Day of Remembrance 2008: Carrying the Light for Justice
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The Bay Area Day of Remembrance Consortium presents
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE 2008
Carrying the Light for Justice
GENERATIONS OF ACTIVISM
Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988
Sunday, February 17, 2008 2 p.m.
Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California
1840 Sutter Street (nr. Webster) SF Japantown
Tickets: $15 Door, $12 Advance. Call for group rates. Phone: (415) 921-5007
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, setting into motion the exclusion, removal, detention and incarceration of over 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
After decades of activism by Japanese Americans and a broad, multicultural coalition, President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Based on a federal commission's findings that the wholesale violation of constitutional rights was due to "race prejudice, war hysteria and a failure of political leadership," the landmark redress bill provided a official apology, individual payments and a public education fund.
In spite of these historic lessons, today we witness members of the Arab/Muslim American community experiencing similar civil and human rights violations: exclusion, detention, incarceration and extradition in the post 9/11 and Iraq War era.
DOR is a time to cherish and critique our history; to share yet untold stories; to reaffirm our commitment to unfinished redress issues and current civil liberties challenges. DOR is a time to nurture future generations of activism to ensure a more compassionate democracy.
Major funding provided by the SF Japantown Foundation.
Related programs on 2/17:
* Nihonmachi Little Friends Open House for Issei Legacy Building: 1830 Sutter St. 12 noon - 2 pm
* Exhibit: I Witness, Part I: Asian American Movement of the 70s - JCCCNC Gallery
Bay Area DOR Consortium member organizations: Asian Improv aRts, Asian Law Caucus, API Legal Outreach, Campaign for Justice - Redress Now for Japanese Latin Americans, Center for Asian American Media, JACL-SF, Japantown Arts, Japanese American Religious Federation, JCCCNC, Japanese Community Youth Council, Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project, NJAHS, National Coalition for Redress/Reparations,Tule Lake Committee, UC Berkeley Nikkei Student Union (partial list)
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE 2008
Carrying the Light for Justice
GENERATIONS OF ACTIVISM
Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988
Sunday, February 17, 2008 2 p.m.
Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California
1840 Sutter Street (nr. Webster) SF Japantown
Tickets: $15 Door, $12 Advance. Call for group rates. Phone: (415) 921-5007
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, setting into motion the exclusion, removal, detention and incarceration of over 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
After decades of activism by Japanese Americans and a broad, multicultural coalition, President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Based on a federal commission's findings that the wholesale violation of constitutional rights was due to "race prejudice, war hysteria and a failure of political leadership," the landmark redress bill provided a official apology, individual payments and a public education fund.
In spite of these historic lessons, today we witness members of the Arab/Muslim American community experiencing similar civil and human rights violations: exclusion, detention, incarceration and extradition in the post 9/11 and Iraq War era.
DOR is a time to cherish and critique our history; to share yet untold stories; to reaffirm our commitment to unfinished redress issues and current civil liberties challenges. DOR is a time to nurture future generations of activism to ensure a more compassionate democracy.
Major funding provided by the SF Japantown Foundation.
Related programs on 2/17:
* Nihonmachi Little Friends Open House for Issei Legacy Building: 1830 Sutter St. 12 noon - 2 pm
* Exhibit: I Witness, Part I: Asian American Movement of the 70s - JCCCNC Gallery
Bay Area DOR Consortium member organizations: Asian Improv aRts, Asian Law Caucus, API Legal Outreach, Campaign for Justice - Redress Now for Japanese Latin Americans, Center for Asian American Media, JACL-SF, Japantown Arts, Japanese American Religious Federation, JCCCNC, Japanese Community Youth Council, Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project, NJAHS, National Coalition for Redress/Reparations,Tule Lake Committee, UC Berkeley Nikkei Student Union (partial list)
Hi
I just discovered the dayofremembrance.org site! It's great.
I thought you'd be interested in Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress Los Angeles' DOR archive site on www.ncrr-la.org. The archive summarizes the 26 DORs sponsored by NCRR since 1981.
For more information contact ncrrla@yahoo.com