2017 Celebrate Fred T. Korematsu Day (Presentation of the Fred T. Korematsu Story, Panel, Impact of the Life-Long-Fight Defend the Constitutional..)NEW

Join Us to Celebrate Fred T. Korematsu Day at Japanese American Museum of San Jose.
Sponsored by Asian Law Alliance, Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education, Japanese American Museum of San Jose, Santa Clara County Superior Court Community Outreach

Scheduled
•    California Legacy Voices teacher-training workshop featuring Japanese American confinement
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•    Presentation of the Fred T. Korematsu story, featuring a showing of the Emmy Award-winning documentary and remarks by Karen Korematsu, daughter of Fred Korematsu
•    Panel discussion  on the modern day impact of Fred Korematsu's life-long fight to defend the Constitutional rights of all U.S. citizens, regardless of national origin or ancestry, including:
o    Keynote speaker:  Dale Minami, leading civil rights attorney who represented Fred Korematsu in the 1983 case that set aside his conviction
o    Zahra Billoo, Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)
o    Jay Boyarsky, Chief Assistant District Attorney for Santa Clara County
o    Richard Konda, Executive Director of Asian Law Alliance
o    Hon. Drew Takaichi, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
o    Moderator:  Roberta Hayashi, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge

Open to lawyers, teachers and students interested in law, history and government.

Date
Saturday, January 28, 2017

Time
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Location
535 N. Fifth Street, San Jose

RSVP to info@jamsj.org. Registration closes on January 20, 2017.