NeverAgainIsNow_ChizuOmori_JapaneseAmerican
Compassion Has No Walls: Mend the Past, Transform the Future
July 12, 2019
Rally in front of the San Francisco ICE field office.
In 1942, Chizu Omori (12 years old) was incarcerated with the rest of her Japanese American family. Now, she is a member of the group Tsuru for Solidarity (Tsuru refers to the Japanese folded paper cranes) and stands in solidarity with those being held in detention at the US borders. The Japanese American community received almost no support from people outside their community. Today, they are determined to show the support and solidarity that they did not receive.
From rally organizers: "We resist the detention of immigrant children in concentration camps, like what was done in the past to Jewish communities, indigenous communities, and Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II. We stand with members of the Japanese American community who are calling for the closing of all detention centers: "Never Again Is Now.""
NeverAgainIsNow_ChizuOmori_JapaneseAmerican
Compassion Has No Walls: Mend the Past, Transform the Future
July 12, 2019
Rally in front of the San Francisco ICE field office.
In 1942, Chizu Omori (12 years old) was incarcerated with the rest of her Japanese American family. Now, she is a member of the group Tsuru for Solidarity (Tsuru refers to the Japanese folded paper cranes) and stands in solidarity with those being held in detention at the US borders. The Japanese American community received almost no support from people outside their community. Today, they are determined to show the support and solidarity that they did not receive.
From rally organizers: "We resist the detention of immigrant children in concentration camps, like what was done in the past to Jewish communities, indigenous communities, and Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II. We stand with members of the Japanese American community who are calling for the closing of all detention centers: "Never Again Is Now.""