Stan Shikuma

From Hiroshima to hope

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Stanley N Shikuma - Board Member of From Hiroshima to Hope

Stan Nobuo Shikuma, Direct Action/Arts Action Committee

Stan is a Sansei activist, organizer, artist, and recently retired nurse living in Seattle, WA. His father’s family farmed strawberries in Watsonville, CA before WWII; his older brother was only 4-years old when the family was removed to a concentration camp near Poston, AZ. His mother’s family owned a dry cleaner and laundromat in Shelton, WA when they were sent to the concentration camp at Tule Lake, CA. Stan serves on the boards of the Tule Lake Committee, Seattle Chapter of the  Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and Regional Taiko Groups-Seattle (RTG-Seattle). He co-edits the Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee & NVC Foundation monthly newsletter; participated in the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) 2019 Delegation to Okinawa as a member of the Seattle Chapter; served as a Unit Rep in the Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA) before retirement in early 2019, has worked on the North American Taiko Conference for twenty years, and performs regularly with Seattle Kokon Taiko. Stan is organizing the taiko contingent for the National Pilgrimage to Close the Camps.

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.

Stanley N Shikuma is a writer, taiko (Japanese drum) artist, and community activist. He performs with Seattle Kokon Taiko and directs Kaze Daiko (a taiko youth group), and has also been a performer, composer, and percussionist on new opera, silent film scores, Butoh dance, and puppet theatre. As a social activist, Stan writes and lectures on Civil Rights, Japanese American history, and Taiko. Affiliations include work with the Tule Lake Pilgrimage, Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee & NVC Foundation, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), Regional Taiko Groups-Seattle, and Taiko Community Alliance.