REDRESS REMEMBERED

During WWII, over 2200 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry were kidnapped from 13 Latin American countries and interned in Department of Justice camps and Army facilities for the purpose of hostage exchange. Learn more about what they endured during WWII, their ongoing redress struggle to hold the US government accountable for war crimes, and lessons for present day challenges.

Speakers:

Karen Parker, Esq.
Counsel for former Japanese Peruvian internees in U.S. courts and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, with expertise in human rights and humanitarian (armed conflict) law

Richard Katsuda
Educator and Co-chair, Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress

Craig Ishii
Regional Director, Pacific Southwest District, Japanese American Citizens League

Moderator: Grace Shimizu
Director, Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project, and Coordinator, Campaign For Justice: Redress Now for Japanese Latin Americans!

The program will include a spoken word performance by Naomi Quinones and a screening of the DVD trailer of "Stolen Lives," produced by Kiku Lani Iwata (Tara Entertainment).

FREE! RSVP REQUIRED to 213.625.0414 ext. 2222, or rsvp@janm.org (subject: JLA Redress).

Presented in collaboration with Campaign for Justice: Redress Now For Japanese Latin Americans!, Japanese American Citizen's League–Pacific Southwest District, Discover Nikkei, Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress, and the National Museum. Co-sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of LA, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Japanese American Bar Association of Greater Los Angeles (JABA).