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Events and articles commemorating the signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced removal and incarceration of some 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry — most of whom were American citizens — during World War II.
SAN JOSE — Jimi Yamaichi will never forget his long and frustrating battle to join the carpenters union, which turned away Japanese Americans and other Asians before the start of World War II. Yamaichi, director and curator of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, was among several speakers at the 31st annual San Jose [...]
Date: Sunday, Feb. 27 Time: 1:30 p.m. Venue: Salinas Community Center 940 North Main St. Program: “Hold These Truths: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi” Sponsors: The Watsonville-Santa Cruz, Gilroy, Monterey Peninsula, Salinas Valley, and San Benito County JACL chapters Contact: Mas Hashimoto at hashi79@sbcglobal.net or (831) 722-6859 There will be a presentation of “Hold These [...]
Date: Sunday, Feb. 27 Time: 9:30 a.m. Venue: Monsanto facility in Kunia Program: Honouliuli National Historic Site: Dream or Reality? Sponsors: JACL Honolulu and Monsanto Hawaii Contact: Derrick Iwata (808) 945-7633 ext. 25 The Cultural Center will present the 2011 Day of Remembrance and second Honouliuli Pilgrimage titled “Honouliuli National Historic Site: Dream or Reality?” [...]
The 2011 Bay Area Day of Remembrance opened with the recorded voice of Dr. Cornell West asking the audience, “Who you gonna call?” for righting civil wrongs. The answer wasn’t Ghostbusters. “You gonna call on the regular people,” he declared. The 2011 Bay Area Day of Remembrance (DOR) program featured a wide variety of talent [...]
The Watsonville-Santa Cruz, Gilroy, Monterey Peninsula, Salinas Valley, and San Benito County JACL chapters will host “Hold These Truths: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi, “a play written by Jeana Sakata, in observance on the Day of Remembrance at the Salinas Communiy Center, 940 N. Main St., Salinas, Calif. The event will begin at 1:30 p.m. [...]
San Francisco director Kerwin Berk’s poignant short film about a friendship between a hapa Japanese American journalist and a Nisei war veteran will be shown as part of San Jose’s Day of Remembrance program. Shot entirely in S.F.’s Japantown, the film stars Hiroshi Kashiwagi and Tim Yamamura. Screenings will be at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. [...]
The 2011 San Jose Day of Remembrance, titled “Fighting Against Fear,” will be held from 5:30 to 7: 30 p.m. on Sun., Feb. 20, at the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin (640 N. Fifth St.). The event is free and open to the public. In addition to remembering the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during WWII, this year’s [...]
Date: Sunday, Feb. 20 Time: 11 a.m. Venue: Pardini’s, 2257 West Shaw Ave. Program: Day of Remembrance and JACL annual installation banquet Sponsors: Central California District Council of JACL, its Fresno Assembly Center Memorial Upgrade Committee, and the Big Fresno Fair More details: (559) 960-0852 The banquet is held both in remembrance of Executive Order [...]
Date: Sunday, Feb. 20 Time: 2 p.m. Venue: Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, 1881 Post St. and Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, 1840 Sutter St. Program: Allies and Activism-Carrying the Light for Justice Sponsors: Bay Area Day of Remembrance Consortium and the San Francisco Japantown Foundation More details: NJAHS (415) 921-5007 or rtonai@njahs.org The [...]
Date: Sunday, Feb. 20 Time: 5:30 p.m. Venue: San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin, 640 North 5th St. Program: Fighting Against Fear Sponsors: NIhonmachi Outreach Committee More details: (408) 505-1186 or info@sjnoc.org or www.sjnoc.org “Fighting Against Fear” will address what Japanese Americans had to endure during World War II and what Arabs, Muslims and South Asian [...]
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