Sandra Fukushima Ninomiya represented the Orange County Nikkei Coordinating Council in 1989.

their dignity and their families in an America that had forsaken them.citizenship in preparation for repatriation to Japan.

which became a segregation center.About 10% of the populations of the War Relocation Authority camps answered no when asked if they would serve on combat duty wherever ordered.It was there that the Japanese Americans who refused to say yes to the infamous loyalty questionnaire were imprisoned and labeled the No No Boys.

Naoyuki Ikeda (left) and Toshiji Takeshima are featured in We Said No! No!SAN BERNARDINO —?Brian Maedas award-winning documentary We Said No! No! will be broadcast in Southern California on KVCR (Channel 24) on Friday.and if they would swear unqualified allegiance to the U.

We Said No! No! is a story of civil disobedience set against the backdrop of World War II and the controversial incarceration of thousands of disloyal Japanese Americans in the most notorious of all the concentration camps.

Visit the website: https://wesaidnono.Furuya founded the Aikido Center of Los Angeles in 1974.

Furuya’s book and writings.and instructors and members from the dojo and its affiliates.

he was the only son of Tetsuo Ted and Kimiye Furuya.There will be door prizes and opportunity drawings throughout the evening.