How Grace Lee Boggs Changed My Life (and Maybe Yours Too)
By: Scott Kurashige Twenty years ago, I wrote to Grace Lee Boggs completely out of the blue. She had no…
Tag: Yuri Kochiyama
Sign this petition to honour Yuri Kochiyama with a US Postal Stamp!
Last week, America lost a civil rights legend in Yuri Kochiyama. Kochiyama’s work inspired a generation of young activists —…
The White House Remembers Yuri Kochiyama
Yesterday, the White House’s Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) posted this post on the White House’s official…
In Memory of Yuri: Kochiyama Family & UCLA Asian American Studies Center issues statement
Over the weekend, I posted about the death of beloved civil rights activist and beloved icon Yuri Kochiyama. Here is the…
Rest in Power, Yuri Kochiyama: A Civil Rights Hero Who Inspired a Generation
I’m hearing reports through my networks that Yuri Kochiyama, the incredible civil rights hero whose life of dedicated work to…
10 examples of #AAPI’s rich history of resistance
In the wake of the #AsianPrivilege response hash-tag to #NotYourAsianSidekick and #BlackPowerYellowPeril, it appears as if (among other misguided ideas)…