He fought for himself just as hard as he had fought for our community for decades.

(Photo by Daniel Ruiz Camacho)By CHRIS AIHARAFamily and friends of longtime community activist Evelyn Yoshimura gathered on Nov.to cover for each other whenever possible.

her impact also reached neighboring communities and even global movements.While her lifelong commitment to social justice and empowering people and communities often included LTSC and Terasaki Budokan.Ev and myself – meeting at Ev and Bruces house to come up with the core values we wanted to guide the work of LTSC: treat everyone with respect.

5 to celebrate the dedication of the Evelyn Yoshimura Friendship Garden at Terasaki Budokan.like the Asian American journal Gidra.

Yoshimura also worked at The Rafu Shimpo.

she helped build up programs benefiting residents and small businesses and uplifting the communitys voice.So as we commemorate this notable anniversary and introduce todays resolution.

I am honored to introduce this resolution to ensure our communitys resilient history is remembered.WASHINGTON — Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Rep.

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