senior transportation engineer for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation.

that we witness today in this city reminds us of a painful past.Someone even called them ‘America’s best idea.

Aston Nagahashi of Boy Scout Troop 719 brought a replica of a camp guard tower that he created for his Eagle Scout project.I first learned about Japanese American incarceration in the fourth grade.and the clearer it became that our destinies.

Learning about the experiences of my ancestors opened the door to a much larger awakening.There were lots of places she could be today.

The NPCA organized similar events at Manzanar and other National Park Service sites that day to protest the Trump Administrations efforts to stop the national parks.

But what weve got to remember is that … we have our power.were inextricably intertwined.

I started thinking not just of Japanese American history.We have to defy it for our rights and the rights of others.

said that her family was incarcerated at Tule Lake because they had answered no-no on the loyalty questionnaire.We are the descendants of the 1% they could not kill and the 1% that they could not take away …As the first people of Tongva of Los Angeles.