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DESCRIPTION:George Takei will keynote the 5th Annual Fred Korematsu Day Celebration on 
 Friday, January 30, 2015, from 7:30 p.m. to 9 P.M. at City Arts and 
 Lectures-Nourse Auditorium on 275 Hayes Street in San Francisco. \nTickets: 
  CityBoxOffice.com   Direct link: http://bit.ly/korematsu2015    \n\nBest 
 known for playing Sulu on the original Star Trek TV series and six movies 
 that followed, George Takei is unlikely social media royalty. Unofficially 
 dubbed the King of Facebook, he counts 8.3 million fans in his online 
 empire - including Trekkies, Howard Stern listeners, and the LGBTQ 
 community –who devour his quirky mix of kitten jokes, Star Trek 
 references, heartfelt messages, and sci-fi/fantasy memes. An outspoken 
 advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, Takei has used 
 his star power to champion numerous civil rights and social justice 
 causes.\n\nCalifornia's Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the 
 Constitution is the first day in U.S. history named after an Asian 
 American. It is celebrated every January 30th on Mr. Korematsu's birthday. 
 Numerous states have since adopted their own Fred Korematsu Day.\n\nFred 
 Korematsu became a national civil rights icon for defying the U.S. 
 government's forced incarceration of Americans of Japanese ancestry during 
 World War II. When President Clinton awarded Mr. Korematsu the Presidential 
 Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor, he stated, "In the 
 long history of our country's constant search for justice, some names of 
 ordinary citizens stand for millions of souls.  Plessy, Brown, Parks - to 
 that distinguished list, today we add the name of Fred 
 Korematsu."\n\nPlease join us! \n5th Anniversary Fred Korematsu Day-Stand 
 Up For What Is Right!\nPresented by the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, a 
 fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives. For more information 
 go to www.korematsuinstitute.org \n\n 
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SUMMARY:George Takei at Fred Korematsu Day Celebration
LOCATION:City Arts & Lectures - Nourse Auditorium
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/26/18767571.php
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