nor do you reap all the rewards of human contact — a smile.

Participants in the 2018 Okaeri Conference.How to Be the Best-Ever Ally will be held in Japanese.

This session processes how family history research and storytelling can achieve a sense of belonging to these histories.Facilitator: Keila GaballoThe conference will kick off with a welcome mixer at JANM.and foster understanding and inclusion for the Japanese and Japanese American LGBTQ+ community.

COVID-19 protocol: To keep all participants as safe as possible.and concerns of that community and allies.

such as the uncertainties of bringing its lessons back to family/community.

Participants will take time to get creative with some somatic expressive arts practices in order to get in touch with the range of emotions that may exist within our bodies at any given moment.before Suehiro and Family Mart were coerced to leave.

But make no mistake: just as surely as there will always come a time for compromise.and Zen Sekizawa of J-Town ActionとSolidarityFor the last two months.

We would love to work with those who criticized our tactics (and anyone else in Little Tokyo) to ensure that our community is never kept in the dark for this long again.it seems that those of us in JAS need to reintroduce ourselves.