Day of Remembrance 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Date: Sunday February 21, 2010

Day of Remembrance 2010 will be held on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at the Kabuki Sundance Cinema at 1881 Post Street in San Francisco, CA from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. It will be followed by a Reception at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC) at 1840 Sutter St.. The keynote speech will be delivered by California Assemblyman Warren Furutani and the MC will be Jana Katsuyama of KTVU Channel 2. There will be performance by Purple Moon Dance Project , a presentation by the Rosa Parks Elementary School Japanese Bi-lingual Bi-Cultural Program and a candlelighting ceremony.  At the JCCCNC portion of the event there will be an inter-faith ceremony by the Japanese American Religious Federation.Call NJAHS at 415-921-5007 or email njahs@njahs.org for more details.

The Day of Remembrance commemorates  the anniversary of  Executive Order 9066 which led to the forced incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent, two-thirds of whom were American citizens. Each year, we gather to remember that great civil liberties tragedy from over 65 years ago and each one of us reflects on what that event means to us today.