Lillian Nakano was honored by the California State Assembly on May 12th for her work in the redress movement during ceremonies marking Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Joining her from left, Assembly members Warren Furutani, Jim Beall Jr., Alan Nakamura, Ted Lieu, Ira Ruskin and Albert Torrico. Lillian and her late husband Bert were leading activists in the National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (now known as Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress) and the Little Tokyo People’s Rights Organization.