Esther Newman

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Esther Newman cresceu na Califórnia. Após a faculdade e uma carreira em marketing e produção de mídia para o Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, no estado de Ohio, ela retornou à universidade para estudar a história americana do século XX. Durante os estudos de pós-graduação, ela desenvolveu interesse pela história da sua família, o que a levou a pesquisar tópicos relacionados à diáspora japonesa, incluindo as migrações, assimilação e os campos de internamento americanos durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ela está aposentada, mas continua interessada em escrever e apoiar as organizações ligadas a esses assuntos.

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Inspirar Adiante: Heróis Nikkeis abaixo dos 30 anos

For Kyra Karatsu—Writing is a Foregone Conclusion

Por Esther Newman
18 Ago 2023

Where does talent come from? Is it inherited or learned? Nature or nurture? According to the BBC’s Science Focus, the answer is both. However, “some people are born with greater potential, but without hard work and practicing, their talent will come to nothing.” This must have been written with Kyra Karatsu in mind. Her grandmother was a long time JANM volunteer and her great-aunt was a talented writer. While they may have paved the path, it’s Kyra who’s taken steps on that path to live up to the family legacy. Kyra, Yonsei on her father’s side with Germa…

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s Love in the Library—A story for children, a lesson for grown-ups

Por Esther Newman
23 Jun 2023

Maggie Tokuda-Hall is an award winning author of children’s and young adult (YA) books. Her titles include Also an Octopus, about an octopus who builds a space ship, The Mermaid, The Witch and The Sea, about, well, you guessed it, a mermaid and a witch, and Squad, a coming-of-age story featuring teenage werewolves. But her most recent book, Love in the Library, published in 2022, is firmly rooted in real life. It’s the story of how her grandparents met and fell in love while incarcerated at Minidoka War Relocation Center during World War II. It’s a story about hope and lo…

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Defining Courage: A Tribute to Nisei WWII Heroes Comes To Hawaii

Por Esther Newman
5 Abr 2023

Defining Courage—produced by Story Boldly and the Emmy Award-winning team of Jeff MacIntyre and David Ono—tells the story of the remarkable contributions and sacrifices made by 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, and the Military Intelligence Service during World War II. The Nisei members of these segregated units were subjected to prejudice at home and abroad but through countless acts of courage, came to be known as America’s finest, fiercest, and most decorated soldiers. This story has been told before, but n…

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Inspirar Adiante: Heróis Nikkeis abaixo dos 30 anos

Miye Sugino—Art as Advocacy: “To me, art is a reclamation of identity”

Por Esther Newman
2 Jan 2023

As one of JANM’s 30 Changemakers Under 30, Miye Sugino had amassed an impressive body of work and accomplishment most adults never achieve, all before receiving her high school diploma. Miye’s art and writing has gained national and international recognition including being one of twenty U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts through the National Young Arts Foundation. In addition, she has been an art mentor at San Quentin Prison through Empowerment Avenue and an intern at Loyola Law School’s Project for the Innocent. Miye, born in Chicago to a Japanese American father an…

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O Poder das Nossas Histórias

The Power of Persistence: Tour Manzanar with Nell Yukiye Murphy

Por Esther Newman
24 Out 2022

Nell Yukiye Murphy knows the importance of keeping a significant part of Japanese American history alive and she also knows the power of persistence. That makes her a natural choice to be profiled for Discover Nikkei’s series, The Power of Our Stories. Nell has developed and produced a virtual tour of Manzanar, “Journey to Manzanar,” and thanks to her persistence, it’s now accessible to everyone. Nell Murphy is from Northeast Los Angeles and at 18 years of age, she’s already seen quite a bit of the world. Interviewed via email, Nell wrote, “As a ki…