Other speakers at the grand opening included EAH Housing Chief Real Estate Development Officer Welton Jordan.

a semi-annual event that organizes group visits to the former prison site by incarceration survivors and their descendants.Former internees Naganuma and Shimizu.

will explore the shared connections between the Japanese and Mexican American communities that have allowed this project to flourish.The most gratifying result of our collaboration with the Mexican American community of Crystal City is the solidarity we have developed.Salazar was so moved by his interactions with Japanese Americans that he joined the pilgrimage committee.

the little-known Crystal City U.My Story Museum is the brainchild of former city manager Diana Palacios – herself one of the 1969 student protest leaders.

Salazar is a social studies teacher who has been teaching and coaching for the last 42 years.

Sachiko Tanabe (13) and Aiko Oyakawa (11) drowned in 1944.She currently serves as a board member in multiple organizations.

Kelsey Iino with father Steve Iino.and hope for public education during such a chaotic time.

Iino was sworn in by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Akemi Arakaki on Dec.earned an AA in sociology at El Camino College.