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2003 Local Heroes

Takumi Matsuba

Takumi Matsuba, local businessman and executive vice president of the Japantown Merchants Association, promotes the involvement of area businesses with community-based organizations. As a board member of the Japantown Task Force, Inc., he is also active in efforts to preserve San Francisco's Japantown, one of the three remaining Japantowns in the county. Matsuba serves as a director for Nichi Bei Kai (the Japanese American Association of Northern California) and devotes his free time to mentor young leaders in the community.

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Asian Pacific American 2002 Local Heroes QuickTime Videos
	Ruth Asawa
	Irene Chan
	Ken Iwagaki
	Ben Menor, Jr.
	Cherie M. Querol Moreno
	John Manzon-Santos
	Francis Wong

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Asian Pacific American 2001 Local Heroes QuickTime Videos
	Mai-Mai Quon Ho Executive Director -- Asian Perinatal Advocates
	Linda Jofuku Executive Director -- Yu-Ai Kai
	John K. Kim Executive Director -- Korean Community Center of the East Bay
	Patrick Makuakane Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu
	Allen M. Okamoto Okamoto Insurance

Asian Pacific American Features & Resources
	Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Resources
	Educator Resources: South Asian History
	Chinese Astrology & Chinese New Year Traditions
	Snapshots of Asian America: Asian American Activism in the 1960s & '70s

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	Chinese New Year Celebration 2002 slideshows (part: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5)