sentences:  Toyama is working on several new plays, including "Memorial Day", which is about the 100th/442nd, the segregated Japanese American fighting unit of World War II, and "Yuri and Malcolm X", about the life of Nisei civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama and her friendship with Malcolm X.He has served on the Artistic Board at The Road Theatre Company as well as the Literary Committee at East West Players.He has been honored with awards from various community organizations, including "Japanese American of the Biennium" awarded by the National JACL, a Community Award from the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago, Special Recognition from the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center of Los Angeles, a Visionary Award from East West Players, and a Humanitarian Award from The 1939 Club, a Holocaust Survivors' organization.