AAPI Equity Alliance Executive Director Manjusha Kulkarni was among the speakers at te Reclaim Our Streets rally in Long Beach.

What photos and articles from the archives stood out to you? What did you learn?Kara: One of the coolest things for me was learning about how Nisei Week was kind of started to help promote businesses in Little Tokyo and get more foot traffic in the neighborhood.Rafu: I know that you looked through the Rafu Shimpos archives when you were researching the film.

Sara: My key word is community because the community being present is what has kept this program alive.And the blood quantum requirement has changed over time.The first Nisei Week Queen and Court.

I cried because I’d never been given that opportunity to embrace my culture and heritage before.I was a princess on the 2023 Nisei Week Court.

left to right: Aiko Marie Matsumura Dzikowski.

it was an opportunity to bring people into Little Tokyo and to bring businesses more profit.Students cannot learn or thrive if they live in fear of deportation or family separation.

No child should ever have to choose between learning and living without fear.As a proud co-sponsor of AB 49.

and Assemblymember Celeste Rodriguez (D-San Fernando).At a time when ICE raids have torn through Los Angeles.