and activities that enhance wellbeing and quality of life for older adults in their local communities.

There were lots of places she could be today.The NPCA organized similar events at Manzanar and other National Park Service sites that day to protest the Trump Administrations efforts to stop the national parks.

But what weve got to remember is that … we have our power.were inextricably intertwined.I started thinking not just of Japanese American history.

We have to defy it for our rights and the rights of others.said that her family was incarcerated at Tule Lake because they had answered no-no on the loyalty questionnaire.

We are the descendants of the 1% they could not kill and the 1% that they could not take away …As the first people of Tongva of Los Angeles.

We must deserve and protect our national parks historical integrity.but she said she needed to be here.

the Smithsonian and other institutions from educating the public about any negative aspects of American history.but we were still under the jurisdiction of the federal prison.

this occurrence is part of our DNA … We will not bow to any pressure to erase history.and after serving about two years … we were released.