Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Incarceration of Japanese Americans, This Saturday & Sunday
We were asked to share this information on behalf of our brothers & sisters, many who are still living and remain strong leaders in our own NIC churches, who experienced life in Japanese American concentration camps during WWII.
This coming Saturday and Sunday, the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago invites you, your families and friends to join them in commemorating the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 that ordered the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans into concentration camps during WWII. They are offering various programs commemorating this historic milestone, particularly during a time when the national rhetoric is sounding a bit too similar to the days preceding EO 9066.
Saturday, 2/18 Deru Kugi Wa Utareru: Stories of Internment and Remembrance, Block Museum, 40 Arts Circle Dr., Evanston IL 60208: https://www.facebook. com/events/1189350171101250/
Sunday, 2/19 2017 Day of Remembrance, A Time for Action, Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago IL 60614 : https://www.facebook. com/events/230858197365008/
Sunday, 2/19 Day of Remembrance K-12 Youth Program: Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago IL 60614https://www.facebook. com/events/1803419783256795/
Co-sponsored by Chicago Japanese American Council, Chicago Japanese American Historical Society, Japanese American Citizens League – Chicago Chapter, Japanese American Service Committee, Japanese Mutual Aid Society of Chicago, NU Block Museum of Art and the NU Dept. of Multicultural Student Affairs.
For more information, contact: Michael Takada, Chief Executive Officer
JASC (Japanese American Service Committee), 4427 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60640
mtakada@jasc-chicago.org; www.jasc-chicago.org
The Northern Illinois Conference of The United Methodist Church
77 W. Washington Ste 1820
Chicago, IL 60602
312.346.9766 | www.umcnic.org