under the stress of multiple demands on your time and attention. Oftentimes the resolutions are history before the month is done. How can we ensure that we actually benefit from the good intentions that we made with such conviction?
Many years ago I made an earnest resolution to work less and to spend more time on my personal life, family and health.
Being a type A personality, it was easier to say that than to follow through. By late in the same month, as I am running through another airport, I realized that I am already back to my old pattern of working seven days a week.
On the next plane ride I took the time to ask myself a few hard questions. From that experience I developed these Five Guidelines to have a Happier, Healthier and more Successful Life. Isn't that what we are ultimately after?
1. Make resolutions that you can manage. Specify your desired end result and make the goals measureable. For example, instead of saying that you want to lose weight, give yourself a specific time frame for a number of pounds or inches broken down into smaller pieces so that you have incremental targets to meet. Make the objectives a slight stretch but achievable. You are more likely to continue once you see positive progress towards your ultimate goal.
Limit the number of resolutions. Your mind can only deal with so many...
In Memoriam: Senator Daniel Inouye 1924-2012
December 17, 2012
American war hero and distinguished Senator Daniel Inouye has died at the age of 88 of respiratory complications at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
"Tonight, our country has lost a true American hero," said President Barack Obama. Senator Inouye was the second longest serving senator in the U.S. and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his World War II heroics.
He was a member of the U.S. Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated unit in U.S. history.
Tea Alchemy
An opportunity to create peace and to enjoy an inspiring afternoon of Tibetan music, dance and to share sacred tea is my idea of a great time. So when my friend Dan Smith asked me to help him organize a Tibetan Tea Alchemy event to benefit all sentient beings and to create universal peace, I jumped at the chance.
An opportunity to create peace and to enjoy an inspiring afternoon of Tibetan music, dance and to share sacred tea is my idea of a great time. So when my friend Dan Smith asked me to help him organize a Tibetan Tea Alchemy event to benefit all sentient beings and to create universal peace, I jumped at the chance.
His description of the event was very amazing. Pure mountain spring water will be frozen into ice sculptures of the five female Buddhist deities. In a sacred ceremony Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche, will invoke these Buddhas to attend the gathering. The ice sculptures will thereby, become the embodiment of the Buddhas. When the statues melt, the water will be boiled to make tea.
David Hoffman, founder of Silk Road Teas, and Zhena, of Gypsy Tea donated special teas referred to as liquid gold because of their rarity. The tea will first be blessed and filled with the best wishes of all the guests for the perfection of service and community before we partake of it.
Dakinis dressed in traditional Tibetan robes will serve the tea, while Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche will honor us with a performance on flute. An array of accomplished Tibetan musicians and dancers will present...