including the recent unveiling of Robert Vargas Fernando Valenzuela mural in Boyle Heights.

He also worked for Readers Digest.national redress director and principal redress lobbyistThis article originally appeared in the Pacific Citizen (pacificcitizen.

and he was a one-of-a-kind character.Ujifusa added: The emotional impact of the commission hearings in New York.Gold and Silver Rays to Ujifusa in recognition of his work on redress.

Ujifusa related how he had attended the one-day hearing of the New York leg of the CWRICs multi-city hearings.JACL national director during redressThe redress campaign was a 10-year battle fought across the social and political landscape of America.

for his ongoing efforts to ensure that JACL remember and credit the older or departed LEC leaders — including my mother — for their contribution to the success of the redress campaign.

Photo by DOUGLAS URATAGrant Ujifusa addresses the audience at the Sept.By MEILI BRITTONNikkei ProgressivesTheyre eating the dogs … Theyre eating the cats.

mainly Black and Native American women.I have had the privilege to participate in lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill to shut down the toxic Adelanto Detention Center.

and now in Portland) in order to continue the important work we do.Parents have been hesitant to send their children to school because of the lies spread by the Trump-Vance campaign.