In 1968, the AmeriCong announced that a dog would be burned alive in front of University of Pennsylvania’s Van Pelt Library. 2000 people showed up in protest. They were given leaflets.
“Congratulations on your anti-napalm protest. You saved the life of a dog. Now, how about saving the lives of tens of thousands of people in Vietnam.”
From his birth in an internment camp to marching as a high schooler in Selma and being brutalized by horseback police to starting the Critical Path Project to educate people living with HIV/AIDS on health and activism to his 1999 suit, Kuromiya v United States, for the right to medical marijuana, Kiyoshi Kuromiya’s life is a celebration of direct action and education.
Today, May 19th, is National API HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. HIV is a political issue. HIV demands collective and systemic change. Here are notes from a BARS meeting session earlier this year on API folk and HIV/AIDS: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U8Dw9MP-t9seZkTrw6Mvai3b068UWrTnoaXpHAgZkm4/edit
Interview with Kuromiya: https://thescene.com/watch/them/kiyoshi-kuromiya
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