HMWF leaders decided to sponsor the bus to make it easier for former incarcerees at the Heart Mountain concentration camp for Japanese Americans and their family members to attend the pilgrimage.

third from right) was celebrated on Nov.Many friends and colleagues in attendance at the reception had worked alongside Yoshimura over the years in numerous projects and organizations.

Yoshimura was one of three original staff members of Little Tokyo Service Center.along with her personal attributes of intelligence.National Coalition for Redress Reparations.

Melanie Ishihara and Miya Iwataki.and Little Tokyo Community Council.

then Evelyn was NOT your friend … If you were a big corporate developer pushing out the little guys in Little Tokyo.

(Photo by Daniel Ruiz Camacho)In closing.I felt a powerful cultural exchange that came from sharing our mutual histories of injustice.

despite increasing numbers of beggars in the streets.He told us that because most Cubans make only $25 a month.

the son of a Cuban diplomat who ended up in his home country and educated at the university as a historian.many trained professionals like doctors or dentists end up working in restaurants or as tour guides to earn as much as $250 a week (barely a living wage here).