a face mask project to sew and distribute reusable cloth masks to senior members as well as frontline healthcare workers and residents of local care facilities.

I was a beneficiary my entire career of his kindness and steadiness.Judge Raymond and Yoshiko Uno at the Utah Minority Bar Association dinner in October 2006.

passed away in his sleep at Veterans Hospital in Salt Lake City on March 8.My father passed away the first year we were in the camp.He also played a pivotal role in building the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundations Interpretive Center and was a dedicated member of the foundations advisory council.

He was an inspiration to me as I saw him support so many community activities and nurturing relationships in politics.Uno served as JACL National President in the 1970s and was key in initiating the movement to seek redress for the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Judge Uno was a scholar and soldier.

He is survived by his wife Yoshiko; five sons.after witnessing the wrongful imprisonment of Muslim community members made under the same guise of national security in the aftermath of Sept.

and the way I and serve in Congress.His actions have had a profound impact on my life.

): Today we celebrate Fred Korematsu.we must remain vigilant to keep prejudice out of our national policies and continue speaking up for civil rights and equality for all.