“Remember the Concentration Camps/stand for redress with your family”
—poster promoting the first Day of Remembrance in Seattle, Washington, 1978
The first Executive Order 9066 Day of Remembrance (DOR) in 1978 focused on advocacy for redress and reparations for the WWII incarceration of Americans of Japanese descent, two years after President Ford signed Proclamation, 4417 finally ending Executive Order 9066. Since that time, days of remembrance have spread across the country continuing the momentum of those lessons. In this spirit, JAMP’s 2023 DOR “Solidarity Through Action” remembers the legacy of EO9066 and the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 through solidarity and advocacy featuring groups who are actively working for justice today. Some are defending historic confinement sites from threats, others are standing up for children in detention centers at our border. Yet others are calling for solidarity within and beyond the Japanese American community for justice. If you want to know what’s happening in the community and how you can help, tune in to these dynamic livestream panels that will inspire action!
Here is the SCHEDULE PDF
focus on confinement sites - feb. 25 at 11 am ht / 1 pm pt / 4 pm et on zoom
We will hear project updates and calls to action from three community leaders. Nancy Ukai, Director of 50 Objects/Stories: The American Japanese Incarceration will discuss the question: What is the message of the Wakasa Monument of Topaz? Learn about the 80th anniversary of James Wakasa's murder and how you can help protect a sacred stone and its hallowed ground. Barbara Takei, Tule Lake Committee (TLC) leader, will revisit Modoc County’s efforts to build a fence on the historic Tule Lake concentration camp site and TLC opposition’s current status. We’ll also hear updates from Robyn Achilles, Executive Director of Friends of Minidoka, on the Stop Lava Ridge Project and their call to action to comment on the recently released Environmental Impact Statement.
Zoom Registration Link: Focus on Confinement Sites
Updates on Red Hill Water Crisis - feb. 25 at 2 pm ht / 4 pm pt / 7 pm et
We are honored to welcome back Dani Espiritu of Oʻahu Water Protectors and Wayne Tanaka of the Sierra Club of Hawai’i with breaking updates on the Red Hill Bulk Military Fuel Storage Facility leak and an urgent call to action concerning the contamination of drinking water at Red Hill. Also we are fortunate to hear from Amanda Zawieruszynski, who was directly impacted and is still dealing with health issues from the fuel leak. Please tune in to learn more and be part of the solution!
YouTube Link: Updates on Red Hill Water Crisis
Solidarity AND ALLYSHIP - Feb. 26 at 11 am ht / 1 pm pt / 4 pm et on zoom
This panel is full of amazing organizations talking about what they are doing for the Japanese American community. Becca Asaki, Tsuru for Solidarity will tell us about their latest Congressional visits and actions to stop child detentions at the border. Jennifer Noji and Mark Masaoka with Nikkei Progressives/Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress share their incredible solidarity work with reparations for Black Americans in California and what you can do. Brand Nakashima and Phil Tajitsu Nash with Campaign For Justice: Redress NOW for Japanese Latin Americans! (CFJ) will update us on how you can help the ongoing JLA reparations struggle for US government accountability and the work, now over four decades, to build support and solidarity within the JA community and with other communities in the US, Latin America and Japan.
Zoom Registration Link: Solidarity and Allyship
To learn more about these organizations and their work for the community, we have some exclusive videos explaining just that. It is available NOW, just click on the video name below! We highly encourage you to check it out beforehand!
Tsuru for Solidarity:
Nikkei Progressives / Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress:
Campaign For Justice: