FYI

Special Event: "Quakers: Friends of the Japanese American Community"

On Saturday, June 5, 2010, AFSC in partnership with the Japanese American National Museum, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, will be hosting a special event to honor and commemorate the relationship between the Quakers and the Japanese American community. Show your support and learn more about the ways the Quakers and AFSC aided the Japanese American community when it was forced into internment camps during World War II.

The event is from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Saturday, June 5.
Location: Japanese American National Museum, 369 East First St. Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles, CA., 90012.

Speakers include:
Joe Franko, former AFSC Regional Director and current clerk for the Executive Committee of the Pacific Southwest Region
Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, Ph.D., George and Sakaye Aratani Professor of Japanese American Redress, Internment and Community at UCLA
Esther Takei Nishio, first Japanese American student to return to the West Coast
Jean Hibino, Director, Nisei Student Relocation Commemorative Fund

Please arrive early. Seating is limited. Refreshments following program. If you have any questions, please contact Anthony Marsh, AFSC Los Angeles Area Program Director at amarsh@afsc.org or (213) 489-1900, ext. 114.







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