Our small group of a half-dozen letter-writing activists wrote to the prison administrator where our POC was being held.

I stand with my CAPAC colleagues in condemning gun violence and supporting the AAPI community as we remember this tragic day.we must pay tribute to the 11 people lost in the Monterey Park shooting.

murdering 11 individuals and seriously wounding nine others.all of whom were of Asian descent.will mark one year since a gunman entered Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park and opened fire.

and lift up AANHPI communities around the country.personally consoled each of the victims families.

occurred on the eve of Lunar New Year in a community that is majority Asian American and is considered the first suburban Chinatown in the nation.

but I am most of all so heartened by our own communitys support for each other and our unyielding determination that Monterey Parks vibrancy can be restored.Dazai studied French literature at the University of Tokyo.

Originally written in 1948 and based closely on Dazai’s own life.Despite his troubled life and rebellious spirit.

where she became involved in translation and teaching.he made three suicide attempts.