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Year in Review 2021
Year in Review 2021 Thank you for being part of the Tsuru for Solidarity community and movement this past year. It is because of the
December 20, 2021
Year in Review 2021 Thank you for being part of the Tsuru for Solidarity community and movement this past year. It is because of the
The Fight to End Child Detention Intersects with Japanese American Incarceration Sites During the 2020 presidential campaign debates, President Biden stated his remorse regarding the
Abolitionist Pedagogy and Pardon Lam Le: Police, Prison, and Adult Detention Year in Review (2021) Pol(ICE), prisons, and a global pandemic is what we have
Community in times of crisis and the coronavirus: Year in Review 2021 Our main goal is relationship building and creating a community where people feel
“We are still learning this”: Education Committee Year in Review 2021 “Education Committee” is a heavy phrase. Maybe it feels like we’re meant to impose
Year in Review 2021: Reparations NOW! Black and Asian Solidarity 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the Commission on the Wartime Relocation and Internment of
A Year (2021) in Reflection for Healing Circles I’ve held this metaphor in mind about how to try to find balance in my life: that
“Art and Activism:” Communications Year in Review 2021 In honor of Day of Remembrance 2021, we were thrilled to announce this limited edition print by
Tsuru For Solidarity Joins Direct Action to Shut Down Fort Bliss On July 17, 2021, 40 members of Tsuru For Solidarity travelled to Texas to
Rally for Lam Le In 1979, Lam Le arrived in the U.S. at age 12 with his younger brother after fleeing Vietnam in a boat
A Cage is Still a Cage: President Biden Must End U.S. Detention of Children and Families Satsuki Ina was also depicted in a mural for
Tsuru for Solidarity Statement on Carrizo Springs Child Detention Facility Tsuru for Solidarity demands that the Biden administration take immediate, concrete steps to end child
David Inoue, Immigrant Families Speech | February, 2021 David Inoue, Executive Director of JACL spoke at the Immigrant Families are Essential Press Conference on February
Meet Hilda & Ivan, in sanctuary in Austin Hilda & Ivan folding tsuru! We met Hilda and her son Ivan in 2019 during a press
View this post on Instagram A post shared by TsuruForSolidarity (@tsuruforsolidarity) Thank you for being a part of Tsuru for Solidarity in 2020 and sharing
Participate in Dr. Donna Nagata’s Yonsei Research Project A message from Satsuki Ina: There is scarce data collected about Japanese Americans and their experience of
Statement on Department of Justice’s Draft Report on Family Separation As Japanese Americans whose community was targeted by unjust mass incarceration and separation of families
Seattle Tsuru for Solidarity joins La Resistencia Action to Block the Deportation of Victor Jiménez by Nina Wallace Photo by La Resistencia On Tuesday, August
Chicago Obon at Cook County Jail On Sunday, August 16th, Nikkei Uprising, the Tsuru for Solidarity regional hub in Chicago, organized an Obon ceremony outside
Protest and Healing in front of Governor Wolf’s Home On Saturday, August 1st, 2020, Tsuru for Solidarity members from New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington,
“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with
Shut Down Berks Rally Outside of Berks County Detention Center On Friday, July 17th, Tsuru for Solidarity joined with the Shut Down Berks Coalition, Families
ART FORCING CHANGE: LOOK UP Over the July 4th weekend, 80 artists, including Karen Ishizuka of Tsuru for Solidarity, joined together to launch XMAP: In
Tsuru Rising! Speech By Emily Akpan It’s hard to recognize yourself when you’re grieving. In this moment, there are no words to describe what it