{"id":8528,"date":"2018-01-14T17:23:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T22:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/?page_id=8528"},"modified":"2023-10-04T17:29:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T21:29:57","slug":"art-miki-national-leadership-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/funds-and-awards\/art-miki-national-leadership-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Miki National Leadership Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-8528\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-8528-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-8528-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-8528-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Art-Miki-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7369 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Art-Miki-1-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"Art Miki\" width=\"200\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Art-Miki-1-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Art-Miki-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The <strong>Art Miki National Leadership Award<\/strong> is given every two years to an individual who has shown leadership and who has made outstanding contributions to strengthen the Japanese Canadian community at both the local and the national levels. It is a lasting acknowledgement to the pivotal role played by Dr. Miki in the Redress Settlement of 1988 with the Government of Canada as well as his continued advocacy for human rights for all Canadians. The Award \u2013 formerly known as the NAJC National Award \u2013 is the highest award given by this organization. There is no process application and the recipient is determined by the National Executive Board.<\/p>\n<p>For leadership at local and national level<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Art Miki National Leadership Award<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>(formerly the NAJC National Award) For leadership at local and national level<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2023 Art Miki National Leadership Award \u2013 Susanne Tabata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9534 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Susanne-Tabata.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Susanne-Tabata.jpg 400w, https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Susanne-Tabata-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The NAJC is very proud to announce that the recipient of the 2023 Art Miki National Leadership Award is Susanne Tabata.\u00a0 \u00a0Susanne was a long-time Director and member of the NAJC\u2019s National Executive Board.\u00a0 During her tenure, she helped establish the Arts, Culture and Education Committee, which helped to create the online Japanese Canadian Artists Directory and organized the GEI : Art Symposium in 2022. \u00a0\u00a0However, Susanne\u2019s most significant contribution to the community was her leadership, devotion and drive to help secure the Acknowledgment of Internment and Japanese Canadian Legacies from the Government of British Columbia in 2022.\u00a0 \u00a0She currently is the Chief Executive Officer of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society, an organization that has been set up to provide oversight of the implementation of the BC Redress initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2017: Bryce Kanbara<\/p>\n<p>2015: Maryka Omatsu<\/p>\n<p>2013: Mary &amp; Tosh Kitagawa<\/p>\n<p>2010: Ann Sunahara (exception made)<\/p>\n<p>2009: Keiko Miki<\/p>\n<p>2007: Tony Tamayose<\/p>\n<p>2005: Jesse Nishihata<\/p>\n<p>2003: Gordon Hirabayashi<\/p>\n<p>2001: Joy Kogawa<\/p>\n<p>1999: Henry Shimizu<\/p>\n<p>1997: Roy Inouye<\/p>\n<p>1995: Audrey Kobayashi<\/p>\n<p>1993: Harold Hirose<\/p>\n<p>1991: Roger Obata<\/p>\n<p>1989: Art Miki<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Art Miki National Leadership Award is given every two years to an individual who has shown leadership and who has made outstanding contributions to strengthen the Japanese Canadian community at both the local and the national levels. It is a lasting acknowledgement to the pivotal role played by Dr. Miki in the Redress Settlement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10695,"featured_media":0,"parent":8242,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10695"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8528"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15016,"href":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8528\/revisions\/15016"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}