8/10 International Rally For Justice For Comfort Women

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! MARK YOUR CALENDARS, BRING YOUR
FAMILY AND FRIENDS

GLOBAL RALLY FOR JUSTICE TO COMFORT WOMEN‚!
~ON THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II,
UNITE ACROSS 60 CITIES AROUND THE WORLD~

Bay Area Women and Allies Unite on the 8.10 Global
Action Day at the footsteps of the San Francisco
Japanese Consulate

On this day of action, people from around the world
will come together and join surviving grandmothers in
South Korea and the Korean Council for the Women
Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan in their
struggle for justice. Since 1992, they have protested
every Wednesday in front of the Japanese Embassy in
Seoul demanding an official apology and legal
compensation from the Japanese government.

We will stand in global solidarity against violence
against women and the grandmothers whose tears have
not dried in 60 years.

To restore their honor and dignity, we will demand:

l Japan must pay legal compensation to the survivors;
l Implement recommendations made by the United Nations
and the International Labor Organization NOW!
l Justice to the victims of the Japanese military
sexual slavery!

WHEN: Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Rally begins at 4:30pm
March begins at 5:30pm

WHERE: Front of the San Francisco Japanese Consulate,
50 Fremont St. (b/w Market and Mission)

SPEAKERS: Come listen to words of wisdom and
solidarity by
Sug Ok Shin, acclaimed human rights activist and
author from Tokyo
Yuri Kochiyama, freedom fighter
∑and more!

SOUND & RHYTHM: Also featuring Cultural Richness of
our communities:
Drumming and singing of Korean, Okinawan and Filipino
traditions∑ Come together in Rhythm and Spirit!

WEAR ALL WHITE: In the Korean tradition, where
majority of the Œcomfort women‚ are from, it is a
color of mourning. We share in the tears being shed by
all victims of violence against women!

Wanna Volunteer or have Questions?

Kyung Hee Ha, at 415-608-1896 phone;
kyung_hee_ha [at] yahoo.co.jp
Christine Ahn, at Women of Color Resource Center, 510
684-3122, ext. 305 phone; cahn [at] coloredgirls.org

For More Information on the Global Action, go to
http://www.womenandwar.net;
For More Information on the SF Action, go to
http://www.koreasolidarity.org

This Shout Out from the Bay Area is being made by the
following groups (this is a partial list):
Asians & Pacific Islanders Against War (APICAW)
Asian Women‚s Shelter
Gabriela Network ˆ Bay Area
Korea Solidarity Committee
Korean Americans United for Peace
Korean Community Center of the East Bay
Korean Youth Cultural Center
Nikkeis for Peace & Justice
VAWW-Net (Violence Against Women in War Network),
California
VietUnity
Women in Black ˆ San Francisco
Women of Color Resource Center


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Nikkeis for Peace & Justice

English: nikkeipj [at] yahoo.com
Japanese: nikkeipj_nihongo [at] yahoo.co.jp

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