Former detainees are encouraged to attend the program and will be given an opportunity to offer their impressions of what life was like in these makeshift centers.

YAMAMOTORAFU SHIMPOJapanese Americans and residents of the Los Angeles Harbor area gathered June 27 at the Japanese Fishing Village Memorial on Terminal Island to denounce use of the island by federal immigration authorities participating in mass raids on local communities.although no Japanese or Japanese Americans were ever found to be guilty of any kind of espionage.

an ethnic studies teacher and a member of the Community Self-Defense Coalition and the Association of Raza Educators.the woman selling fruit from a street cart … is not a drug dealer.multi-racial coalition that has not only shown up at ICE raids in the Latino community.

San Pedro is a community born out of immigration — Croatian.North Dakota in 30-degrees-below-zero weather.

far from the beloved ocean … They were feared to be communicating with Japan.

My uncle was a union rep for the Japanese American fishermen as part of a larger union here on Terminal Island.especially in the field of agriculture.

who was born and raised in Imperial County and was our docent for this tour.Included among these settlers were many Japanese families whose descendants now reside in the greater Los Angeles area.

He made note of the Japanese pioneers many contributions.Tim possesses a wealth of knowledge about JA history in the area and it was Tim who established and curated the Japanese American Gallery in the Pioneers Museum.