Response to Japanese Counsel Gen's request to take down "Comfort Women" Memorial in Palisades Park, NJ.
Response to Japanese Counsel Gen's request to take down "Comfort Women" Memorial in Palisades Park, NJ.
I first met the women of LILA Pilipina in June of 1999. We were six Filipina American women researching the experiences of Filipina "Comfort Women" of WWII for a screenplay. What we learned has affected my work as a writer, a teacher and as a woman of Filipina descent. These pages reveal some of the research I have done for LOLAS' HOUSE: Women Living with War. Even now, the Japanese government continues to withhold a formal apology, reparations, and historical notice. Read on.