Gidra
20th Anniversary Edition
1990
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Why We Did Another Gidra, and What We Learned, by Evelyn Yoshimura
[Page 6]
'Because Movement Work Is Contagious' Reflections of Yuri Kochiyama As Told to Sasha Hohri, by Sasha Hori
[Page 7]
Memories of America: A Conversation with Philip Vera Cruz, by Joe Virata
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Organizing Chinese Workers in the 1930's, by Happy Lim
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Harold Hakwon Sunoo: A Pioneer Korean American Activist, by Cooke Sunoo
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Seventeen Days on the Boat, by Jason Tran
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A View from Nihonmachi, by Donna Kotake
L.A. Chinatown, Then & Now, by Deborah F. Ching
[Page 13]
Wai Kee Farm, by Pauline Mak
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Chinagirl, by Kim Moy
'Culture Vulture' like Lorna said so, by Van Troi Pang
[Page 15]
The Baranihan Spirit: The Search to Involve Pilipino Americans, by Ester Suriano-Hewitt
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'We Want Equality in Our Union!' Vietnamese Workers in the UAW, by Glenn Omatsu
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On Nikkei Blvd, by David Monkawa
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Shattered Bodies, Shattered Ideals: China's Troubled Future?, by Gordon Chang
China on My Mind, by Marion Fay
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Branded, by Russell Leong
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Microwave Tea (An Ode to the 1990s), by Philip Tajitsu Nash
[Page 21]
My Brother Satoru, by Sharon Shimazu
[Page 22]
Kaulana na Pua, by Leilani Sauter
[Page 23]
A Tribute to Dyke Miyagawa, by Takako 'Taxie' Kusunoki
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Symbol of Defiance: J.A. World War II Draft Resisters, by Takeshi Nakayama
[Page 25]
Eyes of the Cry, Nicole Muraoka
On Nikkei Blvd, by David Monkawa
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Forbidden City, U.S.A.: Reclaiming Our Cultural Literacy, by Alex Hing
[Page 27]
The Lesson, by Thomas Kwan
[Page 28]
Who Are Samoans . . . and What Are They Doing in the U.S.?, by Samoa Koria
Polynesian Old Man/Taloaga Tolovae, by Samoa Koria
[Page 29]
A Winter's Day, by Jeff Chop
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A New New Decade Generation, by Penny Fujiko Willgerodt
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Patuloy Na Pag-Asa: Enduring Hope, by Linda Mabalot
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Eucalyptus, by Hisaye Yamamoto DeSoto
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On Nikkei Blvd, by David Monkawa
[Page 37]
Vietnamese Fishermen in Northern California: An Interview with Chieu Pham, by Gina Hotta
[Page 38]
Twenty Years of Struggle Towards the Decade of Empowerment, by Augusto Espiritu
[Page 39]
Racism at Cal Poly Pomona, by Christine Kaneshige and Sheri Miyashiro
Stanford Sit-In, by Valerie Mih and Judy Wu
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'Hey Hey Ho Ho Racism Has Got to Go!', by Carol Yoneda
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Who's Out, by Arlene deVera
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Asian American Studies: Moving into the Third Decade, by Peter Kiang
[Page 44]
Twenty Years Later: Asian American Studies at UCLA, by Lianne Urada
Me Generation Becomes We Generation, by Gann Matsuda
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Transforming the Student Media: Pacific Ties and the 'Alternative' News Magazines at UCLA, by Gloria Hernandez
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Dismantling the Model Minority Myth, by Dennis Arguelles
On Nikkei Blvd, by David Monkawa
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Thanks, from All of Us, by Don T. Nakanishi
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The Heart of Rock 'n Roll, by Dan Kuramoto
On the Edge of the Pacific, by David Monkawa
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Seoul to Soul: Seoul to LA in Twenty Years, by Jerry Yu
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The Place Where I Was Born, Houng Voravong
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Commencement: The Second Time, by Trinh Banh
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Inspiration, by Pasion Cummings
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'Chinatown My Chinatown', by Charlie Chin
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Live Free or Die in the Velvet Revolution, by Laurence Toshiro-Moore
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'The Best of Both Worlds', by Angela Nishio
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The Challenge of Empowerment, by Mabel Teng
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Political Power for Asian Americans in the 1990s: Inside the Historic Dinkins Campaign and the Future of Asian American Political Organizing, by Rocky Chin and May Ying Chen
[Page 59]
From the '60s to the '90s: Still Mad After All These Years, by Eddie Wong
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Taiko
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Kulintang Music, by Gig Santos
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Sensing the Mission, by Brenda Palk Sunoo
Kwangju is Morning, by Brenda Palk Sunoo
[Page 63]
The Ming Hai Loo Case: Battling Racist Violence into the 1990s, by Jean Yonemura
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Prudencio Corpus, by Cathy Casuga
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The Warren Report 1990, by Warren Furutani
[Page 66]
What we won, though the ten year struggle, by Ben Nakano
Personal Reflections by a Japanese newcomer, by Yasuko Sakamoto
[Page 67]
What redress/reparations means to me, by Tsuyako 'Sox' Kitashima
The coming of age of a sansei, by Glen Kitayama
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On Nikkei Blvd, by David Monkawa
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D.C. Melodrama, by Miya Iwataki
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The Korean Community in New York City, by Tina Choi
Vietnam, My Place of Birth, by Phuong Ngo
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With book in hand I walk this land, seeking the knowledge I need, extremely mellow, a happy fellow, because I come from a . . . 'Yellow Seed', by Nelson Nagai
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Coming Home: Twenty Years Later . . . Still on this Side of History, by Shin'ya Ono
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Nasaan Ka No Ngayon Carlos? (Where are you now, Carlos?), by Allen Ongchangco
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Wong's Sunday, by Cornel Lee
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Mok Oak (Wooden Shed), by Andrew K. Hom
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Call Hiroshima Tonight, by Naomi Hirahara
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'The Activist's Gift', by Bill Watanabe
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Little Tokyo Redevelopment, by Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka
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Homelessness in the Nikkei Community, by Yasuko Sakamoto
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'Off and Running', by Lloyd D. Tanaka
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Home Bitter Home, by Fe Koons
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Elementary, by Laura Tokunaga Iwasaki
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Virgo Lee Does the Right Thing in New York City, by Jeffrey Chan
Lion Dance, by Lillian Nakano
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I Was Born, by Lane Nishikawa
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Twenty Years, by Geraldine Kudaka
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Somehow I Recognize Her, by Diane Takei
[Page 89]
The Thai Association: Keeping the Community in Touch with the Homeland, by Joyce Nako
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Yes, We Are Not Invisible, by Janice Mirikitani
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Kimiko Carson Beverly Hills Broker sex, lies and facelifts, by Akemi Kikumura
The Visitor, by Akemi Kikumura
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Worlds Apart, Worlds Together, by Jerry Ye
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'Brunch', by Evelyn Yoshimura
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A Colonized Identity, by Gerald G. Gubatan
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Knowing Where the One Is, by John Jang
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Looking Ahead: An Interview with filmaker Wayne Wang, by Janice Sakamoto
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The General of Clinton Avenue: Activist Jim Matsuoka Recounts His Lifelong Role in the JA Movement, by Linda Fujikawa Tanamachi
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On Nikkei Blvd, by David Monkawa
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thirty miles from j-town, by Amy Uyematsu
Wind River, by Amy Uyematsu
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To All Us Sansei Who Wanted to Be Westside, by Amy Uyematsu
to r.t., by Amy Uyematsu
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Pro-Choice: Asian Americans Dispute Webster's Definitions of Women's Rights, by Bruce Kariya, Patricia Kinaga, Martie Quan, Peter J. Wong
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San Francisco: The Arts and Political Empowerment: 'Multiculturalism' vs. the 'Majors', by Francis Wong
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Nobuko Miyamoto: To Give Birth to Our Dreams, by Duane Ebata
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Trying to Make a Difference: Students rally for Chinese American garment workers, by Cynthia Mark
P&L Garment Workers' Struggle in Boston Chinatown, by Man Chank Ng
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10:30 p.m. Bedroom My Uncle Abui-chon Talking, by Vivian Chin
Revolution (bought into the system), by Elbert Manabu Shitamoto
On Nikkei Blvd, by David Monkawa
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Cadillac, by G.T. Wong
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Your weight like the sky above me, by A. Maria Hong
Saigon, by Nicole S. Jones
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Daniel Kit Kwong: Multi-Media Performance Artist Exposing Oppression, by Diane Michiko Ujiiye
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Long Live the Memory of Huey P. Newton, by Alex Hing
The Blue Angels, by Jenny Ho
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Amerasian Girl, by Velina Hasu Houston
The Amerasian League: Outreach to Multi-Racial, Multi-Cultural Asians, by Velina Hasu Houston
Interracial Marriage: Are We Doing Ourselves In?, by Amy Mass
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Exodus, by Faustino Calgoy
Filipino Farm Workers, by Faustino Calgoy
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The Pig, by Gary Yano
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Standing Up for Our Rights: Violent Asian Gangs in Stockton, by Artiya Thiphanep
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Aichii, by Sasha Hohri
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U.S. Bases in the Phillippines [sic] and the Movement for Democracy, by Enrique Delacruz
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Eleanor S. Yung, by Bob Lee
Changes: The Acculturation of Asian Americans, by Yoshito Kawahara
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Japanese Canadian Redress, by Terry Watada
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Samoans Wrestle for Justice: Police Brutality in Southern California, by Jennifer Rose
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Yellow Brotherhood, by Sheri Miyashiro
Alan C. Lee, by Lori
Ciara, by Lori
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Photo Essay, by Leon Sun
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'Hammond the Whale', by Phillip Kan Gotanda
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Since Steve, by Bruce G. Iwasaki