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2015<BR>5:30pm-7:30pm<BR>San Jose Buddhist Church
Betsuin<BR>640 North Fifth Street, <BR>San Jose,
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<TD class=auto-style10 style="HEIGHT: 61px"
colSpan=2>The <A
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href="http://t.ymlp342.net/wssafauqbyjaiaeseagaubm/click.php">2015
San Jose Day of Remembrance</A> commemorates the
signing of <A
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href="http://t.ymlp342.net/wsuacauqbyjataeseapaubm/click.php">Executive
Order 9066</A>, which eventually led to the
incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent
during WW II. Each year, people from diverse
communities gather at this event to remember that
great civil liberties tragedy and reflect on what that
event means to them today.<BR><BR>The 35th annual Day
of Remembrance program, titled <EM>“Stories from the
Past, Lessons for Today,”</EM> explores personal
stories that have been passed down by those who were
adversely affected by the executive order and the
lessons that have been extracted from that
experience.<BR></TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 283px"><IMG class=auto-style29
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<TD vAlign=top><SPAN
class=auto-style10><STRONG><BR>Tom Izu</STRONG>,
Executive Director of the <A
title=http://t.ymlp342.net/wseaiauqbyjacaeseadaubm/click.php
href="http://t.ymlp342.net/wseaiauqbyjacaeseadaubm/click.php">California
History Center (CHC) at De Anza College</A> and
the <A
title=http://t.ymlp342.net/wsmanauqbyjaxaeseaaaubm/click.php
href="http://t.ymlp342.net/wsmanauqbyjaxaeseaaaubm/click.php">Audrey
Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education Initiative</A>,
will be the keynote speaker at the San Jose Day of
Remembrance event. </SPAN><SPAN class=auto-style10
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
class=auto-style10>As director of the CHC, Izu
emphasizes that a major component of his work is to
promote the importance of learning about local and
regional history and the lessons that can be learned
from that history. In communicating that history, Izu
recognizes the great value of oral history and
storytelling.</SPAN><O:P></O:P></TD></TR>
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<TD class=auto-style10 colSpan=2><A name=Izu></A>Izu
reflected on how people, especially young people, can
viscerally connect and understand the difficult
societal challenges and concepts from events that took
place several decades before many of them were born.
“I have learned that these stories transmitted down
through the generations document not just important
historical information -- that otherwise would be lost
-- but also make it possible for all of us to
personally connect with that history, making it a
‘living’ history.”<BR><BR>Izu is very aware about the
power of oral histories through his own experience and
how they can help propel a grassroots movement toward
achieving social justice. In the early 1980’s, Izu
became the first “official” chairperson of <A
title=http://t.ymlp342.net/wssafauqbyjaiaeseagaubm/click.php
href="http://t.ymlp342.net/wssafauqbyjaiaeseagaubm/click.php">Nihonmachi
Outreach Committee (NOC)</A> at a time when the
organization decided to become heavily involved in the
<A
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href="http://t.ymlp342.net/wsjaoauqbyjagaeseaaaubm/click.php">Japanese
American redress movement</A>. During the early days,
support for redress was not widespread and there were
many prominent voices in the local Japanese American
community who were reticent in supporting the
movement. During the redress hearings, NOC encouraged,
supported, and prepared former incarcerees so that
they could finally tell their emotional,
heart-breaking stories to the commissioners and to the
public. Many people heard those gripping stories of
hardship for the first time, and many more people
started to embrace the cause.<BR><BR>“Stories are
transformative in how they can be integrated into our
own identity through their ability to create
tremendous empathy, “ Izu said. “They can also be a
powerful way to build support and involvement in the
movement for social justice.”<BR><BR>Izu is concerned
about how Japanese American internment is examined in
the present and about what lessons people extract from
that experience. “My main concern right now is whether
the Japanese American experience is being made into an
example of ‘American exceptionalism’ with Japanese
Americans being considered ‘special’ since they
‘deserved redress.’ I would rather have people learn
the lesson that civil liberties need to be protected
for all people. The liberties and rights one has under
the Constitution are not based upon how ‘deserving’
one is, or how loyally one acts. These rights are
guaranteed to all.”<BR><BR>“There is a key lesson,”
Izu continued, “regarding the true meaning of civil
liberties that we must learn. It is very relevant for
today, including everything from Ferguson to the
treatment of Muslim Americans. A certain level of
bravery and courage is required to fight for this.
That is true patriotism and not the scapegoating or
fear mongering that seems to remain popular in our
country's politics today.”<BR><BR><EM><BR>Tom Izu is
currently executive director of the </EM><A
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href="http://t.ymlp342.net/wsbarauqbyjalaeseaxaubm/click.php"><EM>California
History Center (CHC) at De Anza College</EM></A><EM>
and the </EM><A
title=http://t.ymlp342.net/wsmanauqbyjaxaeseaaaubm/click.php
href="http://t.ymlp342.net/wsmanauqbyjaxaeseaaaubm/click.php"><EM>Audrey
Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education
Initiative</EM></A><EM>, He has served in the
San Jose community in many prominent roles. He was the
executive director of YuAi Kai, a senior service
center; NOC chairperson, and he served as a board
member for the </EM><A
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href="http://t.ymlp342.net/wshatauqbyjaiaesearaubm/click.php"><EM>San
Jose chapter of the Japanese American Citizen
League</EM></A><EM> and the Japanese American
Resource Center (now, the </EM><A
title=http://t.ymlp342.net/wswakauqbyjazaeseaxaubm/click.php
href="http://t.ymlp342.net/wswakauqbyjazaeseaxaubm/click.php"><EM>Japanese
American Museum of San Jose</EM></A><EM>).</EM></TD></TR>
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docent with the <A
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American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj)</A>. Carson will
recount the story of his grandfather, Terry Terakawa,
who is also an active volunteer and a former board
member of JAMsj.<BR><BR>Recently, Carson transcribed
his grandfather’s story about what happened to his
family after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
After the attack, prominent members of the Japanese
American community were immediately rounded up without
due process and taken away.<A
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<TD class=auto-style28 style="WIDTH: 283px">Kent
Carson, stands before a portrait of his grandfather,
Terry Terakawa. Terakawa is featured in the new
exhibit, <EM>“Twice Heroes,"</EM> at the <A
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<TD class=auto-style10>U.S. Congressman Michael
Honda represents the 17th Congressional District
of California and has served in the U.S. House
of Representatives for over fourteen years. In
Congress, Representative Honda is a member of
the powerful House Appropriations Committee,
Chair Emeritus of the Congressional Asian
Pacific American Caucus, Co-chair of the
Democratic Caucus’ New Media Working Group, and
House Democratic Senior Whip.<BR><BR></TD></TR>
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Mike Honda was born in California, but spent his
early childhood with family in the Amache
internment camp in Colorado during World War II.
Mike’s father served in the Military
Intelligence Service, while his mother served as
a full time homemaker. His family returned to
California in 1953, becoming strawberry
sharecroppers in San José's Blossom Valley. In
1965, Mike enrolled in the Peace Corps for two
years in El Salvador and returned fluent in
Spanish and with a passion for teaching.
<BR><BR>In his career as an educator, Mike was a
science teacher, served as a principal at two
public schools, and conducted educational
research at Stanford University. In 1971, Mike
was appointed by then-Mayor Norm Mineta to San
Jose's Planning Commission. In 1981, Mike won
his first election, gaining a seat on the San
José Unified School Board. In 1990, Mike was
elected to the Santa Clara County Board of
Supervisors. Mike served in the California State
Assembly from 1996 to 2000. In 2000, Mike was
elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He
is currently the Chairman Emeritus of the
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
(CAPAC) after spending seven years as
Chairman.<BR><BR>Mike’s district includes
Silicon Valley, the birthplace of technology
innovation and now the country’s leading
developer of green technology. Mike has
dedicated his life to public service and is
lauded for his work on education, civil rights,
national service, immigration, transportation,
the environment, and high-tech
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<P>The Day of Remembrance is an event that aims to bring
different communities together in order to build trust,
respect, and understanding among all people and to renew our
pledge to fight for equality, justice, and peace.
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the famous candlelight procession through historic San
Jose Japantown and an electrifying performance by <A
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procession through San Jose's historic Japantown.
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of the camps.</B></FONT><B><FONT size=2><BR>Photo
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