About

Japanese American Families for Justice
(formerly Japanese Americans for Justice)

We are a multigenerational Bay Area community of organizers, parents, children and youth, and descendants of incarceration—committed to remembering our history and building a movement of healing and solidarity through art, culture, and collective action.

Formed in the wake of 9/11 by Japanese American activists standing with Muslim and Arab communities, we’ve grown into a network mobilizing against state violence—from ICE detention to anti-Black racism—so the injustices our own families faced during WWII are never repeated.

From family-friendly actions at Yuba ICE prison, to BLM rallies at Tanforan, to Children’s Day celebrations for Palestine—we show up with care, memory, and a vision for a just, liberated future.

We believe movements must include our children—and all those we call family.