I was asked to be an advisor on the project and opportunities came together to utilize Brigham City facilities and businesses for the Wasatch Front North JACLs Utah Day of Remembrance event on Feb.

and other nasty characterizations.they could send money back to families in Japan and/or save money to improve their lot here in America.

rural stock and dreamt that with hard.It is a proven technique to create fear in people by claiming that hordes of strangers and criminals are invading our borders — although it is a known fact that immigrants cause fewer crimes than native-born Americans.who claim they want America to be a Christian nation but ignore the most basic Christian message of loving your neighbors (whoever they may be) and to be charitable for the needy.

Remember recently when Haitian immigrants in Ohio were being castigated by the false accusation that they were eating their neighbors pets? People in Ohio became fearful of the Haitian community in Springfield.were denied civil rights and often persecuted.

Our Japanese ancestors were part of that massive wave of newcomers who sought only the opportunity to better themselves – an opportunity afforded to them by an America that was more generous back then.

Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of The Rafu Shimpo.he chats with young traditional dancers in 2011.

Obras de Luz represents the history of a community through his lens.whose family is in its third generation of owning and publishing The Rafu.

Having worked previously on the printing crew.Nisei Week shared a special place in Reyes heart.