The Life of

Yuri Kochiyama

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Why a Yuri Kochiyama website?

The Kochiyama family created and maintains this website to:

  • Serve as the source for information regarding the life and work of Yuri Kochiyama

  • Provide access to Yuri Kochiyama archival materials

  • Provide access to Yuri Kochiyama-based curriculum and educational materials 

  • Provide access to Yuri Kochiyama speakers and workshop presenters 

  • Honor and sustain Yuri Kochiyama’s legacy, work and lifelong dedication to BIPOC solidarity, building community and seeking justice for all people.

Yuri Kochiyama stands next to a museum wall full of posters; the poster closest to her has text that reads: Malcolm X Lives

“Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.”

- YURI KOCHIYAMA

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From Gaza to Attica Workshop
From Gaza to Attica Workshop

On November 15th, 2-3:30pm EST, join Dr. Orisanmi Burton at Red Emma’s bookstore in Baltimore, MD for a reading and discussion of Walid Daqqa’s essay, “Consciousness Molded or the Re-identification of Torture.”

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End the Siege on Jabalia! All Out for Gaza and Lebanon!
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EMERGENCY ACTION: END THE SIEGE ON JABALIA, ALL OUT FOR GAZA & LEBANON!

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Mountains That Take Wing Screening with Akemi Kochiyama
Mountains That Take Wing Screening with Akemi Kochiyama

Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama (directed, produced, and edited by C.A. Griffith & H. L. T. Quan) is a historically rich and unique documentary about two formidable women who share a profound passion for justice: Angela Davis, an internationally renowned scholar, writer and activist, and Yuri Kochiyama, a revered grassroots community activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee. A talk with Yuri’s granddaughter, our very own Akemi Kochiyama, will follow the screening.

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