Stan Shikuma
Template:TOCnestleft Stan Shikuma is a Seattle Washington activist. Married to Tracy Lai.
Education and Training
- Biological Science, Stanford University, 1976
- Nursing, University of Washington, 1985
Tule Lake Committee
Stan Shikuma, Tule Lake Committee, is a Sansei who grew up in Watsonville, California. His family members went to Poston and Tule Lake. Mr. Shikuma helped organize the first Asian American Studies course at Stanford, and he also worked on redress and reparations. He has attended every Tule Lake Pilgrimage since 1979, learning much about the largest confinement center for Japanese Americans during World War II. Mr. Shikuma performs with Seattle Kokon Taiko, sits on the Advisory Board of the North American Taiko Conference, directs Kaze Daiko (a youth group), and coordinates RTG Seattle, an alliance of nine local taiko groups). He also co-chairs the Seattle Area Chapter of JACL’s Power of Words Committee, changing history one word at a time.[1]
International Examiner staff/contributors
Haruko Ando, Maria Batayola, William Blauvelt, Greg Castilla, Ron Chew, Donnie Chin, Doug Chin, Sue Chin, Tom Eng, Ann Fujii, Gabby Gomez, Jeff Hanada, Sumi Hayashi, Gary Iwamoto, Michelle Kumata, Tracy Lai, Vibha Lai, Alan Chong Lau, Serena Louie, Ken Mochizuki, Valerie Ooka Pang, Jesse Reyes, Stan Shikuma, Kamol Sudthayakorn, Connie Sugahara, Esther Sugai, Myra Sun, Susan Taketa, Greg Tuai, Dean Wong, Diane Yen-Mei Wong.
1985, International Examiner, 318-6th Ave S. #127, Seattle, WA.[2]
Rainbow
In 1989 Stan Shikuma was active in the Rainbow Coalition in Seattle.
Unity
Stan Shikuma, wrote an article for Unity, the newspaper of the League of Revolutionary Struggle, January 1990 issue, on the murders of Silme Domingo, and Gene Viernes.
Unity correspondent
In 1990 Regional Correspondents for Unity, newspaper of the League of Revolutionary Struggle included Stan Shikuma, Seattle.
"A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond"
Unity, January 28 1991, issued a statement "A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond" on pages 4 to 6.
This group was a split in the League of Revolutionary Struggle which soon became the Unity Organizing Committee.
Those listed as supporters of the call included Stan Shikuma, community activist Seattle. .