Kinoshita Scholarship

JACL Seattle Chapter

Cherry and Mas Kinoshita were very active in the area of civil rights/civil liberties. Their contribution and leadership towards the redress for Japanese Americans incarceration during World War II was immense. Cherry Kinoshita received the prestigious Washington State Jefferson Award for her work on Japanese American Redress.

The Cherry and Mas Kinoshita Scholarship will be given to applicants who are of Japanese ancestry, or individual members of the Seattle JACL, or active in the Seattle JACL community, and who plan to pursue or is pursuing studies and/or a career in political science, law, education, journalism, Asian American Studies, or other field leading to service to the community.