Join us on Feb 12th, for our interfaith vigil, Reparations as a Spiritual Practice.
We will reflect on the Japanese American experience of seeking and achieving reparations. Together we will uplift the call for reparations for other communities, including Indigenous and African Americans.
Our monthly interfaith vigil honors the Japanese American Day of Remembrance. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced removal and incarceration of some 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast.
Thirty years after the closing of the camps, Japanese Americans launched a campaign calling for the redress for restitution, which resulted in a financial compensation of $20,000 per person, an apology by Congress acknowledging the wrong, and funds to establish an educational trust fund.
Join us in honoring Japanese American Day of Remembrance and
the larger call for reparations for other communities!
Speakers include:
Jeff Matsouka
Coke Tani
Rev Grace Suzuki
Chizu Omori
Julie Yumi Hatta
Margo Okazawa-Rey
Music provided by: Frances Wong
Co-hosted by:
Buena Vista United Methodist Church
Pine United Methodist Church
Berkeley Buddhist Temple
San Francisco Bay Area Day of Remembrance Committee
