Mitchell T. Maki is the President and CEO of the Go For Broke National Education Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy and lessons of the Nisei World War II veterans. Dr. Maki is a highly sought after international speaker on the Japanese American redress movement and its relevance to contemporary socio-political issues. He is one of the leading scholars on the topic.Dr. Maki is the lead author of the award-winning book, Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese Americans Obtained Redress, a detailed case study of the 1988 Civil Liberties Act. This critically acclaimed book documents the redress movement from its earliest roots during World War II, the formal introduction of the idea in the 1970s, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, the judicial battles during the 1980s, and the lobbying of the legislative and executive branches in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2000, the book received the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award which is given to books addressing bigotry and human rights in North America.Dr. Maki has held the positions of acting Provost and Vice president of Academic Affairs, Vice Provost of Student Academic Success, dean of the Colleges of Professional Studies and Health and Human Services (CSUDH), acting dean of the College of Health and Human Services at CSU Los Angeles and assistant professor in the Department of Social Welfare at UCLA. As acting Provost, Dr. Maki provided academic and strategic leadership for CSUDH's five academic colleges which served over fifteen thousand students.Dr. Maki received a doctorate (1993) and master’s degree (1984) in social work and a baccalaureate degree in public affairs (1982) from the University of Southern California. He is a licensed clinical social worker who has worked for the County of Riverside’s DPSS, El Centro Human Services, and Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital.
