J-town Action と Solidarity

J-town Action と Solidarity J-Town Action と Solidarity is a grassroots collective building community power in Little Tokyo.

Power Up 284-287 “Just remember that what you put on your pedestal will be your main influence in your life. I am hoping...
08/05/2026

Power Up 284-287 “Just remember that what you put on your pedestal will be your main influence in your life. I am hoping you place love for your family, friends, and humanity; service to your community; concern for human rights, justice, and human dignity on your pedestal. And please show appreciation to friends, old and new. The precious, intangible gems like happiness, satisfaction, self-respect, and pride–they are the thanks to the people who come into your life. 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 2004, “Passing It On”

Beautiful reminder that we’re all connected and that we all share this world together.

Power Up has been hot and humid! We’ve been soaking shop rags in ice-cold water and using them as neck wraps to help everyone stay cool. We are grateful to both Compita for cooking the most delicious and nourishing meals, and to the doctors from All Power Free Clinic for the much needed monthly clinic.

We’ve also been having wonderful conversations with folks about what Power Up means to them. The interviews have been full of love, laughter, and some truly hilarious moments. We’re excited to find a way to share them with you soon.

Thank you to all our supporters! We’ve finished putting together our thank you gifts and three of yall might have an email from us in your inbox because you won our raffle gift!

If you’re able, please consider signing up for recurring donations via Venmo or Givebutter at JtownAction.com/donate or Link in our bio. It really helps us plan for the future!

Also, If you have blankets, tents, tarps, sleeping bags, or large clothing, please drop them off on Saturdays from 2–5 pm at 1st and Judge Aiso St.

Big love to Polo’s Pantry Home-y Made Meals Community Health Project LA Atomic Nancy Aniya Cake Girl for the weekly solidarity.

Power Up 278-283 “People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it ...
07/18/2026

Power Up 278-283 “People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave. — Assata Shakur

Amerikan propaganda is a powerful tool that encourages distraction and apathy, allowing existing systems of oppression to persist.

We must continue to fight for a revolutionary society where there is safety for all people, animals, and the environment.

At Power Up, we shared reflections on solidarity—how our struggles are connected, why we fight together, and who we are fighting against. We also celebrated the beginning of Obon and Cancer season with cake and dancing. Our members, volunteers, and Compita have been having a great time preparing incredibly delicious homemade meals for our community. A huge thank you to The Urban Pet Eagle Rock for donating high-quality dog and cat food, treats, and supplies!

Thank you to everyone who donated heat wave supplies, and to everyone who signed up to become a recurring donor. Your support helps us continue building community care and mutual aid together. ❤️

If you’re able, please consider signing up for recurring donations via Venmo or Givebutter at JtownAction.com/donate or Link in our bio. It really helps us plan for the future!

Also, If you have blankets, tents, tarps, sleeping bags, or large clothing, please drop them off on Saturdays from 2–5 pm at 1st and Judge Aiso St.

Big love to Polo’s Pantry Home-y Made Meals Community Health Project LA Atomic Nancy Aniya Cake Girl for the weekly solidarity.

07/09/2026

6 more days of our summer fundraiser and we’re 6 donors away from another reward unlock! This video walks you though how to actually sign up. If you can afford to, it’s easy! Help support mutual aid in Little Tokyo!

Power Up 265-271 w We the Unhoused “I, for one, will join in with anyone — I don’t care what color you are — as long as ...
04/25/2026

Power Up 265-271 w We the Unhoused “I, for one, will join in with anyone — I don’t care what color you are — as long as you want to change this miserable condition that exists on this earth.” — Malcom X

Solidarity is a commitment to working together on common ground despite having lives, bodies and experiences. We have to remember that all of our struggles are connected and the only way we are going to overthrow our common enemy is by doing it together. We’ve been focused on building collective power in our communities, and we’re honored to be part of the formation of—and now members in—the Mutual Aid Union Los Angeles (MAULA)!

We joined a powerful march in with our comrades at and listened ti power speeches from the tenants in Chinatown.

The World Cup is coming to LA in June and we are preparing for an escalation of raids against the undocumented and the unhoused.

Power Up continues to be so busy, we appreciate the homemade food from our friends at ! Thank you Jane Eagle Rock for the years of pet food donations — best of luck on your new job!

If you’re able, please consider signing up for recurring donations via Venmo or Givebutter at JtownAction.com/donate or Link in our bio

Also, If you have blankets, tents, tarps, sleeping bags, or large clothing, please drop them off on Saturdays from 2–5 pm at 1st and Judge Aiso St.

Big love to for the weekly solidarity.

On February 21, our coalition of 50 organizations, including mutual aid, tenant, and Community Self Defense Coalition gr...
03/05/2026

On February 21, our coalition of 50 organizations, including mutual aid, tenant, and Community Self Defense Coalition groups, delivered a letter to Hugo Soto-Martinez , demanding that he repeal his disgraced predecessor Mitch O’Farrell’s 41.18 criminalization zones.

41.18 is a city law that criminalizes poor people for simply existing in countless public “zones” across L.A. In the past, Hugo compared 41.18 to stop-and-frisk because enforcement is based on profiling at cops’ discretion. Hugo even voted against 41.18 zones in *other* council districts. Unfortunately, 41.18 arrests skyrocketed 522% in Hugo’s district the year he took office, and despite several pleas to his office, he’s been unwilling to take action to prevent this harm. Because 41.18 enforcement and encampment sweeps regularly destroy vulnerable people’s IDs and paperwork, this leaves them in increased danger of being kidnapped by ICE, which has happened at multiple encampments in Hugo’s district.

When we delivered our demand letter to Hugo, we gave him a deadline of Wednesday, February 25. He failed to meet our demand.

Due to the urgency of this issue, we are calling for a boycott of his March 8th fundraiser until he commits to repealing these 41.18 zones in writing. In solidarity with the tens of thousands of people who have been criminalized and displaced by 41.18, we calling on all the performers and all of you to support this boycott!

Onigiri Seed Bomb Workshop with J-Town Action and Solidarity! Learn to make onigiri seed bombs made with Southern Califo...
02/24/2026

Onigiri Seed Bomb Workshop with J-Town Action and Solidarity! 

Learn to make onigiri seed bombs made with Southern California native seeds and Little Tokyo compost.

Beautify your community
Support the local ecosystem
+ concrete sucks!

We will also be tabling; come and say hi, get some merch and touch dirt!

Join us this Saturday Feb 28th 
Little Tokyo Farmers Market
Noguchi Plaza at JACCC 
11-2pm

On February 19, 1942, FDR ordered a mass incarceration for people of Japanese descent. The entire West Coast population ...
02/19/2026

On February 19, 1942, FDR ordered a mass incarceration for people of Japanese descent. The entire West Coast population was criminalized and imprisoned by EO9066. The round up included indigenous Tlingit, Unangan, and Shimanchu people who were also snatched up with the 
Japanese in the US and South America, turned over to US concentration camps.
On DOR, we memorialize our violated humanity, when we were held captive to the violent truths that define Amerika. DOR for some is grieving our exclusion, and for some, that crime has been redressed—but if we all want to survive state terror, this should be a call to organize to burn down the system that puts people in cages.

In the early 20th century, many Japanese communists and socialists fled imperial repression of Japan for refuge in the United States—only for their descendants to be caged by US empire. US concentration camps gave JA’s a glimpse into the nature of capitalism. Amerika, to meet the needs of capitalism, was built on genocide and slavery. Indigenous and Black history teach us resistance to US barbarism, and Palestinian resistance shows us what it looks like to fight the Israeli terror state. Forced removal, incarceration, mass murder, slavery, r**e, torture, cannibalism, and pe******ia are colonial expressions of capitalism that have always been practiced by the white supremacist ruling class of US empire. 

Today, the Amerikan prisonhouse is spilling out onto the streets, ICE is snatching people up and killing those who refuse to side with the abductors. Our organizing, from J-Town to Minneapolis and beyond, must prioritize solidarity with our most vulnerable neighbors and the self-defense of our communities.
 
Now is indeed the time of monsters who will stop at nothing to uphold the hell they created. The collapse is here, and no one is coming to save us. We as revolutionaries have a responsibility to organize and keep each other safe from state violence. Our survival demands action; we must continue to educate ourselves and organize our communities around systems of care and self-defense for the masses- our vulnerable, our youth, our exploited, our unconscious, and our guerrillas.

Power Up 255–259 with “In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has no...
02/01/2026

Power Up 255–259 with “In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.” —Kwame Ture

Rest in power to Keith Porter, Parady La, Heber Sanchez Dominguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, Geraldo Lunas Campos, Alex Pretti, and Renee Good.

The current massacres and mass kidnappings carried out by the state have been the norm for Black people in the U.S. since the birth of Amerikkka. There can be no real fight against this empire without acknowledging that this country was built on genocide and slavery.
It has been an intersection of beauty and horror to see people in LA uniting and organizing against the monsters that make up this dying fascist empire. Much love to the people in MN for the incredible show of solidarity and for the reminder that there are more of us than there are of them.

January had a very wet start—thank you to everyone who donated to help get extra weather supplies out to people. We also enjoyed a small mochitsuki, led by Azay, and a fundraiser screening of The Battle of Algiers at Midnight Books to ring in the new year.
We are grateful to have come out monthly for wound care treatment and to for the fresh fruits and veggies.Thank you to all of the dedicated volunteers and members, and to everyone whose donations make Power Up happen every week. Next week, we’ll be celebrating 5 years of JAS!!!

If you’re able, please consider signing up for recurring donations. If you have blankets, tents, tarps, sleeping bags, or large clothing, please drop them off on Saturdays from 2–5 pm at 1st and Judge Aiso Street, or donate at JtownAction.com/donate 🙏

You can also donate to support folks on the ground by notating your donation with “community forever” 🔥

As always, big love to for the weekly solidarity.

Community Now, Community Forever!Donation links are also at jtownaction.com/donate
01/31/2026

Community Now, Community Forever!

Donation links are also at jtownaction.com/donate

Supporting our community with the needs of the moment!
01/31/2026

Supporting our community with the needs of the moment!

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