Jennifer Miyake-Trapp

Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color and the first Asian American woman ever elected to Congress, will be honored on a new US commemorative quarter, to be released in 2024

Few other communities in the United States are as intermarried as Japanese Americans. That’s what makes Kip Fulbeck’s show at @JAMOpdx so valuable. asamnews.com/2023/06/12/hap…

2/19 marks the day in 1942 when Pres, Roosevelt signed EO 9066, which resulted in the imprisonment of Americans of Japanese ancestry. It is a solemn day in our American story. Read the Korematsu Institute #DayOfRemembrance statement here: bit.ly/3YXyTaA

In 1982, the city of San Francisco declared February 12 as Ruth Asawa Day in honor of her work as an artist and advocate for arts education. She believed "art will make people better."

The Community Schools Forward project, a collaboration of @BrookingsInst @natcenterforcs @CommSchools & LPI, brought together national & local leaders to create resources for aligning, building, & scaling #CommunitySchools. Learn more: learningpolicyinstitute.org/project/commun… #CSForward

Our paper @FabianTerbeck finds educational disadvantage extending beyond the urban core and perceptions of where poverty exists and whom it affects often have not kept pace with its growing reach. @diverse_schools @CRPatUCLA journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.10…

Starting in June 2023, every California child under the age of 5 will be able to receive a free book in the mail, every month, thanks to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library expansion to California! 📚

History books that mention the Chinese Exclusion Act or the Japanese American incarceration without addressing the underlying racism that made them possible aren’t telling the whole story. asamnews.com/2022/12/27/exc…

A Master's in Higher Education can help you gain experience in 🖋 classroom leadership 🖋 education policy research 🖋 new learning technologies 🖋 effective teaching for student success Read our blog to learn more about the benefits of this program: bit.ly/3fSXfli

So proud of @kaysnina for representing teachers and the OEB with such passion!

A Pasadena school is the nation’s first named after Octavia Butler — and it’s her alma mater 19thnews.org/2022/11/pasade… via @19thnews @pusdmagnets @bmcdonald6 @WSMApusd

@TeachFiercely @MarshallEagles1 Principal for a Day. Awesome job! At @MarshallEagles1 Book Fair. @Hchanhill @AudreyDeniseGr2 @pasedfoundation @PasadenaUnified

Wat Misaka was a basketball pioneer and also a key leader of the Japanese American community. medium.com/sportsraid/the…

“Feedback should move a conversation from discovery to action—yet delivering it is more art than science. Always leave those you lead with dignity and hope”

Dr. Mordechay and Dr. Kirnon each received the Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Hamilton was selected as a Stephen D. Davis Award for Scholarly Achievement recipient. Congratulations to our faculty for these incredible accomplishments!

Applauding @PasadenaUnified teachers & leaders selected by @CA_TESOL to share their successes and guidance for supporting emergent bilingual learners at the #catesol22 State Conference!

May you be released from envying people’s fake lives and find joy in your real life.

Public service announcement: When someone has a hyphenated last name, say like Hannah-Jones, don't shorten the name to one of those names, say Jones. The hyphen exists for a reason, and it does not make one of the names it connects optional.

Julie Otsuka’s new novel, The Swimmers, takes her characters through the Japanese American incarceration, as she did in When the Emperor Was Divine. It’s another important book to discover this part of American history. altaonline.com/california-boo…

Parents are quick to point the finger at children’s excessive screen time, when they, too, could benefit from reevaluating their tech use. "Our kids are put on this planet to help us understand the consequences of our actions." @NimahGobir @drugdealermd kqed.org/mindshift/5909…