United for Compassion 2 - A Japantown Community Gathering to Address Family Separations NEW

“United For Compassion 2” is a Japantown community gathering to address family separations at the border and the Muslim ban, racial / religious scapegoating, among other issues.

Featuring: Multicultural & youth speakers / performances, a Wall of Compassion, Resources

Date
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Location
Japantown Peace Plaza, Post at Buchanan streets

Partial list of speakers include:

* California state Assemblymember Phil Ting (invited)
* Donald K. Tamaki, Korematsu coram nobis attorney / #StopRepeatingHistory
* Karen Korematsu
* Zahra Billoo, executive director, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
* Satsuki Ina, Tule Lake incarceree
* Amy Sueyoshi, San Francisco State University interim dean of Ethnic Studies and past Pride Parade Grand Marshal
* Rev. Jeanelle Ablola, Pine United Methodist Church

Performance by the Buffet Crew - Francis Wong (saxophone) and Yukiya Jerry Waki (spoken word)

Presented by the UNITED FOR COMPASSION CONSORTIUM: Japanese Community Center of Northern California • National Japanese American Historical Society • API Legal Outreach • Tule Lake Committee • Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project • Campaign For Justice: Redress Now For Japanese Latin Americans! • Nakayoshi Young Professionals • Asian Improv aRts • Nikkei Resisters • Japantown Task Force, Inc. • Coram Nobis Legal Teams • StopRepeatingHistory.org campaign • Minami Tamaki LLP • Nihonmachi Street Fair (partial list)

Sponsored by: Japanese Community Youth Council • San Francisco JACL • Nichi Bei Foundation • Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California

Presented by the United For Compassion Consortium (c/o: Nichi Bei Times; phone: 415-673-1009)