We often had to ask: Where did this family business go? When did they shut down? Whats there now?One example was a photograph of the corner of First Street and San Pedro.

mentioning many of the memories Im sharing here and thanking him for his lifelong devotion to helping our community … You helped our community heal.I checked in on him again in November.

attending the inaugural Bike Ride for Alan event in April.blank look on her face —he joked: Aki [Maehara] and Meg have been so dedicated to the redress cause that they took a vow of celibacy! They wouldnt have sex until the bill was passed! It was one of the funniest things Id ever heard in my life.Alan also had a great sense of humor.

as I later learned his all-time favorite song was John Lennons Imagine.NCRRs National Spokesperson Bert Nakano told me.

when I told Alan I was leaning more on the side of tradition.

Im going to fight this with everything I have.Guest speakers will be Academy Award winner Chris Tashima.

co-publisher of A Rebels Outcry.Members of the Little Tokyo Historical Society with the Nisei Week Court at OCOs Natsu Matsuri in August.

Visit the co-presenters websites: https://ocbc.Both the book and film are portraits of Issei civil rights leader Sei Fujii (1882-1954).