The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements Book Event

In Person

1964 W. 162nd Street

Date: March 23, 2025

Time: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Kai Naima Williams – great-granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama – intimately chronicles the experiences and lessons, hardships and victories, and people and places that shaped Yuri’s life and influenced her activism. From Yuri’s incarceration in a Japanese American concentration camp during World War II to her participation in movements organizing for better schools in Harlem to her close friendship with Malcolm X, Yuri never wavered in her belief in the power of people – especially young people – to bring about social change. After a reading of the book, a discussion with author Kai Naima Williams as well as an audience Q&A afterwards will take place. The book is available for pre-order via event registration on the GVJCI website. This event is free to attend for all ages.

REGISTER: https://gvjci.wufoo.com/forms/q63b93d05805lq/