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February 2024 Issue 1 |
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In this issue |
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Day of Remembrance Speaker Nina
Chuang |
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Nina Chuang is
one of the primary leaders of a student-led
movement that convinced San Jose State
University to acknowledge its role in the
execution of Executive Order 9066. |
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| Nina Chuang speaks about
the student-led movement that resulted in a
SJSU resolution that acknowledged
university accountability and the importance
of the Day of Remembrance in
this
remarkable video clip |
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That
order led to the incarceration of 120,000
people of Japanese descent, including 125
San Jose State College students. 2,487
Japanese Americans were processed at the
college just before they were forcibly
removed from their homes and sent to
concentration camps. During that time,
university leaders showed intolerance to any
resistance and criticism to the order and
censured and dismissed faculty who spoke
against it.
Read the
Presidential Directive from SJSU
President Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson and
the
Academic Senate Sense of the Senate
Resolution. |
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Community Speakers |
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Dr. Yvonne Kwan
Dr. Yvonne Kwan is an Associate
Professor of Asian American Studies at San
Jose State University. Kwan has strong
relationships within the San Jose Asian
American community, relationships that are
interwoven with and inspire her scholarly
and creative work on memory, trauma, and
activism. Kwan is the Project Lead on a
County of Santa Clara-funded project
entitled
"AAPI Perspectives: Activism and Oral
History." It is set to launch publicly
in June 2024 in collaboration with the
Japanese
American Museum of San Jose. As the
Program Coordinator of Asian American
Studies (AAS) at SJSU, Kwan helped establish
the Asian American Studies major that will
launch in Fall 2024 at SJSU. She teaches
classes on Asian American history and media
and consults on projects related to theater
arts, history, and education. |
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Athar Siddiqee
Athar Siddiqee is a long-time
participant in the San Jose Day of
Remembrance. Siddiqee remembers when the
Muslim community in the Bay Area was quite
small, having moved here in 1967, along with
his family. During this time, he has come to
appreciate what makes this country great and
cherishes its traditions of openness,
freedom, and inclusivity. Siddiqee is
currently the
South Bay Islamic Association Chairman
of the Board. He has also has served on the
boards of the
Council on American-Islamic Relations
and the West
Valley Muslim Association, and the
Steering Committee of
Human
Development Foundation.
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Samir Laymoun
Samir Laymoun
represents the Palestinian Heritage
Committee and is an organizer of
the annual
County of Santa Clara Palestinian Cultural
Day. Laymoun has been recognized by the
City of San Jose and the County Board of
Supervisors for his advocacy for human
rights issues. |
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Susumu Ikeda
Camp
Remembrance Speaker
Susumu Ikeda lived in Salinas,
California and was incarcerated at
the Salinas detention facility and
the Poston, Arizona concentration
camp. Because his father was a
community leader, his father was
arrested and sent to two different
Department of Justice prisons,
separated from the rest of his
family. |
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Also
featured are performances by
San
Jose Taiko and the traditional
candlelight procession through
Japantown. The candle lighting
ceremony and procession through
Japantown will honor those who were
incarcerated in the concentration
camps.
Seating is limited. This
event is free of charge but donations
are welcome.
Masks
are recommended. |
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Reflection
The traditional candlelight procession
through historic Japantown allows
participants to remember how the
incarceration of Japanese Americans
devastated the community and to reflect on
what that event means to us today. |
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San Jose State University Day of
Remembrance
Monday, February 19th,
10:30 AM - 4 PM
Hammer Theatre at San
José State University
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Free and Open to the San Jose Community!
Must RSVP and Present QR Code for Entrance
Click
here for more information |
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| Because of previous COVID concerns, this
year's Tule Lake Pilgrimage will be the
first pilgrimage to the Tule Lake site since
2018. Demand is high so it is recommended
that you sign up on February 19, the opening
date of registration. Pilgrimage
registration forms will be posted that day
on the
www.tulelake.org website. Completed
application forms must be snail-mailed and
payment is by check only. Visit the
www.tulelake.org website for additional
information. |
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Register for event |
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here for tickets and additional information
about the ALA event. |
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| Click
here for tickets or for more information |
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End the bloodshed in Gaza |
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San Jose Nihonmachi
Outreach Committee (NOC)
P.O. Box 10643
San Jose, CA 95157
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. |
