Mario Gershom Reyes spent more than four decades covering the Japanese American community as photo editor for The Rafu Shimpo.

Embrey highlighted the parallels between nativist attacks on the Nikkei community in 1942 that stripped Japanese and Japanese Americans of their democratic rights and freedoms with the current vitriol against communities based on their race.have also underscored how fragile American democracy is.

We can walk in the footsteps of Black leaders who supported Japanese American reparations.lets remember each time America has owned up to its wrongs.So lets not be complicit with centuries-long unacknowledged and continuing wrongs.

lets take part in making history instead of being its bystanders.As with our struggle for justice.

The Manzanar Committee; member Wendi Yamashita told attendees at the pilgrimage that the memories of what happened during the war challenge us.

a longtime community activist and Manzanar Committee member.WILLA CUTOLO / OkaeriGuests doing odori at Okaeri Matsuri.

but most importantly community.who intimately understood the myriad challenges faced by queer individuals within AAPI households.

Their shared journey underscored the profound isolation that can accompany coming out.Kizuna NCI InternPink wisteria and rainbows graced the entryway of the Terasaki Budokan courtyard.