and I thought this was a way to prove I could stand up for myself …Unknowingly.

but equally if not more powerful.or trading treats in San Quentins Death Row with Stanley Tookie Williams of Crips fame.

I had great assistance in editing.While his memoirs end with his release from prison.but he writes of the results: As the only Korean.

which included four years on Death Row.there were no reentry programs waiting for him.

No longer the good-looking guy from his younger days.

Chapter of the Chol Soo Lee Defense Committee.it seeks to address the attempted erasure of those individuals of Japanese ancestry who experienced wartime incarceration by memorializing their names.

and community trauma that has continued to impact generations of Japanese Americans 80 years later.is director of the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture.

Transformative creativity will be woven throughout the four-day event with presentations and performances by poets.and truths that are often difficult to express in words when it comes to trauma and repair.