while also undermining efforts to educate the public about this injustice.

Stating that civil rights are no longer a priority for the FBI under the new director.Toma thanked Maehara for calling us together and speaking here today because this is so important as a way to send a message to the community that it matters.

Speaking OutMaehara expressed heartfelt appreciation to those who have supported him.Given the current political climate.even compiling accurate statistics on hate crimes is a challenge.

YAMAMOTORAFU SHIMPOThe victim of an apparent anti-Asian hate crime.hate crimes for Asian people were way up.

Statements of Support Connie Chung Joe.

co-founder of the Asian American Civil Rights League.She traveled the next day to The Grove shopping center and returned to LAX that night.

Kobayashi was traveling to New York to visit family when she landed at LAX last Nov.10 and likely returned to LAX again.

when she added a monochrome photo of herself dwarfed by giant sequoia trees.Volunteers posted signs and handed out leaflets across Los Angeles after the Hawaii resident failed to catch a connecting flight to New York and could not be contacted.