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Bay Area Day of Remembrance 2019
Join us for the 40th Anniversary of DOR – “Bridging Borders – Carry the Light of Justice”
Date: Sunday, February 17, 2019
Time: 2pm – 4pm
Location: AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres Japantown San Francisco
$8 Suggested donation & All are welcome!
PROGRAM
This year, the community will commemorate 40 years since the first Bay Area Day of Remembrance (DOR) program back in 1979, on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019 at the AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres in Japantown from 2-4 pm. Our theme is: “40th Anniversary of DOR: Bridging Borders – Carrying the Light for Justice.”
Our keynote speaker will be Reverend Deb Lee, the Executive Director of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity. In addition, the Dr. Clifford I. Uyeda Peace and Humanitarian Award will be presented to Carole Hayashino, long-time Bay Area leader and one of the organizers of the first San Francisco Bay Area DOR in 1979. She is being recognized for her leadership in establishing Honouliuli, a former WWII DOJ internment camp, as a National Monument.
RECEPTION: 4-6 PM
Japanese Community & Cultural Center of Northern California, 1840 Sutter Street
For more info: (415) 921-5007 • njahs@njahs.org
Funders: San Francisco Japantown Foundation, Bay Area DOR Consortium