This difference highlights the growing need for affordable units in Little Tokyo to meet the escalating affordability crisis.

Some people will argue that it isnt the same because my grandparents were here legally.The universe has its ways of bringing us together.

My family understands what forced displacement and mass incarceration looks like.May You allow the historical cries of ancestors who once resided in this place to speak to us through the wind and the waves of the sea.We stand here today to protest these heartless policies of our federal government and their enforcement by ICE within a stones throw of the fishing village that was filled with law-abiding.

My experiences in San Pedro and my love for this community led me to organize the Harbor Area Peace Patrol.meat processing plant employees.

ignoring the history of what took place here.

but if you think that this all sounds eerily familiar to this moment.Now retired from his career in economics and promotional products.

and in a way that young people will enjoy learning Japanese.Ive been very active in the community.

but its being taught in a very traditional way in many schools.The name means Village of Light.