and displays of calligraphy (shodo).

Our ancestors built Little Tokyo in the face of exclusion and redlining that caused Issei and Nisei to come together a few blocks southeast of City Hall.Our community has always embodied a commitment to social justice.

continuing its legacy as a cultural and community hub.enabling Little Tokyo to once again serve as a landing pad for Nikkeijin.Little Tokyo has steadily lost its historic Japanese American population.

which disproportionately harms marginalized communities.making it nearly impossible for new Nikkeijin to move in.

Rendering of the completed Fourth Central project.

and the resilience learned in full-contact Kyokushin Karate tournaments at the dojo atop the Little Tokyo Galleria.military to remove persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast and set into motion their incarceration into concentration camps during World War II

quoting from John Gillespie Magees poem High Flight: We will never forget them.The seven-member crew of the STS-107 mission was just 16 minutes from landing on the morning of Feb.

; and Stennis Space Flight Center in Bay St.first American spacewalker Ed White.