RSVP in advance through the Aurora Foundation’s website: www.

Photo by Stan HondaFormer child detainee Joni Nakayama Kimoto inside the former Portland Assembly Center building.when they were used as a livestock exhibition center.

Once used to house horses and cows.000 people for anywhere from three to six months.Sharon YamatoBy SHARON YAMATOAs part of an ongoing project to document all 17 so-called assembly centers for a brand-new website we are launching early next year.

Stan and I completed our visits to all 17 sites by visiting two of only three temporary detention centers outside of California.The groundbreaking display will hopefully be open to the public with the start of this years Washington State Fair on Aug.

With room dividers only 8 feet high between tight back-to-front rooms and canvas curtains serving as doors.

we got to see the ongoing construction of the brand new Remembrance Gallery at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup that is memorializing 7.and the CHIPS and Science Act are down payments on Americas future.

traveling the country non-stop to hear directly from impacted communities.Im excited to continue to serve with President Biden as he completes his term.

and asked how the administration could help.I am proud of what weve been able to accomplish under his leadership.