Many were incarcerated in Manzanar for over three years.

and is actively fundraising donations to support these efforts.The students are currently working on a documentary short about the monument.

The WWIICW Youth Group with WWIICW leaders.which will be located at Columbia Park in Torrance.Public information events are being planned by the projects advisory committee.

Yuta Takahashi and Sophia Muratsuchi.have formed a WWIICW Youth Group in order to get high school and college students involved in the project.

Yuta Takahashi; seated: project founder Kanji Sahara.

Two local high school students.One of the most widely read and highly regarded Japanese poets.

and television personality known for voicing the title character in the Doraemon anime series for 26 years.including National Coalition for Redress/Reparations.

He served as co-editor of The Almanac of American Politics.worked as a peace activist and helped other survivors overseas receive aid from Japan.