Press Releases

2025

September 10, 2025 – GFBNEC Presents the 2025 Evening of Aloha Gala
June 23, 2025 – 26th Annual Go For Broke Monument Anniversary

2024

May 23, 2024 – National Broadcast Set to Mark Go For Broke Monument 25th Anniversary
February 29, 2024 – Groundbreaking Ceremony for Go For Broke Plaza & First Street North Residences Launches Construction of New Mixed-Use Development in Little Tokyo

2023

November 17, 2023 – City of Glendale Press Conference & Unveiling Event: Sadao S. Munemori, Inaugural Memorial Square
September 16, 2023 – GFBNEC Presents the 2023 Evening of Aloha Gala
June 9, 2023 – Go For Broke National Education Center Announces National Torchbearers Program to Ensure the Legacy of the Nisei WWII Soldiers for Generations to Come

2022

October 10, 2022 – GFBNEC to Host In-Person 2022 Evening of Aloha Gala
May 25, 2022 – National Live Broadcast Set to Mark 23rd Anniversary of Go For Broke Monument

2021

November 4, 2021 – 20th Anniversary Evening of Aloha National Broadcast to Honor Living WWII Nisei Veterans
November 4, 2021 – The History Channel Announces New One-Hour Documentary “Hidden Heroes”
July 15, 2021 – New High School Curriculum Set to Launch This Summer: Can Hawai’i’s Aloha Spirit Survive A War?
May 30, 2021 – National Live Broadcast Set to Mark 22nd Anniversary of Go For Broke Monument
February 24, 2021 – GFBNEC Launches New Livestream Series “Living the Nisei Dream,” Focusing on WWII Soldiers’ Legacy to Younger Generations
January 20, 2021 – GFBNEC’s “Courage and Compassion” & “Portraits of Courage” Exhibitions Set to Open in Dallas

2020

September 30, 2020 – GFBNEC To Present 2020 Evening of Aloha Virtual Gala
May 19, 2020 – Go For Broke Monument to Host National Livestream Event Marking 21st Anniversary
March 4, 2020 – Go For Broke National Education Center Names Janis Tanji Wong Vice President of Development and Strategic Initiatives
January 15, 2020 – “Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American WWII Experience” Comes to Houston

2019 & Prior

August 21, 2019 – Go For Broke National Education Center Exhibition Brings “Portraits of Courage” Veterans’ Photo Exhibit to Salt Lake City
July 30, 2019 – Go For Broke National Education Center Names New Chairman, Board Members
June 5, 2019 – Go For Broke National Education Center Announces Approval of Long-Term Little Tokyo Lease Agreement
May 28, 2019 – Go For Broke National Education Center to Host “Fire For Effect: Journey of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion”
April 23, 2019 – New Mexico to Host “Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American WWII Experience”
February 27, 2019 – Go For Broke National Education Center Launches 2019 Essay, Poetry Contest for High School, College Students
February 25, 2019 – Chicago to Host “Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American WWII Experience”
December 13, 2018 – Go For Broke National Education Center Names Michelle Enriquez, Brandon Leong as Vice Presidents
November 5, 2018 – Peoria, Ill. to Host “Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American WWII Experience”
September 10, 2018 – Monterey, Calif. to Host “Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American WWII Experience”
August 23, 2018 – Go For Broke National Education Center Announces New School Programs and Partnerships
July 25, 2018 – The Japanese American Redress Movement and Social Justice Today: Thirty Years of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988
June 20, 2018 – Go For Broke National Education Center to Present “Nikkei Samurai: Japanese Swords and the Military Intelligence Service”
May 23, 2018 – Go For Broke National Education Center Seeks Artists for Exhibition
April 30, 2018 – ‘Portraits of Courage’ Photography Exhibition to Celebrate Japanese American WWII Veterans
March 20, 2018 – Two Minnesota Cities to Host “Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American WWII Experience”
January 22, 2018 – Go For Broke National Education Center Awarded Grants from Aratani Foundation and Keiro
January 8, 2018 – Oberlin College to Host ‘Courage and Compassion’ Exhibition
November 12, 2017 – Kingsburg Historical Society, Go For Broke National Education Center to Host Traveling Exhibit on WWII Japanese American Experience
October 23, 2017 – Go For Broke National Education Center, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai’i to Host ‘Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American WWII Experience’
July 20, 2017 – Go For Broke National Education Center to Present “Nikkei Samurai: Japanese Swords and the Nisei Veteran”
June 14, 2017 – Go For Broke National Education Center Awarded Grant by National Park Services’ Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program
May 22, 2017 – Go For Broke National Education Center Awarded Civil Liberties Grant by California State Library
April 17, 2017 – Go For Broke National Education Center Holds 2017 Essay Contest
January 31, 2017 – Go For Broke National Education Center Names Stephen Kagawa as Chairman of Board of Directors
December 14, 2016 – Go For Broke National Education Center Response to LA Times Article
December 6, 2016 – Go For Broke National Education Center Statement on 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attack
December 2, 2016 – Go For Broke National Education Center Applauds Filipino WWII Veterans’ Congressional Gold Medal Act
November 30, 2016 – Go For Broke National Education Center Names Dr. Mitchell Maki President, Chief Executive Officer
November 17, 2016 – GFBNEC Statement: Incarceration of Japanese Americans is Not A Precedent
November 10, 2016 – GFBNEC Statement: 2016 Presidential Election
January 11, 2016 – Go For Broke Now Accepting Submissions for Fourth Annual High School and College Student Essay, Poetry, and Video Contest