A recent public talk at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at ²ÑÄå²Ô´Ç²¹ shed light on the decades-long fight for justice by Filipino veterans of World War II and the role of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye in advocating for their rights.

On February 27, Colin Moore, associate professor in the College of Social Sciences, presented “Soldiers of a Forgotten Empire: Filipino Veterans and the Politics of Denial,” exploring how more than 200,000 Filipino veterans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces were denied promised benefits under the Rescission Act of 1946.

His talk examined the plight of Filipino veterans within the broader context of U.S. imperialism and the Cold War, while tracing Inouye’s decades-long efforts to secure justice. Letters written by veterans to Inouye reveal their frustration, anger and disappointment.

Moore’s work draws from extensive archival research, including visits to the National Archives and Records Administration, the Clinton Presidential Library, and the Daniel K. Inouye Papers housed in Hamilton Library’s .

The presentation was followed by a discussion among in-person and Zoom attendees, many of whom had personal connections to Filipino veterans who struggled to access promised benefits.

Neil Abercrombie, UH Regent and former governor, shared his perspective on advocating for Inouye’s redress legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. are also available to researchers at Hamilton Library.

The hybrid event was organized by the and co-sponsored by UH ²ÑÄå²Ô´Ç²¹ and the Daniel K. Inouye Institute (DKI). Moore’s research is part of the , supported by the Inouye Institute.

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at ²ÑÄå²Ô´Ç²¹ (CSS) honors the legacy of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (DKI) through faculty and graduate student research grants that recognize his indelible mark on the state and work to shape the U.S. into a more tolerant and inclusive society.

Leanne P. Day, an assistant professor of English at and a research affiliate in the CSS , was the inaugural DKI faculty research fellow in 2020. Day’s research project was titled, “Gestures of Apology, Reparations, and Comparative Racial Formations in Senator Daniel K. Inouye’s Congressional Papers.”

“My research focused on the still unresolved issue of 2,300 Latin American Japanese who were forcibly deported and incarcerated in U.S. detention centers under suspicion of being Japanese spies, and Filipino veterans who served in World War II and did not receive full veterans’ benefits,” said Day. “My most exciting research findings were the fascinating declassified intelligence documents from World War II that articulated the strategic moves to forcibly deport Latin American Japanese, and how the Senator referenced these documents as ‘an extraordinary effort by the U.S. government’ to relocate, intern and deport them.”

The 2022 DKI fellow is Colin Moore, chair of the UH ²ÑÄå²Ô´Ç²¹ .

Applications now accepted

To commemorate the advancement of democracy, public policy and good government, faculty researchers and UH ²ÑÄå²Ô´Ç²¹ graduate students may apply for $5,000 grants through the and . The application deadline for both is November 30, 2022.

Selected fellows and graduate students will conduct archival research using DKI collections housed at the UH ²ÑÄå²Ô´Ç²¹ Library’s : ; and UH West Oʻahu’s . Selected fellows are faculty researchers who will be in residence at UH ²ÑÄå²Ô´Ç²¹, such as Day.

“We are proud that the college houses the , which is the hub for programs like the Congressional Archives Internship, Distinguished Visiting Scholar and special events,” said CSS Dean Denise Eby Konan. “The initiative is a living tribute to the man whose public service leadership, democratic ideals and global awareness remain relevant and impactful years after his passing. We are especially grateful to our partnership with the Daniel K. Inouye Institute, which makes this possible.”

The Daniel K. Inouye Institute was established in 2013 to preserve Inouye’s papers and tell his life story; support STEM education, civics learning and international educational-cultural exchanges; and establish a repository of the Asian American/Pacific experience.

“Senator Inouye was a proud alumnus of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at ²ÑÄå²Ô´Ç²¹,” said Jennifer Sabas, director of the Daniel K. Inouye Institute. “We are so pleased that UH students and faculty will be able to access his archives for original research and be inspired into public service.”

There is recognition across the political spectrum that the “American Dream,” symbolizing prosperity and opportunity, may be increasingly elusive, as many find it more difficult to make a living. “Restoring the American Dream” is the subject of the fourth annual Daniel K. Inouye Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, July 19 in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the legacy and principles of the late Honorable U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye.

(DKII) and the will host the event, which features E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Ross Douthat of the New York Times, who will reflect on the origins of the “American Dream” and explore different ways conservatives and liberals imagine its future. Ann Compton, former ABC News White House correspondent, will moderate the event.

Watch it live

The lecture will be held at the Library of Congress and will be made available via livestream on the Library’s and starting at 12:30 p.m. HST.

The conversation will also be live-tweeted by both the Kluge Center and the Inouye Institute’s twitter accounts: and using the hashtag .

The lecture series is made possible through a generous donation from the Daniel K. Inouye Institute. Each year the lecture focuses on one theme that reflects Senator Inouye’s legacy of public service and civic engagement. The full lecture series may be accessed on the Library of Congress website and video segments in downloadable learning supplements are posted to . The senator’s congressional papers are also digitally accessible through an agreement between the Inouye Institute and the Library.

For more on the lecture, go to the .

supports several of the institute’s initiatives including the in UH ²ÑÄå²Ô´Ç²¹â€™s and at UH–West Oʻahu.

A student group hosted a high-powered civics lesson for students and the community. The students known as the DKI Leaders in Action, and named for the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye, coordinated the public viewing of an event featuring former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell.

The joint lecture in July 2015 was the inaugural event for the Daniel K. Inouye Annual Lecture Series. It was moderated by journalist Ann Compton at the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C., and was live streamed to UH and beyond.

One highlight of the program was the live tweeting and the ability for the online viewing audience to ask questions via Twitter.

“We’ll be taking questions from the audience and from the students at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½ shortly,” announced Compton, encouraging viewers to participate. “What should young people focus on right now?”

“In international relations, it isn’t just political science and history, it’s health, it’s science, the world is not flat,” said Albright. “There have to be ways that many more disciplines come into it and it’s much more interdisciplinary so that you can figure out where the pressures are. Much, much more complicated than what we had.”

“So, to the young people here I would say while you are thinking about all these great issues, get your eduction, become well informed, stay off all social networks, at least part of the time, and really study the issues of the day,” added Powell.

The DKI Leaders in Action students are taking Albright’s and Powell’s sage advice to heart as they work to increase civic engagement.

“I think it’s important even though as a bio student I’m not really engaged that much in politics, but I think taking advantage of these opportunities that the UH Mānoa provides,” said UH Mānoa student Sally Park. I think it’s a really good thing for students to take some time out to be involved in our events.”

“We just want people to be aware of what’s going on in Â鶹´«Ã½ and national politics and again we want Â鶹´«Ã½ to be a leader in these areas: foreign policy, more engagement with our youth, civic opportunities,” added UH Mānoa student Richard Mizusawa.

The live stream was the first in a series of events planned by the DKI Leaders in Action. It is part of the club’s efforts to encourage participation and engagement by the UH Mānoa community and to highlight the importance of bipartisanship, governance and democracy.

The Fund, a program of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Community Foundation and the announce that the will be hosting a distinguished lecture series. Highlighting the importance Dan Inouye placed on bipartisanship and moral courage, the first annual lecture, in a series of five, will address shared values in U.S. foreign policy. The speakers will be Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell, and the moderator will be Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent with .

The lecture, “Finding Shared Values for U.S. Foreign Policy,” will start at 6:30 p.m. EST on Wednesday, July 8, in the Coolidge Auditorium on the ground level of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

UH Mānoa live stream

The free public lecture will be live streamed to the second floor of the UH Mānoa , as well as on the UH Mānoa . Live streaming will start at 12:30 p.m. Â鶹´«Ã½ time. Campus Center seating is limited and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. On-campus parking is available in visitor parking lots. More information regarding lot locations and parking rates may be found at the .

The inaugural lecture will be formatted as a conversation between the two former secretaries of state. It will explore how policymakers and elected officials from different political parties have historically found common ground and cooperation in the areas of foreign policy, diplomacy and international relations.

The event will be live-tweeted via the ’s and Inouye Institute’s Twitter accounts— and (#Inouye).

The five-year series is made possible through a generous donation from the Inouye Institute. Each year the lecture will focus on one theme that reflects Senator Inouye’s legacy of public service and civic engagement. The senator’s congressional papers also are to be made digitally accessible, through an agreement between the institute and the Library, at both organizations.

About Daniel K. Inouye

Daniel K. Inouye served as Â鶹´«Ã½’s first U.S. representative and then as U.S. senator for nearly half a century. A member of the Senate Watergate Committee and chairman of the Senate Iran-Contra Committee, he was a longtime member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which he chaired from 2009 to 2012. Inouye died in 2012.

A veteran of World War II, Inouye was awarded the for his military service and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, becoming the first senator to receive both the Medal of Freedom and the Medal of Honor.

Internationally recognized journalist is serving as the Daniel K. Inouye Visiting Scholar in the University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at Mānoa’s . In this capacity, he is sharing the legacy of Senator Inouye’s story, and is teaching two courses as a lecturer this semester on media, diplomacy and democracy.

Funded by the , Hornik’s position illustrates the institute’s and the college’s support of civic education and engagement for UH Mānoa students. Hornik’s courses are designed to teach students the importance of freedom information and the role of media in democracy, while building critical thinking skills in evaluating news and opinion.

His first course, Media and Society, focuses on news literacy and the role of the news media in a democracy. His second course, Press and Diplomacy in a Global Society, examines the role of media during times of war and national emergency, with particular attention on the tensions and contradictions faced by journalists when the public’s right to know is seen to conflict with national security.

“As the first lecturer and Daniel K. Inouye Visiting Scholar in the School of Communications, Richard Hornik brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the campus,” said Dean Denise Eby Konan. ”We are fortunate to have a person of his caliber at our school. His insights, particularly those derived from a 24-year career at TIME magazine, are invaluable. They provide our students with the opportunity to learn about the challenges faced by journalists and the delicate balance they maintain between the public’s right to know, diplomacy, democracy and national security.”

Added School of Communications Chair and Professor Ann Auman, “We are honored to have Professor Hornik in the School of Communications. His knowledge of the inner workings of one of the nation’s most respected publications, TIME, and his experience as a steward for truth and the public good, are evidence of the important role played by media in our daily lives.”

More on Hornik

Hornik is the director of Overseas Partnership Programs for the Center for News Literacy at the , where he is also a lecturer.

An editorial consultant specializing in business and economics, he has successfully reorganized the editorial operations of the Reuters America Service and Harvard Business Review, where he served as interim editor in 2011 and is currently a contributing editor.

In 2011, Hornik capped a 24-year career at as executive editor of ASIAWEEK, the company’s regional news magazine, where he helped lead the redesign and relaunch of the publication in May 2001. Before that he served as business editor of TIME’s European edition, assembling a team of staff and freelance journalists that produced award-winning coverage of the dramatic changes in the European Union at the end of the 20^th century.

For more, read the .

—By Lisa Shirota