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DESCRIPTION:We invite all communities to join the Japanese American community in a 
 vigil and rally to stand in solidarity with those now being targeted 
 nationwide by the rhetoric of hatred and racial and religious scapegoating. 
 Program includes: Assembly member Phil Ting (invited); Donald Tamaki, 
 Korematsu attorney; Karen Korematsu, Zahra Billoo, executive director, 
 Council on American-Islamic Relations, Satsuki Ina, former Tule Lake 
 incarceree, Amy Sueyoshi, S.F. State University interim dean of Ethnic 
 Studies, Rev. Jeanelle Ablola, Pine United Methodist Church, Buffet Crew - 
 Francis Wong (sax) & Yukiya Jerry Waki (spoken word).\n\nAs a community, 
 Japanese Americans cannot be silent while groups are targeted and demonized 
 in the same way that we once were. Now more than ever, our community must 
 speak out for targeted communities. \n\nSince before the 2016 elections, 
 there had been a rise in incidences of hate throughout the country, which 
 appear to be emboldened by the misogynistic, xenophobic and racist rhetoric 
 of the Trump campaign. Now an anti-Muslim travel ban has been upheld by the 
 Supreme Court using the same flawed logic which legalized the incarceration 
 of Japanese Americans in 1944. Our worst fears have also been realized with 
 the recent Executive Order that authorized the indefinite imprisonment of 
 migrant families in detention. One potential site for unaccompanied minors 
 is adjacent to the former Rohwer concentration camp in southeast Arkansas, 
 where the United States government incarcerated 8,000 Japanese Americans 
 between 1942 and 1945. As of today, the U.S. can't find the parents of 71 
 children it may have separated.\n \nIn a show of unity, the Japanese 
 American and Japantown community is taking a clear and unequivocal stand 
 against hate, while addressing the fear that has shrouded our communities. 
 We stand in solidarity for equality, equity, and freedom. We stand for the 
 human spirit. We stand here United for Compassion. Please stand with 
 us.\n\nFree\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/08/06/18816781.php
SUMMARY:United for Compassion 2: A Japantown Community Gathering
LOCATION:Japantown Peace Plaza\nPost and Buchanan\nSan Francisco, CA 94115
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/08/06/18816781.php
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