Japanese Americans from across the country will gather next spring in Washington, D.C. on June 5-7, 2020, for a “National Pilgrimage to Close the Camps.” Organizers plan… Read more “125,000 Paper Cranes to DC in June 2020 for Tsuru for Solidarity’s “National Pilgrimage to Close the Camps””
Author: Keith Kamisugi
Tsuru for Solidarity Statement on the Nakamoto Group’s Use of Japanese American History to Justify Profiting Off Inhumane ICE Detention Facilities
Statement by Tsuru for Solidarity (www.tsuruforsolidarity.org): Jennifer Nakamoto, the CEO of the Nakamoto Group, is expected to testify at today’s congressional hearing entitled “Oversight of ICE Detention… Read more “Tsuru for Solidarity Statement on the Nakamoto Group’s Use of Japanese American History to Justify Profiting Off Inhumane ICE Detention Facilities”
‘And Then They Came for Us’ Screening in San Diego
The Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego hosted a screening of “And Then They Came For Us” on August 29, 2019, at the University of San Diego Joan B.… Read more “‘And Then They Came for Us’ Screening in San Diego”
Op-ed by Peter Irons: ‘A concentration camp is a concentration camp’
In an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle on July 20, 2019, Prof. Peter Irons refutes criticisms from those who object to using “concentration camps” to describe… Read more “Op-ed by Peter Irons: ‘A concentration camp is a concentration camp’”
San Francisco Japantown Community Denounces Trump Concentration Camps
Members from San Francisco’s Japantown community held a press conference today to denounce the use and expansion of American concentration camps to imprison migrant children and families.… Read more “San Francisco Japantown Community Denounces Trump Concentration Camps”
Rep. Judy Chu Amendment Would Prevent Children From Being Held at Former Japanese American Incarceration Camp
Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) introduced an amendment to H.R. 3401, the supplemental border appropriations bill, that would prohibit any funds made available by the bill from… Read more “Rep. Judy Chu Amendment Would Prevent Children From Being Held at Former Japanese American Incarceration Camp”
Japanese Americans joined together with Native Americans and Immigrant Rights advocates to protest immigration detention at Fort Sill, a former WWII prison camp
Today, Japanese Americans, Native Americans and Immigrant Rights advocates joined together to protest immigration detention at Fort Sill, the former site of a WWII prison camp for… Read more “Japanese Americans joined together with Native Americans and Immigrant Rights advocates to protest immigration detention at Fort Sill, a former WWII prison camp”
Don Tamaki Leads Tour of ‘Then They Came for Us’ Exhibit
Don Tamaki led a special guided tour (photos) on May 25, 2019, of the “Then they Came For Me” exhibit at The Presidio in San Francisco, organized… Read more “Don Tamaki Leads Tour of ‘Then They Came for Us’ Exhibit”
