Tsuru for Solidarity
Tsuru for Solidarity
Tsuru for Solidarity is a nonviolent, direct action project of Japanese American social justice advocates working to end detention sites and support front-line immigrant and refugee communities that are being targeted by racist, inhumane immigration policies. We stand on the moral authority of Japanese Americans who suffered the atrocities and legacy of U.S. concentration camps during WWII and we say, “Stop Repeating History!”
Never Again is NOW. Our mission is to:
educate, advocate, and protest to close all U.S. concentration camps;
build solidarity with other communities of color that have experienced forced removal, detention, deportation, separation of families, and other forms of racial and state violence;
coordinate intergenerational, cross-community healing circles addressing the trauma of our shared histories.
Crystal City Then and Now
Apex Express Podcast: Episode 1 Featuring Satsuki Ina and Sita Bhaumik
Hosts Powerleegirls, Miko Lee & Jalena Keane-Lee begin a new series #NeverAgain, exploring stories about the exclusion and detention of Japanese Americans during World War II. They will talk with surviving detainees about their experiences then and now as they continue to be active agents for change. They will also highlight the work of activists today, many of whom carry their generational concentration camp experience into their advocacy for civil rights and civil liberties.
Episode one is Crystal City: Then and Now. Crystal City is historically considered one of the harshest detention centers for Japanese American internees during World War II. Last year many former detainees, descendants and activists journeyed to Crystal City, Texas in a pilgrimage of remembrance. They also went to protest at a nearby active detention center for migrant children. Tonight on Apex Express we hear from two members who went on the Pilgrimage – Satsuki Ina and Sita Bhaumik.