We often think of stories about communities of color as being sidelined.

But it reverberates so powerfully because of what we are witnessing today.Democracy is fragile and we need to keep going.

a native of South Africa who was jailed as a political prisoner for demonstrating against apartheid.Former incarcerees and descendants of incarcerees sat on the stage behind the speakers.A thousand armed troops invaded when it became a maximum security prison.

23 outside the Japanese American National Museum for a Day of Action in response to federal immigration enforcement activities in Little Tokyo a week earlier.From Oxnard sugar beet strike to South African divestment.

The next generation deserves to know our histories.

Hoshizaki credited writer Frank Chin with researching and writing about the resisters.and attend performances and dance recitals.

I think I must have been naturally interested from a young age.Q: What do you consider your mission through Japanese dance?A: To keep dancing.

but since there are other groups among her students like Mai no Kai.but the four years I spent there became a once-in-a-lifetime treasure.