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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Akemi Kochiyama Speaking at JACL Day of Remembrance Lecture
Akemi Kochiyama Speaking at JACL Day of Remembrance Lecture

Akemi Kochiyama will be the guest speaker at the JACL Philadelphia Chapter Day of Remembrance lecture - in collaboration with Professor Rob Buscher’s Asian American Activism Course and the Asian American Across the Disciplines Speaker Series at the University of Pennsylvania.

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We Fight Back!
We Fight Back!

On Monday, January 20, the entire greater New York Area will take the streets! Join us in NYC, Newark, NJ, and in Long Island! On Inauguration Day, Jan 20th, people will come together in cities and towns across the country in a nationwide mobilization to oppose Trump’s ultra-right, billionaire agenda.

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“The Bridges Yuri Built” Virtual Conversation
“The Bridges Yuri Built” Virtual Conversation

This Thursday, January 9th, City Lights Bookstore will host a virtual event celebrating the publication of “The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements” with author Kai Naima Williams in conversation with artist Katie Yamasaki.

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