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DESCRIPTION:This year\, the theme for the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural 
 Institute’s 2023 Day of Remembrance will be “Campaign For Justice: The
  Japanese Latin American Story\,” highlighting the hidden history and st
 ories of Japanese Latin Americans who were abducted from their home countr
 ies and wrongfully incarcerated in the United States during World War II. 
 In a virtual live program on Saturday\, February 25\, 2023\, the GVJCI wil
 l feature the 2004 short film\, Hidden Internment: The Art Shibayama Story
  followed by a discussion with a panel of experts featuring Director of th
 e Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project and coordinator for Campaign For 
 Justice: Redress Now For Japanese Latin Americans\, Grace Shimizu\, Univer
 sity of Maryland professor and Co-President of the Board of the Asian Amer
 ican Legal Defense and Education Fund\, Phil Nash\, and former Japanese Pe
 ruvian incarceree at Crystal City\, Chieko Kamisato. We hope the community
  will come away with a stronger understanding of the meaning of justice\, 
 the repercussions of ongoing discriminatory action by the government\, and
  what people can do to support the cause and fight for redress. To registe
 r for this online event\, please visit the GVJCI website at <a href="http:
 //www.jci-gardena.org/dor-2023">www.jci-gardena.org/dor-2023</a>.\n\n \n\
 nThis program is co-sponsored by The George and Sakaye Aratani CARE Award\
 , UCLA Asian American Studies Center\, and Valerie J. Matsumoto\, George a
 nd Sakaye Aratani Chair on the Japanese American Incarceration\, Redress\,
  and Community\, University of California\, Los Angeles.\n\nGVJCI is a 501
 (c)(3) non-profit community center dedicated to serving the needs of the N
 ikkei (Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants) and broader community o
 f the South Bay through educational\, cultural\, social\, and recreational
  programs.  \n\n \n\n###\n\n \n\nIf you would like more information on
  this event\, please contact Stephanie Mayeda\, Program Manager at (310) 3
 24-6611 ext. 102 or email dor@jci-gardena.org.\n
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SUMMARY:2023 GVJCI Day of Remembrance -  Campaign For Justice: The Japanese
  Latin American Story
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