Keith Kamisugi

The Official White House Tumblr: The White House, Tumbling Things

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:36:17 -0700

The Official White House Tumblr: The White House, Tumbling Things: whitehouse: We see some great...

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Governor Deval L. Patrick, and One Fund...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:57 -0700

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Governor Deval L. Patrick, and One Fund Boston are calling upon Boston and all communities across the Commonwealth to join together in a Moment of Silence Monday afternoon, exactly one week following the Boston Marathon bombings.

The minute of silence will take place at 2:50 p.m. to honor the victims of the attacks and their families. It will be followed by the ringing of bells throughout Boston and the Commonwealth.

Mayor Menino and Governor Patrick are humbled by the support shown by the public and the business community, and they continue to encourage everyone to visit http://onefundboston.org/ to make a donation to help the victims of this tragedy.

http://www.cityofboston.gov/news/Default.aspx?id=6090

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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:29:32 -0700

Kawaili‘ulā. Merrie Monarch Festival 2013. Photo by Tom...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:24:10 -0700

Kawaili‘ulā. Merrie Monarch Festival 2013. Photo by Tom Kuali’i. Visit http://MerrieMonarch.com for more photos.

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Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:51:54 -0700

On this #dayofremembrance, the 71st anniversary of FDR...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:13:28 -0800

On this #dayofremembrance, the 71st anniversary of FDR authorizing Japanese American incarceration, the #NDAA stands as a real threat to our rights. Learn more at http://RepeatingHistory.org/.

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Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:58:13 -0800

HIPA's Directory of Hawai'i Public Officials Now Available as Mobile Web App

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:10:37 -0800

The Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs (HIPA) just issued its 2013 Directory of Public Officials...

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Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:32:58 -0800

@parkrandall + @Mentalist_CBS = #BabyMentalist > #awesome...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:30:04 -0800

@parkrandall + @Mentalist_CBS = #BabyMentalist > #awesome … via @angryasianman

Watch = http://www.channel101.com/video/1354

12 things to expect from a PR firm

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:24:08 -0800

12 things to expect from a PR firm: “How should I choose a PR firm? Each time someone asks me...

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Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:50:55 -0800

doristruong: It’s the season to give thanks, so to close my...

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:48:03 -0800

doristruong:

It’s the season to give thanks, so to close my 2011-12 term as president of the Asian American Journalists Association, I will be counting down December with a daily shout-out.

Day 19
Thank you to Keith Kamisugi for never hesitating to do legwork that helps raise money for AAJA. I’ll always cherish our fifth-annual KBBQ T-shirt.

Day 1; Day 2; Day 3; Day 4; Day 5;
Day 6; Day 7; Day 8; Day 9; Day 10;
Day 11; Day 12; Day 13; Day 14; Day 15;
Day 16; Day 17; Day 18

Korematsu, Yasui, Hirabayashi families file brief in suit...

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:35:55 -0800

Korematsu, Yasui, Hirabayashi families file brief in suit against indefinite detention law

The families of Fred Korematsu, Minoru Yasui, and Gordon Hirabayashi this week filed an amicus brief with the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Hedges v. Obama, a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA).

The amicus brief describes a terrifying parallel to the incarceration of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Under the pretense of national security, the NDAA essentially repeats the decisions in the discredited World War II cases of Korematsu, Hirabayashi, and Yasui, allowing the government to imprison people without any due process rights for an indefinite time.

Download a PDF of the amicus brief at http://repeatinghistory.org.

The principal drafters of the brief were Eric Yamamoto (University of Hawai’i William S. Richardson School of Law), Lorraine K. Bannai (Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Seattle University School of Law), Bob Rusky, and Cayce Greiner, with contributions by Dale Minami (Minami Tamaki LLP), Anjana Malhotra and Bob Chang (both with the Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Seattle University School of Law), and other attorneys from the Korematsu, Yasui, and Hirabayashi legal teams.

The 2012 NDAA authorizes the U.S. military to arrest and indefinitely detain anyone, including American citizens on U.S. soil, without a warrant or due process if the military simply suspects them of supporting terrorism. This is exactly what the U.S government did in 1942 to 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, and who spent years in prisons without notice of charges, the right to an attorney, or the right to a trial.

These potential infringements on the constitutional rights of citizens and residents doom us to repeat history and subverts what should have been lessons learned from the wartime imprisonment.

We are reaching out in the next few days to Japanese American and Asian American organizations and communities to raise awareness of this issue.

We would love to have your support. Sign on here:
http://repeatinghistory.org/takeaction/

nomoretexasgovernorsforpresident: Go Texas! (sarcastic)

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:22:28 -0800

nomoretexasgovernorsforpresident:

Go Texas! (sarcastic)

"As I was coming over here, I was hearing about a guy named Willie. Now, in case you haven’t heard of..."

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:17:22 -0800

“As I was coming over here, I was hearing about a guy named Willie. Now, in case you haven’t...

Racism: Alive and Well in America

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:26:22 -0800

Racism: Alive and Well in America: publicshaming: Oppa Gangnam Racist Style? South Korean pop star...

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Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:14:16 -0800

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Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:39:28 -0800

12 Must-Share Facts About President Obama’s Record

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 11:40:00 -0800

12 Must-Share Facts About President Obama’s Record: As of today, our economy has added 5.4 million...