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28th Annual San Jose
Day of Remembrance 2008
Sunday,
Feb 17, 2008
San
Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin
640 North 5th Street, San Jose
5:30-7:30pm
Free and open to the public
Volunteers needed from
3-4pm to help with setup |
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Photo courtesy of Andy
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Samina Faheem
Sundas to speak at the
28th Annual San Jose Day of Remembrance |
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Ms. Samina Faheem
Sundas, the Executive Director of the
American Muslim Voice,
and co-founder of Fear To Friendship, a group dedicated to promoting
cross-cultural friendship and education after 9/11, will speak at
the 28th Annual San Jose Day of Remembrance that is to be
held on Feb 17, 2008. Also speaking will be Carolyn Kameya,
an original NOC member who was active during the Redress movement
which eventually led to the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Banafsheh
Akhlaghi, who was originally listed in the program as a speaker,
will be unable to attend due to a last minute scheduling conflict.
Ms. Sundas' focus has
been on community building, forming life long friendships among all
Americans and on creating a culture of peace, acceptance, mutual
respect and harmony. In January, she received the
Jefferson Award for Public Service,
which was established to encourage and honor individuals for their
achievements and contributions through public and community service.
She also received the Cliffort I. Uyeda Peace and Humanitarian
Award at the San
Francisco Day of
Remembrance in 2007
for her courageous leadership and |
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personal dedication
to the principles of peace and social justice, particularly in the
post 9/11 period.
For the past several
years, Ms. Sundas has been speaking extensively on immigrant and
civil liberties issues, and on the USA Patriot Act. She was on the
panel of Amnesty International USA National Hearings on Racial
Profiling and she participated with with other faith/immigrants
right groups to defeat HR 4437, in working toward a more humane
immigration reform.
Ms. Sundas is also
the founder of Global Peace Partners, a member of the steering
committee for Multifaith
Voices For Peace & Justice, Bay Area, Ca, a board member of
Friends of Human Relations, Santa Clara, CA, Chair of the Peace
Building Committee of the HRC, Santa Clara, CA, advisory board
member of the Peninsula Community Foundation and a founding member
of Defense Committee of James Lee Muslim Chaplin. She was also the
coordinator of the Muslim Nationwide Hot line, which helped people
in dealing with the INS Special Registration. |
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The annual Day of Remembrance
event commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 which led to
the incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent, two-thirds
of whom were American citizens, during WWII.
The program will also feature an
electrifying performance by San
Jose Taiko, other intercommunity speakers, and the
traditional candlelight procession through historic Japantown. |
For more information:
web:
www.sjnoc.org email: info@sjnoc.org Tel: 408-505-1186 |
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Are you a former internee of the
Pinedale Assembly Center?
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so, contact Bobbi Hanada at 559-434-1662 or
bhanada@aol.com |
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Provide feedback on "Day of
Remembrance 2008"
Help plan NOC Summer/Fall Events
NOC General
Meeting
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Yu-Ai Kai Building
2-4pm
For more info, contact Will Kaku
(408-505-1186)
will_kaku@yahoo.com |
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San Jose Nihonmachi
Outreach Committee (NOC)
P.O. Box 2293, San Jose, CA 95109
E-Mail:
info@sjnoc.org
Website:
www.sjnoc.org
"In the End, we will remember not the words of our
enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
