believing it was a civil rights issue and one relevant to the lives of many members.

never shying away from the truth or sugar-coating what his family and our community endured.I want to extend our deepest condolences and best wishes to his son John.

Min was a key player in helping organize our opening ceremony in Royce Hall.where he attended UCLA and received his BA in business administration in 1955.He was always there to educate students.

and his willingness to be a mentor to others.said Gann Matsuda of the Manzanar Committee.

and the efforts to create the Amache National Historic Site.

Min was a mentor to so many and an inspiration to all of us who have been involved in working to preserve and learn from the injustice of the forced removal.We invite everyone in the community to join us in organizing an open forum to continue the conversation (among other things.

our main tactic has been a flyering campaign that directly exposes Sperl to the rest of the community.We can only imagine the rumors that are swirling about the vandals” roaming Little Tokyo.

is far more than an organization of confrontation.and run (or have run) small businesses here.