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Events Archive
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KI at the Advancing Justice conference
Posted on June 16, 2010 | No CommentsThe Korematsu Institute is sponsoring three panels at the Advancing Justice conference in DC from June 23-25: The Human Rights Perspective in Asian American Advocacy Wednesday 6/23/10 - 2:15pm-3:45pm Film Screening: “9066 to 9/11″ (more info coming soon) Wednesday 6/23/10 - 4:00pm-5:30pm Communicating the Message:... -
"9066 to 9/11" screening + discussion
Posted on May 27, 2010 | No CommentsThe Korematsu Institute will present Akira Boch’s documentary film, 9066 to 9/11, on June 5 in San Francisco at the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Western Regional conference. Following the discussion, KI director Ling Woo Liu will moderate a discussion with Wajahat Ali, a... -
KI and the South Asian Giving Circle
Posted on May 12, 2010 | No CommentsAs an organization that serves the South Asian community, the Korematsu Institute is one of programs taking part in the South Asian Giving Circle’s fundraising event on May 13 at 111 Minna in San Francisco. Come learn more about us and the SAGC! -
Vincent Who? screening: thanks for coming!
Posted on April 9, 2010 | No CommentsOn April 7, we screened the documentary Vincent Who?, about the legacy of the 1982 hate-crime murder of Chinese-American engineer Vincent Chin. To this day, the two white men who directed racist comments at Chin and then killed him with a baseball bat, have not... -
Khurshid Khoja on the Day of Remembrance
Posted on April 7, 2010 | No CommentsHere’s the audio clip and text of Khurshid Khoja’s moving speech on Feb. 21, at the Bay Area Day of Remembrance. Khurshid is an attorney at Reed, Smith LLP, and a board member of the Asian Law Caucus and Asian American Bar Association. Full text posted... -
KI and APAP present "Vincent Who?"
Posted on March 26, 2010 | No CommentsThe Korematsu Institute and Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (APAP) are co-presenting a screening of the new documentary Vincent Who?, about the legacy of the 1982 Vincent Chin hate-crime murder, on April 7 in San Francisco. Special guests Helen Zia and Edwin Prather will speak after... -
Belonging: thanks for joining us!
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No CommentsThanks for coming out Saturday night to our second “Belonging” event at 111 Minna! The live Qawwali music, by Sukhawat and Ali Khan & Party, was amazing. Pictured below: Korematsu Institute steering committee member Veena Dubal, Fred Korematsu’s daughter Karen Korematsu and Korematsu Institute director... -
Belonging: Celebrating the Diversity of Race and Class
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsOur next Korematsu Institute/ALC event is just around the corner! We’re throwing a community fundraising party called “Belonging,” which will feature live Sufi music by Sukhawat and Ali Khan & Party. Please join us! Event: Belonging: Celebrating the Diversity of Race and Class in San Francisco’s... -
Law School Deans to Re-Argue 'Korematsu' on Aug. 13
Posted on July 21, 2009 | No CommentsTo celebrate the 80th anniversary of the creation of the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, in 1929 and to honor of the 100th birthday of retired Associate Justice John G. Gabbert, Presiding Justice Manuel A. Ramirez and the associate justices of Division Two announced... -
Asian Law Caucus Marks 25th Anniversary of Historic Civil Rights Decision with Launch of Fred Korematsu Institute
Posted on April 7, 2009 | No CommentsIn honor of a man who became a civil rights icon for defying the mass internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the Asian Law Caucus will officially launch the Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education (http://fredkorematsu.org) at the organization’s annual...
