and businesses do not feel safe using the system.

And theres a lot more of us than the three or four people who sometimes show up in the news (none of whom.which the Little Tokyo Community Council (LTCC) publicly condemned as vandalization of Omoide no Shotokyo.

2023) without once mentioning the name Tony Sperl.dues-paying member of LTCC (no one on the LTCC board bothered to inform us ahead of time that a statement criticizing JAS was being published).But The Rafu Shimpo never reached out to us — weve reached out to them.

The time has come for Little Tokyo to build a united front for our communitys self-determination (Nikkei Progressives recent community discussion on Suehiro was an excellent start).All the bulletins were made of simple printer paper and affixed with an impermanent mixture of water and flour.

there will also always come a time where the only way to stand up to our enemies is to confront them head on.

Do other community members have a right to criticize our flyering tactic? Of course! Everyone in our community has a right to criticize each others tactics — just as long as we criticize each other in the interest of ultimately strengthening the fight against our true enemies.I used to describe the place where my family was incarcerated as the middle of nowhere.

when I describe the place where my family was incarcerated.———Yoko Morishita Fedorenko is a Yonsei born and raised in Seattle.

the Southern hospitality and muggy air.kind of existential phrase when you think about it.