Please join us as we honor the legacy of Japanese American women at UC Berkeley and recognize the accomplishments of our undergraduate and graduate scholarship recipients -- Julia Cristiano, Sarah Risoen, Hannah Saib, and Camryn Shiroma -- as well as our Outstanding Alumna of the year, Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto (Class of '77). We will also hear from our keynote speaker, Rosalyn Tonai (Class of '82).
-Registration from 10:30 AM
-Luncheon and program from 11:00am–1:30pm
Please purchase your luncheon here: www.tinyurl.com/JAWA2023Outstanding Alumna of the YearShirley Kazuyo Muramoto (Class of ‘77) is a traditional Japanese koto master, jazz koto musician, teacher, band leader, and filmmaker. She produced Hidden Legacy: Japanese Traditional Performing Arts in the WWII Internment Camps about Japanese music, theater, and dance behind barbed wire.
Keynote Speaker (Strength and Diversity)Our speaker is Rosalyn Tonai (Class of '82) who has been the Executive Director of the National Japanese American Historical Society for over thirty years and has produced award-winning exhibitions, public programs, and documentaries that have had a national impact on Japanese American history.
JAWAUCB Board of DirectorsGrace Morizawa (Chair), Nancy Arata-Fong, Joan Fujii, Adena Ishii, Betty Kano, Barbara Kawamoto, Stacy Kono, Janice Koyama, Ann Lew, Lynn Nakada, Julie Nishihara, Sayuri Takagawa, Carol Tateishi, Leslie Tsukamoto, Kay Yatabe, and Madeline Zimring