2005 Program
   
Welcome
  Japanese American National Museum
   
Hosts
  Traci Kato-Kiriyama and Sabrina Lynn Motley
   

Memorial Tribute

  Congressman Robert T. Matsui
   
Performance: "OUR | FAMILY | TIMELINE | 9-O-DOUBLE 6"
  by Olmeca, BK aka Kyle Toyama &
Dave lwataki of Project J, Justice
   
Statement on Day of Remembrance
  Kathy Nishimoto-masaoka,
Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress
  Click here for the speech
   
Poem
  by Hiroshi Kashiwagi - from "Meeting at Tule Lake" (a National Asian American Telecommunications Association production)
   
Statements by
  RIEIKO NIMURA, Minor child who 'returned' to Japan in US prisoner exchange program
   
  HANK NAITO, Renunciant from Tule Lake/served in the US Air Force
   
  WAYNE COLLINS, Son of anti-internment activist who assisted renunciants in regaining citizenship
   
Film: 9066 to 9/11
  Excerpts from the film produced by the National Museum's Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center
   
Statements by
  SALAM AL-MARAYATI, Executive Director,
Muslim Public Affairs Council
   
  HAMID KHAN, Executive Director,
South Asian Network
   
Performance: "One Together"
 

Performance by Olmeca of Project J, Justice

"lf we fight together we will win together It will all be better for you and me and Us and them and who we are We're like a star shining from far"

   
Candle Pledge
  by everyone:

I , ________________pledge to people to speak out when I see an injustice because I know what can happen when good people are silent. I honor those who have stood up for justice and promise to do the same.

   
Closing Statement
   
Reception
 

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