Jill Tokuda (D-Hawaii): President Biden has been a remarkable leader.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced on May 1 that the historic Little Tokyo district in Downtown Los Angeles is on the trusts annual list of Americas 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.including the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

AlaskaTangier American Legation.Little Tokyo is home to over 400 small businesses.which fought to designate one block of the commercial corridor as a National Historic Landmark in the 1990s.

and investment in initiatives like the L.We hope that by bringing attention to displacement and gentrification occurring in the neighborhood.

Massachusetts Theodore Roosevelt High School.

but the community continues to fight for preservation of their neighborhood.I feel I have come full circle as I first danced in the first Nisei Week Parade in 1936.

So many people who have given years of volunteer time that continue working every day — they all deserve to be named Pioneer Spirit awardees.I am especially grateful to be one of six recipients of the 202484th Nisei Week Festival Pioneer Spirit Award.

and popular Chinese restaurants on First Street that were places of celebrations and after-funeral get-togethers — San Kow Low (three stories).And this is all part of the Little Tokyo where I grew up.