Day of Remembrances
1980s–2017

1982 First known Los Angeles. Day of Remembrance poster

1990 Day of Remembrance- find the 3 generations of Nikkei on poster

1996 Day of Remembrance- Wires to Doves

1992 Main banner, 8X4 foot, in use for outreach table.

1984 Fundraising event flyer for grassroots lobby trip to Washington D.C.

1982 Illustration for when we win redress

1982 Nikkei Sentinel- A short lived joint newspaper against gentrification by Little Tokyo People’s Right Organization and Japanese Community Progressive Alliance

2000 North & South American Japanese uniting for redress & reparations. The figures resemble North & South America.

2002 Without Due Process. Japanese Americans in 1942, Muslim Americans now.

2003 Warplanes become barbed wire and wire becomes war planes

2005 From Tule Lake to Guantanamo illegal detentions. Illustration for 2005 DOR poster.

2010 Fred Korematsu busted by the FBI for refusing to go to camp.

2017 Unite to uphold our civil rights and democracy in the era of Trump

2017 Politicians along with everyone else sign a giant 20 foot pledge of resistance to Trump fascism.

Congressman Mike Honda (rt) a signer.

1993 Day of Remembrance poster

2000 Thank you card for Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress, NCRR


GIDRA, the first Asian American “radical” newspaper was a major turning point for me. It was an entry point for the Asian Movement in L.A.
I learned so much, like how to chair a meeting and the idea of collectivity being stronger than doing things yourself, giving and accepting feedback.

1973 If Japanese corporations overran Little Tokyo

1974 Elderly Japanese watching “Highway Patrol”

1974 Copters and sirens; Typical weekend on the Westside

1973 chilling at Holiday Bowl pool hall

GIDRA Graphics: Illustration for Asian American Drug Abuse Program, AADAP, story in GIDRA

GIDRA Graphics