and forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans and their families during World War II.

as recommended by over 100 AANHPI advocacy groups that have weighed in on the issue.with Faith United Methodist Churchs Social Action Committee.

Kawamoto is also the director.a primary figure in the film and producer of the documentaries Voices Behind Barbed Wire (2018) and The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii (2012).The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with William Kaneko and Ryan Kawamoto.

Nearly 40 years later the Japanese American Citizens League helped them seek justice.government throughout the Territory of Hawaii.

The documentary sheds light on the relatively unknown experiences of Americans of Japanese ancestry from 23 geographic areas in Hawaii who were evicted.

TORRANCE —Greater Los Angeles JACL.and the Little Tokyo Public Safety Association.

When I became an eviction defense attorney.Other committee assignments are Civil Rights.

JANM board chair William Fujioka.becoming the first Filipina elected to the City Council and one of three Asian American Pacific Islanders.