List of Endorsers

Professional/College Basketball
• Los Angeles Lakers
• Los Angeles Sparks
• Magic Johnson Foundation
• USC Men's Basketball
• Women of Troy (USC) Basketball

Business Groups
• Asian Business League of Southern California
• Bella Vista Optimist Club
• Central City Association
• Japanese American Bar Association of Greater L.A.
• Little Tokyo Business Association

Labor
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Local 11
• SEIU Local 347
• SEIU Local 399
United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA)
UTLA, Asian Pacific Committee

Veterans
L.A.Nisei Memorial Post 9938 VFW
"I" Company 442nd Club of Southern California
VFW Kazuo Masuda Post 3670
Japanese American Korean War Veterans Association
Japanese American Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee
Sansei Vietnam Veterans Association

Religious
• All Peoples Christian Center
Centenary United Methodist Church
• Sozenji Buddhist Temple
• West LA United Methodist Church

Little Tokyo Resident Groups
• Casa Heiwa Tenants' Association
• Miyako Gardens Tenants' Association
• Little Tokyo Residents' Association
• San Pedro Firm Building Tenants' Association
• Tokyo Villa Homeowners’ Association

Seniors
Asian Pacific Islander Older Adults Task Force
Koreisha Chushoku Kai Senior Program
Monterey Park Japanese American Senior Citizen's Club
Seinan Senior Citizens Center
• Southern California Gateball Association

Community Organizations
• Asian American Drug Abuse Program (AADAP)
• Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M)
• Asian Pacific Health Care Venture
• Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON)
• Chinatown Service Center
Central City Community Outreach
• Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
• Gidra News Magazine
• JACL - Pacific Southwest District
• and chapters: Carson, Greater L.A. Singles, East L.A., Ventura Co.
• Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California
• Japanese Community Youth Council, San Francisco
• Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates
Latino Urban Forum
Little Tokyo For Peace
• Little Tokyo Service Center, Inc.
• Los Angeles Housing Partnership
• Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR — formerly the National
Coalition for Redress & Reparations)
• Nisei Week Japanese Festival
• Pilipino American Network and Advocacy (PANA)
• Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA)

Southeast Japanese Community Center
• Taiwanese American Union
• Thai Community Development Center
• V
enice Japanese Community Center

Youth Groups
• Los Angeles Conservation Corps
• Boy Scout Troop 379 — Koyasan Buddhist Church
Cub Scout Troop 379 — Koyasan Buddhist Church
Girl Scout Troop 379 — Koyasan Buddhist Church
• Boy Scout Troop 764 — Venice
Casa Heiwa Assistance & Mentorship Program (Tutorial in Little Tokyo run by UCLA students)
Pilgrim Action Network (an alliance of Pilgrim School Students)
• S.A.Y. Yes! (a program of Central City Community Outreach)

College Groups
• Claremont Colleges Nikkei Student Union
CSUF Japanese Student Association
CSULB Nikkei Student Union
CSUN Nikkei Student Association
Intercollegiate Nikkei Council
Loyola Marymount University Kyodai
UCI Tomo No Kai
UCLA: Asian pacific Coalition, Association of Chinese Americans,
Community Service Comission, Concerned Asian Pacific Islander Students
for Action, Korean American Student Association, Nikkei Student Union, Taiwanese American Union
UCR Ichiban
UCSD Nikkei Student Union
USC Southern California Nikkei Association

Martial Arts
• Al United States Kendo Federation (AUSKF)
Carson Judo Club
• Hayastan Judo
• Hollywood Judo Dojo
• Lakewood Dojo
• Los Angeles City College Judo Club
• Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do of Little Tokyo
• Monterey Park Kendo Dojo
• Sawtelle Judo Dojo
• South Bay Judo
• Southern California Kendo Federation
• Westside Kendo Dojo
• World Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do Association (WMKA)

Cultural Arts
Black Lava Clothing
• Chikara Daiko
• Great Leap
hereandnow
Katalyst Productions
• Kyodo Taiko
Taiko Center of Los Angeles
Venice Koshin Taiko
Zenshuji Zendeko Taiko

Community Basketball
Community Youth Council (CYC) (basketball)
Crescent Bay Optimist Club (CBO)
• FOR South Bay
• Gardena Evening Optimist Club (GEO)
"Homies" basketball team
Imperials Sports Organization
• JETS/JETTS, Inc.
Monterey Park Mustangs organization
Nikkei Basketball Association
• Nisei Church League
• Orange Coast Optimists (OCO)
Sabers/Saberettes Organization
• San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center Athletic
Association
• South East Youth Organization (SEYO)
Southern California Women’s Athletic Union (SCWAU)
• The Mini’s" Basketball Team
• Tigers Youth Club
• Venice Red Hots Basketball Team
• Venice Youth Council
• VFW Kazuo Masuda Post 3670 Youth Group
• Westside Athletics Association
• Y
onsei Basketball Association
84 Saber Boys basketball team

Various Sports
Japanese American Volleyball Association
Nikkei Games
Orange Coast Optimists (OCO)
• Westside Volleyball

Individual Endorsers (partial list)
• Eve & Lucius Allen
• Saundra Bryant, Exec Dir, All People's Christian Center
• Sister Diane Donoghue, Exec Dir – Esperanza Community
Housing Corp
• Maria Elena Durazo, President – HERE Local 11
• Warren Furutani & Lisa Abe Furutani
• Chris Gobrecht, Head Coach, USC Women of Troy Basketball
Rev. Grant Hagiya
Mayor James Hahn
Dan Ichinose, Co-Chair — Civil Rights Caucus, JACL PSWD
• Danny Iwama, J & S Auto Service
Katsumi Kunitsugu
Stewart Kwoh, Executive Director — APALC
Rev. George T. Matsubayashi, minister — Nishihongwanji Buddhist
• Colleen Matsuhara, Asst Coach, USC Women of Troy Basketball
• Archie Miyatake

Steve Nakajo, Executive Director — Kimochi, Inc., San Francisco
Don Nakanishi, Director, Asian American Studies Center, UCLA
Brian Niiya, Curator — Japanese American National Museum, "More
Than A Game" exhibit
• Edmund SooHoo
Ron Wakabayashi, Director, Community Relations, U.S. Dept. of Justice
• Jamaal Wilkes

*as of 01/30/2003

Pro/College Basketball
Business Groups
Labor
Veterans
Religious
Little Tokyo Residents
Seniors
Community Organizations
Youth Groups
College Groups
Martial Arts
Cultural Arts
Basketball
Various Sports
Individual endorsers

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