By Erin Tsurumoto Grassi

La Mesa, National City, the City of San Diego and the County of San Diego’s proclamations to honor civil rights activist Fred Korematsu for his work opposing the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II is very meaningful to me and my family. I am Yonsei – fourth generation Japanese American on my mother's side. Both my grandmother and my grandfather were imprisoned with their families during WWII. My grandfather was 12 years old when he was sent to Amache Relocation Center in Colorado, and my grandmother was 7 years old when she was sent to Topaz Relocation Center in Utah. 

Alliance San Diego is thrilled to feature Bishop Yvette Flunder as the keynote speaker for the 33rd Annual All Peoples Celebration on Monday, January 18 at 10:30AM. Normally held as a breakfast with more than 1,000 attendees, this year’s APC event will be delivered virtually. Bishop Flunder will join us online to inspire us with her deep and profound reflections on what it means to “Persist,” this year’s theme for the All Peoples Celebration. 

Register for the 33rd Annual All Peoples Celebration here!

In Fall of 2020, people across the country were anticipating one of the most important election seasons of our lives. Having dealt with the COVID-19 crisis for months, and emerging from a summer of mass protest and civil unrest in response to racial injustice, people across the United States and San Diego were now faced with another historic moment on the horizon. At Alliance San Diego, we met that moment with all our strength and effort to ensure our democracy works for ALL of us.

Alliance San Diego, through its legal counsel, submitted a letter today to the San Diego City Council objecting to any action to retroactively change the vote threshold for a ballot measure defeated by the voters in the March 2020 primary election. The City Council is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, October 20 to consider initiating litigation that would change the vote threshold from two-thirds to a simple majority (50% plus one) in order to declare Measure C (the convention center expansion measure) to have passed more than six months after it did not. The letter states: