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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Fighting for Civil Rights: The Japanese American and LG
 BT Experience</strong>\n\nwith special guest George Takei\n <strong>Free a
 nd open to the public</strong>\n\nOn February 20\, the Portland chapter of
  the Japanese American  Citizens League (JACL)  will present &quot\;Fighti
 ng for Civil Rights: The  Japanese American and LGBT Experience&quot\; wit
 h  special guest George Takei.  This program will be held on the Portland 
  State University campus in  Hoffman Hall between 1-3pm.  Following Mr. Ta
 kei's address there will be  a panel discussion with  community members.\n
 \nEvery  year\, Portland JACL takes time out to remember the  incarceratio
 n of  Japanese Americans during World War II and to bring  light to  conte
 mporary issues affecting human civil liberties.  This  event has  been fun
 ded in part by Neighbors West Northwest\, which  promotes  direct particip
 ation in grassroots democracy by supporting  community  efforts at the nei
 ghborhood level.\n\nBest  known for his role as Mr. Sulu in Star Trek\, ac
 tor  George Takei's  acting career spans more than five decades.  He and h
 is  family spent  five years during World War II incarcerated in American 
  concentration  camps in Rohwer\, Arkansas\, and Tule Lake\, California.  
  Mr. Takei is  chairman emeritus of the Japanese American National  Museum
 \; chairman of the council of governors of East West Players\, the  nation
 's foremost  Asian Pacific American theater\; and  a member of the  Human 
  Rights Campaign\, the nation's largest lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, and   t
 ransgender political organization.\n\n<a href="http://www.pdxjacl.org">www
 .pdxjacl.org</a>
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SUMMARY:Day of Remembrance Event - Portland JACL
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