Most of us grew up playing Japanese American basketball.

who was incarcerated at the Rohwer camp in Arkansas and is active with the Japanese American National Museum.so these events should never happen to another community ever again.

but she’s even more beautiful inwardly in terms of the service that she provides for our communities.Efforts are still under way to have a parcel exempted from development so that a memorial can be constructed.introduced the In Memoriam segment.

daughter of Hisaichi Monden; John Morey.He conducted a Konko ceremony to purify the space under the giant oaks in 2013 and also blessed the traveling exhibit.

That’s the real hope … and it’s all your talent that will make it happen.

granddaughter of Shinsuke Sugimoto; Jon Tanaka.JANMs Historic Building is our oldest and largest artifact on our campus.

The speakers were then joined by actor and activist George Takei.The plaque and street signs not only commemorate the Historic Buildings history in the Japanese American community but also expands the publics understanding of its significance to the history of Los Angeles and the U.

JANMs Historic Building (Photo by Paloma Dooley)Our historic buildings anchor us in an ever-changing city.Commemorating the buildings history ensures that past injustices will never be repeated and that diverse voices will be heard now and into the future.