BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.2494@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20100707T000000Z DTEND:20100707T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Film screenings about Japanese American wartime experience is o n every Wednesday evenings. Furikake popcorn and green tea will be provide d. Donations suggested.\n\n<strong><em>The First Battle: The Battle for Eq uality in War-Time Hawaii.</em> </strong> Tom Coffman. Journalist producer \, Tom Coffman presents comparisons on the treatment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii and the mainland US in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. With war fears rising\, a Council for Inter-racial Unity organized in Honolulu in 1 939 in support of Hawaii&rsquo\;s large Japanese-ancestry community. On De cember 7\, 1941\, they sprang into action. A behind-the-scenes battle for justice and equality- reaching as far as the White House- set Hawaii on a different course (2007\, 60 minutes). DTSTAMP:20241009T194727Z SUMMARY:Wednesday Night at the Movies\; The First Battle URL:/en/events/2010/07/07/wednesday-night-at-the-movies-the-first-battle/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR