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January 2022 Issue |
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42nd Annual San
Jose
Day of Remembrance
Overcoming Hate
and Fear:
80th Anniversary of E.O. 9066
A Virtual Program
Saturday, February 19,
2022
3:00 PM - 4:30
PM (PT)
Visit
www.sjnoc.org
to view the program on the day of the event
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The 42nd Annual San Jose Day
of Remembrance program will be held
virtually on Saturday, February 19 from 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Pacific Time). The event falls on the 80th
anniversary of the
signing of Executive Order 9066 which led to the
World War II incarceration of more than 120,000
people of Japanese descent, two-thirds of whom were
American citizens.
The theme for
this virtual program is Overcoming Hate
and Fear: The 80th Anniversary of E.O 9066.
Over the past two plus years, many communities have had
to deal with multiple challenges including the
deadly pandemic, economic, educational and
personal hardship, intense political division,
and physical and emotional isolation. During these
tumultuous times, we also
witnessed violent hate crimes and racist acts,
including horrific incidents directed toward AAPI
and African American communities. In the midst of
great tragedy and horror we also saw different
communities come together in the
struggle for racial and social justice. |
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Since one of the driving forces behind the WW II Japanese American
incarceration was attributed to racial
prejudice, many Japanese Americans feel
compelled to join with other
communities in denouncing hate, prejudice,
and violence and in continuing the fight for social
justice.
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Related to this theme, NOC is honored to
have featured Day of Remembrance speaker,
Cynthia Choi, a codirector
of Chinese for Affirmative Action and
cofounder of
Stop AAPI Hate.
Often cited by major news organizations, Stop
AAPI Hate has had a tremendous impact in
raising awareness about the rise of
violence and hate-based incidents directed
towards the AAPI community.
Not only is Stop AAPI Hate trying to
understand the realities of anti-Asian
racism, the organization is also a platform
for finding community-based solutions.
Locally, the
San Jose Nikkei Resisters (SJNR) is one
group that is forming community-based
solutions. Over the past year, SJNR
partnered with the
Council
on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in
presenting bystander intervention training
and de-escalation techniques. Kelsey
Ichikawa is the chair of the
Reimagining Public Safety Subcommittee in
SJNR and will talk about their recent work.
The 2022 Day of Remembrance program will also commemorate the
80th anniversary of the signing of
Executive
Order 9066. As part of this
commemoration, Eiko Yamaichi, as well as other
former incarcerees, will share their
personal stories about incarceration.
In 1988, the United States gave an official
apology to former incarcerees of the camps
with the passage of the
Civil Liberties Act of 1988. It is
important to note that there were many
people who were also incarcerated in the same
camps as Japanese Americans but were not
offered the same acknowledgement.
Grace Shimizu, Director of the
Campaign for Justice Redress Now for
Japanese Latin Americans, will speak
about the continued fight for truth,
acknowledgement, and justice.
Read more about the plight of
Japanese Latin Americans and the campaign
for justice...
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2022 Day of Remembrance Film Trailers |
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Cynthia Choi, Stop
AAPI Hate
In this short
Day
of Remembrance film trailer, Cynthia
Choi, cofounder of Stop AAPI Hate and
codirector of Chinese for Affirmative
Action, talks about starting Stop AAPI Hate
in order to understand the nature of the
attacks on the AAPI community and to come up
with solutions. |
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Alice Hikido, Camp
Remembrance
This
trailer for the 2022 San Jose Day of
Remembrance spotlights Alice Hikido, who was
incarcerated in Minikoka, Idaho. Alice
recalls a sad episode of a mother who was
under tremendous stress in the camp. |
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Campaign for
Justice: Redress NOW for Japanese Latin
Americans |
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During WWII, the U.S. government went
outside its borders and violated the rights
of over 2,200 men, women and children of
Japanese ancestry in 13 Latin American
countries in the name of “national
security.” These “potentially dangerous
enemy aliens” were imprisoned in
concentration camps in the U.S. for use as
hostages in exchange for U.S. citizens held
in Far East war zones. On the 80th
anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the
U.S. government has yet to acknowledge and
properly redress these crimes against
humanity.
Read more
about America's Forgotten Internment:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/12/05/japanese-latinos-us-war-hostages-history-523711
Sign the petition to demand justice from
the Biden Administration:
Petition · President Biden: Comply With
International Law! Justice Now for Japanese
Latin Americans! · Change.org |
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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. |
