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Our Sponsors
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"What Does it Mean to Be An American?" is made possible with the generous support of our team of sponsors.
Legacy Leader
Julie Miyamoto Mount
JACL, Northern California – Western Nevada – Pacific District
Comcast NBCUniversal
Irene Hirano Inouye
Dr. Craig D. Uchida, Ms. Shellie E. Solomon, Mr. Joe Uchida, and Mrs. Agnes Uchida
Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, Inc.
UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the Aratani C.A.R.E. Award
Founding Circle
Kathryn Bannai & Robert M. Miura
California Bank of Commerce
David Castagnetti
Kate Hallahan
Sachi & Hideki Hamamoto
Carol & Tom Yuki
Brenda & Dennis Teranishi
JACL, Silicon Valley Chapter
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education
Phyllis & William Campbell
Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation
Stephen Kagawa
Susan Morita & Alan Matsumoto
Mary Bitterman
Supporters
Donna Cole
Heart Mountain Committee
Heart Mountain High School, Class of 1947
Harumi "Bacon" Sakatani
Gail Tanaka
Karen K. Narasaki
Wendy Abe
David Inoue
George Iseri
William Medigovich
Michael K. Hirai
Bruce Hollywood
Tom & Barbara Iino
IW Group, Inc.
JACL, Berkeley Chapter
JACL, D.C. Chapter
JACL, Intermountain District Council
JACL, San Jose Chapter
JACL, Snake River Chapter
Japanese American National Museum
National Japanese American Memorial Foundation
Kiyo Nikaido, In Memory of David Takashi Nikaido
Allen & Patricia Okamoto
Frank & June Sato
Wendy Shiba & Lawrence Pittman
John Tobe
Kiyo Nikaido, In Memory of David Takashi Nikaido
Valerie Yasukochi & James Duff
Japanese American Veterans Association
Daniel & Robin Matthews
Moraga Asian American Club
Mufi and Gail Mukaihata Hannemann
Dr. Raymond S. Murakami
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The Tsuha Foundation
Hiro & Betty Jean
Ogawa Trust
Association of Asian American Investment Managers (AAAIM)
Our Team
We are a dedicated group of filmmakers, teachers, and people who want to make a difference.
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Rylan Sekiguchi
Curriculum Designer
Sekiguchi has developed teaching materials for K–12 and community college classrooms for over 10 years at the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE). His publications include a dozen curriculum units, two documentary films, and several online resources. The Association for Asian Studies has twice recognized him with the Franklin Buchanan Prize—an award given annually to an outstanding curriculum publication on Asia for any grade level.
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Kathryn Bannai & Robert M. Miura
California Bank of Commerce
David Castagnetti
Kate Hallahan
Sachi & Hideki Hamamoto
Carol & Tom Yuki
Brenda & Dennis Teranishi
JACL, Silicon Valley Chapter
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education
Phyllis & William Campbell
Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation
Stephen Kagawa
Susan Morita & Alan Matsumoto
Mary Bitterman
Donna Cole
Heart Mountain Committee
Heart Mountain High School, Class of 1947
Harumi "Bacon" Sakatani
Gail Tanaka
Karen K. Narasaki
Wendy Abe
David Inoue
George Iseri
William Medigovich
Michael K. Hirai
Bruce Hollywood
Tom & Barbara Iino
IW Group, Inc.
JACL, Berkeley Chapter
JACL, D.C. Chapter
JACL, Intermountain District Council
JACL, San Jose Chapter
JACL, Snake River Chapter
Japanese American National Museum
National Japanese American Memorial Foundation
Kiyo Nikaido, In Memory of David Takashi Nikaido
Allen & Patricia Okamoto
Frank & June Sato
Wendy Shiba & Lawrence Pittman
Japanese American Veterans Association
Daniel & Robin Matthews
Moraga Asian American Club
Mufi and Gail Mukaihata Hannemann
Dr. Raymond S. Murakami
John Tobe
Kiyo Nikaido, In Memory of David Takashi Nikaido
Valerie Yasukochi & James Duff
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