Nikkei Progressives

Rooted in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, Nikkei Progressives (NP) is an intergenerational, grassroots community organization. Formed in 2016, NP carries on the values and principles of earlier groups like the Little Tokyo Peoples Rights Organization (LTPRO) and Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR). NP’s mission is to engage and unite the Nikkei community to stand against injustice, inequality and white supremacy and to work in solidarity with others for a more just society.

Nikkei Progressives has six committees that are actively working in the following areas: Black and Indigenous reparations, immigrant rights, non-partisan electoral work, sustaining Little Tokyo, support for Palestine, and arts and culture.

Last updated December 2024

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Dec. 19, 2024 • Nikkei Progressives , traci kato-kiriyama

As we come into the end of 2024, I wanted to share a piece I wrote as a reflection of the pilgrimage we made to Manzanar through our Nikkei Progressives Reparations Committee (a group of folks dedicated to the study, public education and support of Black Reparations, and growing our engagement and support of Landback, land sovereignty, and continued support of the Comfort Women). Our buses held a deep and expansive community of folks. We asked all to enter the …