Statement by Floyd Mori, JACL National PresidentMay 11, 2002delivered at the JACL Resisters CeremonyJapanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California Most of you know that I was born and raised on a farm near Salt Lake City, Utah. I was a toddler when the war began and I have only faint glimpses of memory…

December 16, 2022 – Interview with S. Floyd Mori (c) Copyright Steven Yip May 22, 2023 | Edited by Steve Yip and Koyuki Yip Introduction. This interview with S. Floyd Mori, a prominent figure in Japanese American advocacy and former national leader of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), provides critical insights into the evolution…

I was in the first or maybe second grade; 6 or 7 years old. A group of us in the schoolyard. My parents and other relatives moved from Poston, Arizona to the inner city of Denver. So, this group in the playground was lower working class made-up with Blacks, Mexicans, whites and me, the Japanese…

A long-awaited family reunion at Topaz, a World War II Japanese internment camp in remote Utah, reanimates a swell of memories from the past. By Steven Yip Originally from artseverywhere This is dedicated to the memory of my brother-in-law Dean Hedani.  He may have been a founding partner of the San Francisco law firm Hedani, Choy,…