National Day of Action in Los Angeles

On Saturday August 23, 2025, the Manzanar Committee co-sponsored a National Day of Action at the Democracy Plaza in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

Over 500 people gathered to take a stand against the Trump administration’s attacks on truth, justice and democracy. The program included WWII incarceration survivors, community activists, and allies who shared statements to honor the people and places that shaped our history and demand that this injustice never happens again. The speakers drew parallels of the recent attacks by the Trump Regime and ICE to terrorize, detain and deport communities of color and what happened to Japanese Americans in WWII.

Supporting organizations: National Parks Conservation Association, Go For Broke NEC, Japanese American Citizens, League, Japanese American National Museum, Little Tokyo Historical Society, Little Tokyo Service Center, Manzanar Committee, Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress, Nikkei Progressives and Tuna Canyon Detention Station

Check out the video by Alan Kondo of Nikkei Progressives here:

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Feature photo credit: Ursula Vari