ministers from Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple.

having the community come back from those two really significant.I think the only times that they didn’t have the festival was during World War II and then the COVID-19 pandemic.

Photo credit: Joann Shin CordeiroKara Chu.My sister and other princesses are figures in the community.and the court program began in 1935.

who was interviewed for their short film.but I know how much it means to my sister.

They’re showing the next generations that they can be.

Kara: I havent gone through the program.and current efforts to repeal the AEA through the passage of the Neighbors Not Enemies Act.

000 renunciants who attempted to rescind their renunciation and were sent to Crystal City in January 1946 while the government decided what to do with them.Reflecting on the importance of the pilgrimage amid the current political landscape.

featuring members of the progressive Mexican American political movement La Raza Unida Party.Its important to me to contribute to the Crystal City Pilgrimage to honor my father and his family who were unjustly taken from Peru and transported to Crystal City