I always say that Buddhism is all around us.

We take issue with The Rafu Shimpo and LTCC precisely because they choose to publicly label us as vandals without even acknowledging that Sperl was the target of our flyers.But whenever the time comes that our community needs someone to take action.

we have to ask: who here has the courage to stand up to Tony Sperl? We intend to hold a forum within the next three or so weeks to find the answer.Criticism without dialogue does not strengthen our community but instead divides it.individual members act on their own initiative and we use democratic decision-making to resolve whatever disagreements emerge).

The center and vast majority of our work — what we have done every Saturday for two and a half years (135+ Power Ups) — is about building up the community through mutual care.Theres more than one way to stand up to Tony Sperl.

We invite everyone in the community to join us in organizing an open forum to continue the conversation (among other things.

our main tactic has been a flyering campaign that directly exposes Sperl to the rest of the community.so the JACL rallies our allies to do a similar thing.

Foreground: Josh Kaizuka of the Florin Chapter and Vinicius Taguchi of the Twin Cities Chapter.and sex-reassignment surgery and healthcare procedures for transition are banned.

Eastern District youth representative.The resolution was also a response to the rise of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation across the country.