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Tod Mikuriya: the JA Kako Yamada Joined in on a Spontaneous Dance Circle to Celebrate Her Finish at the International Women’S Day 5K THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JACL May 22-June 4, 2020 CELEBRATING 9 1 YEARS » PAGE 6 AN UNEXPECTED HOMECOMING » PAGE 2 San Jose Holds a Virtual Evacuated from Comoros, one Pilgrimage to Manzanar Peace Corps volunteer returns to in Light of COVID-19. life in a very different America. » PAGE 8 Tod Mikuriya: The JA Kako Yamada joined in on a spontaneous dance circle to celebrate her finish at the International Women’s Day 5K. She didn’t imagine that her plans to run again in next year’s race would be canceled by the global evacuation. Many plans and dreams were shattered Father of the Medical when she was forced to return to the U.S. as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. PHOTO: COURTESY OF KAKO YAMADA Marijuana Movement #3365 / VOL. 170, No. 9 ISSN: 0030-8579 WWW.PACIFICCITIZEN.ORG 2 May 22-June 4, 2020 NATIONAL/COMMUNITY JACL’S INOUE URGES JUDGE TO FREE DETAINED FAMILIES HOW TO REACH US Email: [email protected] By JACL National Family Residential Centers on an and ALDEA-The People’s Justice repeated incidences of contagious Online: www.pacificcitizen.org emergency basis due to the imminent Center who have filed theO.M.G. v. diseases, separation of families and Tel: (213) 620-1767 n a statement streamed via risk of a COVID-19 outbreak.” Wolf case in the U.S. District Court were forced to sign a double-binding Mail: 123 Ellison S. Onizuka St., Suite 313 Facebok Live, JACL Executive Los Angeles, CA 90012 Inoue, who was wearing a mask to for the District of Columbia seeking questionnaire to determine who might Director David Inoue called on cover his nose and mouth and holding to release all families being held in or might not be released. We are STAFF IJudge James Boasberg on May 20 to Executive Editor more than 500 strung-together the Family Residential Centers on shocked and disheartened to hear that release “all families being held in the Allison Haramoto origami cranes, read the statement on an emergency basis due to the im- our mass incarceration, later deemed Senior Editor behalf of Tsuru for Solidarity in front minent risk of a COVID-19 outbreak. a violation of our constitutional and Digital & Social Media George Johnston of the John Marshall statue near the All three family detention facilities, human rights, is being repeated again. Business Manager E. Barrett Prettyman United States Berks, Karnes and Dilley, have failed “We urge Judge James Boasberg Susan Yokoyama Courthouse in Washington, D.C. to take adequate measures to protect who will be hearing the case today Production Artist Inoue’s statement follows. detained families from COVID-19, to affirm the lessons learned from Marie Samonte “I am here today representing and there is no justification for risk- the historic tragedy of the Japanese Circulation Tsuru for Solidarity, a direct action ing these families’ health and safety. American mass incarceration Eva Ting project of Japanese American social “We are appalled by the recently experience and release all families The Pacific Citizen newspaper justice advocates working to end implemented efforts by ICE to being held in the Family Residential (ISSN: 0030-8579) is published semi- detention sites and support front-line bypass requirements of the Flores Centers due to imminent risk of a monthly (except once in December and January) by the Japanese Ameri- immigrant and refugee communities Settlement and other health and COVID-19 outbreak. It is the just can Citizens League, Pacific Citizen, that are being targeted by racist, safety requirements by imposing and humane decision to make.” 123 Ellison S. 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Executive Director: David Inoue detained families for health the Refugee and Immigrant Center Japanese Americans were unjustly The video of Inoue reading the P.C. EDITORIAL BOARD and humanitarian reasons. for Education and Legal Services detained and incarcerated under statement can be viewed at tinyurl. Rob Buscher, chairperson; Ron Kura- moto, MDC; Danielle Pierce, EDC; PHOTO: JACL (RAICES), Rapid Defense Network mass living conditions. We suffered com/ycwhd5qn. Marcia Chung, CCDC; Nancy Ukai, NCWNPDC; Sheldon Arakaki, PNWDC; Kayla Watanabe, IDC; John Saito Jr., SAN JOSE JACL SPONSORS A VIRTUAL PILGRIMAGE TO MANZANAR PSWDC; Juli Yoshinaga, Youth Rep. By Madison Tamaichi chapter’s Manzanar committee knew including small group discussions six-hour event. Subscribe it had to get creative. that consisted of conversations with Kicking off the program was an art Get a one-year subscription of the hange. It’s inevitable. 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