Rafu: What were the highlights of being involved in Nisei Week?Aiko: I do think that this program is how I found my community here in Los Angeles.

but could have very well been my brother.Other speakers at the rally shared stories about terrified AAPI community members facing deportation and separation from their children.

AAPI Equity Alliance Executive Director Manjusha Kulkarni was among the speakers at te Reclaim Our Streets rally in Long Beach.Pacific Asian Counseling Services.along with many other Southeast Asian boys at the time … sought community elsewhere with local gangs.

The rally came in direct response to the escalation of immigration enforcement under Trump-era policies that continue to reverberate across Los Angeles.Supreme Court decision allowing immigration agents to stop individuals based on race or ethnicity — a ruling that has already deepened the targeting of immigrant and AAPI communities.

well stand with them today and every day.

We are here today to reclaim public spaces and to defend our right to live and thrive in our communities.When I put on the kimono and I was looking at myself in the mirror.

There’s just something so life-changing about this whole program.I think that also shows how it’s changed.

like Aiko and Sarah and the whole court.It’s definitely more incorporated in both promoting businesses foot traffic.