Silent Solidarity March

The Silent Solidarity March took place right before the New York Day of Remembrance on Saturday, February 22, 2020
Four years ago and originally it was a march to re-enact the forced removal of Japanese American’s to draw attention to the Muslim Ban. Now the march mobilize people from all communities targeted by the Muslim Ban, deportation and detention walking along WW2 camp’s survivors.

Introduction and welcome by Linda Morris.

Call for Action by Mike Ishii

Washington D.C. Pilgrimage to Close the Camps – June 5th – 7th. More information at www.tsuruforsolidarity.org

Guest Speaker: Afaf Nasher, Executive Director for CAIR-NY

Introduced by Mike Ishii, Co-Chair New York Day of Remembrance and Tsuru for Solidarity

Guest Speaker: Satsuki Ina, Co-leader and founder of Tsuru for Solidarity, Author, Filmmaker

Introduced by Carl Takei, Co-leader of Tsuru for Solidarity, Senior Attorney, National ACLU

Photos by David Andersson

Japanese American: Silent March
Japanese American: Silent March
Japanese American: Silent March
Japanese American: Silent March

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