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DESCRIPTION:Redress Remembered: WWII Rendition of Japanese Latin Americans\
 n <strong>Saturday\, October 25\, 2008\n 2-4pm followed by a light recepti
 on</strong>\n\nDuring WWII\, over 2200 men\, women\, and children of Japan
 ese ancestry were kidnapped from 13 Latin American countries and interned 
 in Department of Justice camps and Army facilities in the U.S. for the pur
 pose of hostage exchange. Learn more about what they endured during WWII\,
  their ongoing redress struggle to hold the U.S. government accountable fo
 r war crimes\, and lessons for present day challenges.\n\n<strong>Speakers
 :</strong>\n<strong>Karen Parker\, Esq.</strong> \n Counsel for former Jap
 anese Peruvian internees in U.S. courts and the Inter-American Commission 
 on Human Rights\, with expertise in human rights and humanitarian (armed c
 onflict) law\n\n<strong>Richard Katsuda</strong> \n Educator and Co-chair\
 , Nikkei for Civil Rights &amp\; Redress\n\n<strong>Craig Ishii</strong> \
 n Regional Director\, Pacific Southwest District\, Japanese American Citiz
 ens League\n\n<strong>Moderator: Grace Shimizu</strong> \n Director\, Japa
 nese Peruvian Oral History Project\, and Coordinator\, Campaign For Justic
 e: Redress Now for Japanese Latin Americans!\n\nThe program will include a
  spoken word performance by Naomi Quinones and a screening of the DVD trai
 ler of &quot\;Stolen Lives\,&quot\; produced by Kiku Lani Iwata and Kimi I
 wata Romming (Tara Entertainment).\n\n<strong>FREE! RSVP required to 213.6
 25.0414 ext. 2222\, or <a>rsvp@janm.org</a> (subject: JLA Redress).</stron
 g>\n<a href="http://www.janm.org/">Japanese American National Museum</a> \
 n 369 East First Street\n Los Angeles\, CA 90012\n\n<em>Presented in colla
 boration with Campaign for Justice: Redress Now For Japanese Latin America
 ns!\; Japanese American Citizen&rsquo\;s League&ndash\;Pacific Southwest D
 istrict\; Discover Nikkei\; Nikkei for Civil Rights &amp\; Redress\; Japan
 ese Peruvian Oral History Project\; and the Japanese American National Mus
 eum.</em>\n<em>\nCosponsoring organizations: Asian Pacific American Bar As
 sociation of Los Angeles\; Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)\; 
 Japanese American Bar Association of Greater Los Angeles (JABA)\; Departme
 nt of Cultural Affairs\, City of Los Angeles\; JACL Civil Rights Caucus\; 
 and Korean American Bar Association of Southern California.\n\nPartnering 
 organizations: Manzanar Committee and Tomo no Kai\, University of Californ
 ia at Irvine\n\n</em>\n<em>Reception sponsored by El Virrey\, Kotosh\, Mar
 io's Peruvian &amp\; Seafood\, and Pollos El Brasero.</em>\n<a href="http:
 //www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=32838105670">*Help us spread the word
  about this program by sharing with your Facebook friends</a> \n * Photo: 
 Panama Canal Zone: Japanese Peruvians en route to U.S. Internment Camps. A
 pril 2\, 1942. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo. National Archives. Courtesy o
 f National Japanese American Historical Society.
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SUMMARY:DISCOVER NIKKEI PROGRAM: "Redress Remembered: WWII Rendition of Jap
 anese Latin Americans" in Los Angeles on October 25\, 2008
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