America’s Opportunity Fund Expresses Condolences on the Passing of Etsu Mineta Masaoka
America’s Opportunity Fund Expresses Condolences on the Passing of Etsu Mineta Masaoka
June 7, 2011
Contact: Alvina Yeh, Communications Director // alvina@americasopportunityfund.com
Washington, D.C – Last week, long-time community leader Etsu Mineta Masaoka passed away. Mineta Masaoka was a stalwart leader and icon in the community, particularly within the Japanese-American community. She was the sister of AOF Co-Founder and Chair, Norman Y. Mineta, and was interned with her family at the Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming, where she met her husband, civil rights leader, Mike Masaoka.
Vida Benavides, AOF Leadership Adviser, remarks, “On behalf of the family at America’s Opportunity Fund, we send our deepest condolences and prayers go out to the Mineta, Masaoka and Amano families. Etsu was a tremendous leader and figure in the Asian Pacific Islander American community and she will be sorely missed”.
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America's Opportunity Fund (AOF) is a 501 C (4) Political Action Committee that provides opportunities for candidates, and communities of color, to participate fully in the electoral process at the federal and statewide level.
The goals of AOF are to affect a marked increase in the number of elected officials who embrace and understand the needs of communities of color; generate significant funds to support its mission in targeted states throughout the country; increase voter visibility and participation to support AOF endorsed candidates to achieve victory.
