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DESCRIPTION:The San Francisco Comfort Women Memorial And Lessons For 
 Today\nhttps://laborfest.net/event/the-san-francisco-comfort-women-memorial-and-lessons-for-today/\nSATURDAY 
 JULY 6 @ 11:00 AM	Free\nSt. Mary’s Square \n651 California St. \nSan 
 Francisco, CA \n\nDuring the 2nd world war,  the Japanese Imperial Army set 
 up a system for the sexual exploitation of what has been called ‘comfort 
 women’. It included over 200,000 and there has been a worldwide movement 
 to remember these women and to oppose all sexual slavery. Supporters of the 
 San Francisco Comfort Women Justic Coalition worked to to build a monument 
 to these women in. San Francisco and were met with organized resistance 
 from the Japanese government which is denying that this took place which is 
 called “denialism”. The sculpture was constructed and it has become an 
 important center for remembrance and learning about this history to prevent 
 it from taking place again.\n\nJoin Comfort Women Justice Coalition leader 
 Judith “Mirk” Murkson who is also with the Lawyers Guild who will 
 provide a history of the monument and what it means 
 today.\nhttps://remembercomfortwomen.org\nhttps://www.facebook.com/comfortwomenjusticecoalition\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/01/18824356.php
SUMMARY:The San Francisco Comfort Women Memorial & Lessons For Today
LOCATION:St. Mary’s Square \n651 California St. \nSan Francisco, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/01/18824356.php
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