2005 Program | |
Welcome | |
Japanese American National Museum | |
Hosts | |
Traci Kato-Kiriyama and Sabrina Lynn Motley | |
Memorial Tribute |
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Congressman Robert T. Matsui | |
Performance: "OUR | FAMILY | TIMELINE | 9-O-DOUBLE 6" | |
by Olmeca, BK aka Kyle Toyama & Dave lwataki of Project J, Justice |
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Statement on Day of Remembrance | |
Kathy Nishimoto-masaoka, Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress |
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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 |
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HAMID KHAN, Executive Director, South Asian Network |
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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" |
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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. |
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Closing Statement | |
Reception | |
Raffle | |