3 months ago, I bought a water truck (1000+ gallons) for a community in Gaza. I've been raising funds since, to keep the water deliveries steady. The community remains in desperate need—of water, plus funds for food, tents, blankets. Message me if you're interested in donating.

From the North American Post, Geraldine Shu shares the history of the Inouye family. Part 1 begins with Tsuyoshi's early life in Japan to starting a family in Seattle with a successful restaurant downtown.

The history of DEI has existed much longer than the introduction of the term, and Thomas Nishi's stories of food, culture, and a willingness to push for diversity are proof.

Help us reach our goal of $25,000 to make a short documentary on the history of the Redman-Hirahara house! #santacruzgives #redmanhiraharahouse #pajarovalley #santacruzcounty #jamp #japaneseamerican #watsonville

Please consider signing @wakasamemorial.bsky.social's open letter calling for the protection/preservation of Japanese American incarceration history, and the Wakasa memorial site and stone at the Topaz concentration camp in Utah: t.ly/jh2dE I wrote about it @citylightsbooks.bsky.social: t.ly/DbxB5

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Sachiko Okuda's Nikkei family is tribute to whom she considered the "real brains of the family"--her mother--and shares an anecdote involving a game show! Read her story and give it a star if you like it! 🌟 discovernikkei.org/e... #NikkeiFamily2 #NikkeiChronicles #FamilyStories #JapaneseCanadian

🚨 New Case Alert 🚨 Leo Garcia Venegas is an American citizen and construction worker in south Alabama. Even though he has done nothing suspicious and is working on private property, Leo has been repeatedly detained (once violently) by federal officers enforcing immigration laws. 🧵

The imagery of barbed wire fences, guard towers, and armed sentries is nearly ubiquitous in popular retellings of the story of Japanese American WWII incarceration. But did you know that many of the camps didn’t actually have a complete fence when Japanese American incarcerees arrived in 1942?

Join the campaign to center Japanese American survivors and descendants! Add your name today.

Please read/consider signing @wakasamemorial.bsky.social's open letter calling for the protection/preservation of the most significant artifact discovered in the WWII Japanese American concentration camps, the Wakasa memorial stone, and its site: t.ly/jh2dE. I wrote about it here: t.ly/DbxB5