UPCOMING EVENTS
Berkeley Nikkei Student Union Day of Remembrance – February 16, 2024, 6:00-9:00pm
Stephens Lounge (3rd floor), Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union, UC Berkeley
Bay Area Day of Remembrance – February 17, 2024, 2:00-4:00pm
AMC Kabuki 8 Theatre, San Francisco
San Jose Day of Remembrance – February 18, 2024, 5:30-7:00pm
San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin
An Interfaith Vigil of Compassion & Solidarity – February 21, 2024, 12:00-1:15pm
Wilma Chan Park, Oakland

DID YOU KNOW?  During WWII, the U.S. government went outside its borders and violated the rights of over 2,200 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry in 13 Latin American countries in the name of “national security.”  These “potentially dangerous enemy aliens” were imprisoned in concentration camps in the U.S. for use as hostages in exchange for U.S. citizens held in Far East war zones. Over 80 years later, the U.S. government has yet to acknowledge and properly redress these crimes against humanity.

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