Uno was active in grand jury reform, as well as in such civil rights issues as the Wendy Yoshimura Defense Fund, Title II Repeal, Redress for Evacuation, and the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and worked on the Farewell to Manzanar television program.
Uno was incarcerated at the Granada War Relocation Center in Colorado, then subsequently transferred to the Crystal City internment camp.
[8] First working at a nursery, and later on railroad construction in Nevada, California, and Utah, Edison's father was unable to provide for the complete needs of his family.
[1] Having been held in Internment camps for four and a half years, and having lost almost all personal possessions during the war, Edison's family was forced to start their lives anew in 1945–6.
Quoted later from his introduction to Executive order 9066, he wrote that " Time has healed some of the old wounds, but the scars are not visible, they are there in the deep recesses of that psychological corner of our minds".
[8] Not allowing these health conditions to inhibit his contributions to community and political involvement, Edison chose to dedicate his life as a "champion of social justice".
[8] Advocating for racial equality, Edison Uno organized workshops with the ACLU and gave speeches to the SFLC, CCMC, CCCJ, and the CPHJ.
[11] Edison Uno served on San Francisco Mayor Joseph Aliotio's Crime Commission and on the city's Grand Jury as a chairman of the reform committee.