Citizens League for two years starting in 1962. He participated in the first March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, and was involved in efforts seeking reparations from the U.S. Government from Japanese Americans incarceration during WWII. Okura served as the Executive Assistant to the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health from 1971 to 1981 and helped to launch programs that addressed the social issues prevalent in many minority communities. Okura founded the Okura Mental Health Leadership Foundation in 1988. The foundation was established as leadership development for minority individuals who wanted to become mental health professionals and awards grants through the American Psychological Foundation and the Asian American Psychological Association. He was also inducted into the Montgomery County, Md., Human Rights Hall of Fame, in the year 2002. References External links K. Patrick and Lily A. Okura Collection at UCLA 20th-century American psychologists University of California, Los Angeles alumni 1911 births 2005 deaths Japanese-American internees Japanese-American civil rights activists