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Fred Korematsu Day Celebration Morris Dailey Auditorium at Tower Hall San Jose State University Sunday, January 26, 2014 2:30 PM

ABOUT FRED KOREMATSU DAY

State of California In 2010, a bill establishing Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution was signed into law by Californias Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Californias Fred Korematsu Day became the first day in US history named after an Asian American on a state level. Celebrated every January 30th on Mr. Korematsus birthday, Fred Korematsu Day is a day of special significance when schools across the state are encouraged to remember the life of Mr. Korematsu and recognize the importance of preserving civil liberties for all people.

State of Hawaii In May 2012, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie announced that he would proclaim Fred Korematsu Day on January 30, 2013 in Hawaii. The Korematsu Institute has worked with a local committee and several community organizations to plan inaugural Fred Korematsu Day events in Hawaii on January 30, 2013, which are expected to attract several hundred people, including many school children. The Governor is scheduled to speak at the evening event that day.

State of Utah On January 18, 2013, Utah Governor Gary Herbert declared January 30, 2013 Fred Korematsu Day in the state of Utah. The January 18 event at the Utah state capitol was attended by more than 100 people, including state representatives and numerous individuals who, along with Mr. Korematsu, were incarcerated at the Topaz, Utah Japanese American internment camp. For the Fred Korematsu Day 2013 season this January and February, there are nearly 30 events taking place in 11 different states around the country.

P R O G R A M

Lloyd LaCuesta

WELCOME REMARKS & INTRODUCTION UNDOCUMENTED STUDENT

Karen Korematsu Miguel Santiago Lloyd LaCuesta INTRODUCTION Congressman Mike Honda GUEST SPEAKER

Karen Korematsu INTRODUCING JOSE VARGAS Film Clip DOCUMENTED Jose Vargas/ Undocumented Students Jose Vargas Jose Vargas/ Lloyd LaCuesta Lloyd LaCuesta Short Film Lloyd LaCuesta Bonnie Sugiyama SPECIAL SPEAKER Q & A: AUDIENCE QUESTIONS TIME MAGAZINE COVER KEYNOTE SPEAKER

INTRODUCTION AMERICAN INTRODUCTION

PSA FRED KOREMATSU DAY Karen Korematsu CLOSING REMARKS

Emcee LLOYD LACUESTA Retired Broadcast Journalist Adjunct Journalism Professor, SJSU Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Lloyd is an American journalist. He was most recently the South Bay bureau chief for the San Francisco Bay Area TV station KTVUs news division, having worked at KTVU for 35 years. He retired from the position as of June 2012. LaCuesta is of Filipino ancestry. LaCuesta served in the Army as a broadcast journalist for the American Forces Korea Network. He attended California State University, Los Angeles and San Jose State University (SJSU), earning a B.A. in journalism and political science. He won the Sigma Delta Chi Award for reporting while at SJSU. He received an M.A. in Journalism from University of California, Los Angeles. He worked as a writer for KNX/CBS Radio in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, and as a producer for KABC-TV in Los Angeles and KGO-TV in San Francisco. He started work at Oakland based television station KTVU in 1976. He has taught journalism at SJSU and Menlo College. LaCuesta has won six Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He received a lifetime achievement award from the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) in 2004. He was the first national president of the AAJA, and is the director of the AAJAs Study Tours Program. He was the first president of Unity Journalists of Color.

Special Guest MIKE HONDA Congressman 17th Congressional District Mikes district includes Silicon Valley, the birthplace of innovation and the national leader in high-tech development. He has dedicated his life to public service and is lauded for his focus on innovation and developing the jobs for the future, and his work on education, civil rights, immigration, transportation, and the environment in particular. During his time in Congress as an Appropriator, he has also secured over a half-billion dollars for projects benefiting the region, including the BART expansion to San Jose and funding for a variety of local law enforcement, healthcare, education and public works initiatives. As a Congressman for Silicon Valley, Mike is taking a leading role in bringing Democrats and Republicans together to better understand the issues of high-tech, working to bring more security to the nations IT infrastructure and encouraging future innovation and growth. In this vein, Mike formed the bipartisan Wireless Task Force to support innovative technologies for next-generation wireless deployment. Mike also serves as Chair Emeritus of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.

Keynote Speaker JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS Pulitzer Prize Journalist Documented Film Documentary Writer & Director Jose Antonio Vargas is a journalist, filmmaker and the founder of Define American, an independent campaign that elevates the immigration conversation through media and culture. In June 2013 his latest film, Documented, premiered at the American Film Institutes AFI Docs festival in Washington, D.C. Vargas has been a journalist for over a decade, writing for some of the most prestigious news organizations in the country, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Huffington Post and the Washington Post, where he was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for covering the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech. Hes covered a wide range of issues, from technologys and social medias impact in politics, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the nations capital and the historic 2008 presidential campaign. His 2006 series on AIDS in Washington, D.C. inspired a feature-length documentary ,The Other City, which he coproduced and wrote. It world premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival and aired on Showtime. In the fall of 2010, Vargas wrote an exclusive profile of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for The New Yorker. Shortly thereafter, stunning the media and political circles and attracting world-wide coverage, Vargas then told the biggest journalistic story of his career: himself. In the landmark essay for the New York Times Magazine titled My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant, published in June 2011, he revealed his undocumented status. A year later, Vargas popularized the term undocumented Americans in describing the countrys population of 11 undocumented immigrants in a June 2012 cover story for TIME magazine titled WE ARE AMERICANS* (*Just not legally).

DEFINEAMERICAN Define American founded in April 2011 by Jose Antonio Vargas Whatever your background or beliefs, our campaign is about asking how we define what it means to be American, and elevating the conversation about how we engage as citizens. To start, the conversation is about immigration. Our immigration system is broken and fixing it requires a conversation thats bigger and more effective than the one that weve become accustomed to. We hope youll join us in asking new and better questions. Define American is a project of Public Interest Projects, a nonprofit public charity.

BONNIE SUGIYAMA , Director - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center and Womens Resource Center at SJSU Bonnie Sugiyamas undergraduate and graduated career in student affairs started at Sacramento State University, working for six years with the Womens Resource Center, the last two years of which she was the graduate assistant coordinator of the PRIDE Center. During her time at Sac. St. she worked on various GLBTIQ issues, including: Queer history month, GLBTIQ in sports, sexual assault, Intersex awareness, domestic violence, Trans identity development, safe zone program development, bisexuality myths, etc. Her last position was at Sonoma State University as the Director of the Center for Culture, Gender and Sexuality. Her most significant work at SSU was the revisioning of a lecture series to reflect issues of social justice and educate students on the complexities of intersectionality though our multiple identities.

MIGUEL SANTIAGO Undocumented Student Is a DREAMers student at San Jose State University (SJSU) that continuously has been very active in the push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. He volunteers at Asian Law Alliance and is a peer mentor to the dream students at DCP High School. Miguel is an activist in both the Japanese and Latino population in San Jose and is passionate about social justice.

KAREN KOREMATSU, Executive Director and Co-Founder Fred Korematsu Institute The daughter of the late Fred T. Korematsu and in 2009 co-founded the Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education in San Francisco. She shares her fathers passion for social justice and education. Karen continues to advance his legacy by advising the institute with its program, development and outreach, and Chairs of the Korematsu Institutes Advisory Council. One of her significant accomplishments was working with Assembly member Warren Furutani in successfully establishing the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution for the state of California on January 30 in perpetuity. Fred Korematsu is the first Asian American in United States history that has been honored with a statewide day. The official launch was on January 30, 2011. Since her fathers passing in 2005, Karen has been carrying on her fathers legacy through education as a civil rights advocate and public speaker. She speaks to K-12 public and privates schools, universities, law schools and organizations. Some speaking engagements around the country have included UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Seattle University School of Law, Northwestern School of Law, Fourth District Court of Appeals in Riverside, CA and University of Michigan. Karen has given presentations on Fred Korematsu K-12 curriculum to the California State Conference on Social Studies, ServiceLearning Leadership, California Council for the Social Studies Conference, Hawaii State Social Studies Teachers Conference and many other state teachers workshops. National presentations have included the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Conference and the National Forum on Education Conference (CEP). As of 1983 Karen has been a volunteer with the Asian Law Caucus and in 1989 co-founded the Fred T. Korematsu Civil Rights Fund. Since 2000, previously she has served on the Asian Law Caucus Board of Directors. Karen is a key member of both the National Advisory Board of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at Seattle University School of Law and the Fred T. Korematsu Professor of Law and Social Justice at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Monoa. She also sits on the National Board of Directors for the Asian American Justice Center in Washington, DC.

PROGRAM ADDENDUM: Speaking with Miguel Santiago, "undocumented" student is Mirna Henriquez, "Student Advocates For Higher Education" (SAHE), SJSU will talk about her org and the advocacy work on campus. And spoken word artist Akiko Aspillaga will appear after Bonnie Sugiyama. Akiko is co-director, ASPIRE (Asian students Promoting Immigrant Rights through Education".

D O C U M E N TA RY F I L M

Writer and Director Jose Antonio Vargas began working on this documentary shortly before outing himself as undocumented in a 2011 New York Times Magazine essay, My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant. He then traveled around America, telling his story and connecting with others with similar experiences. Along the way, he reconnected with his mother, whom he had not seen in 20 years. When he was 12, she had sent him from the Philippines to the United States to live with his grandparents in Mountain View, Calif. Immigration, to me, is not a political issue, its not a Latino or Asian issue -- its an American story, Vargas said. The film is in honor of 11 million undocumented immigrants -- many of us Americans in all but papers. And the film is dedicated to parents everywhere who dream of better futures for their children. But Joses story is merely one of 11 MILLION undocumented immigrant stories.

BAY AREA FILM SCREENINGS AND INTERVIEWS

A Special Charity Engagement by MVLA COMMUNITY SCHOLARS Personal Appearance by Jose Antonio Vargas Monday, January 27, 2014, 7pm Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts 500 Castro Street, Mountain View KAPOR CENTER FOR SOCIAL IMPACT Personal Appearance by Jose Antonio Vargas Kaiser Center auditorium, Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm 300 Lakeside Dr #206, Oakland

D O C U M E N TA RY F I L M

A M E R I C A N

American explores the experience of DREAMers, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children, in a 12-minute short documentary. Produced and directed by two Stanford Law students, Tiffany Yang and Jennifer Gonzalez, it was shot in 730p HD video in San Francisco, CA. The filmmakers desire was to create four entwining narratives that painted a picture of the struggles, pain, inspirations and hope that result from an undocumented immigrant status. Yang and Gonzalez approached filming with three goals in mind: challenging the presumptions we have about what constitutes American identity; challenging the strictly Latino racialization of undocumented immigrants that we see in todays media; and challenging the straight A student image that we have created for what constitutes a legitimate DREAMer. The filmmakers hope American authentically portrays individuals who are whole and complete despiteor perhaps because oftheir immigrant status. Each of the featured participants in the filmPutri, Rodrigo, Alondra, and Newhave gone public about their undocumented status and are active advocates for the rights of undocumented immigrants and immigration reform. Prior to filming, each participant had recently received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Although DACA is not a path to citizenship, it has allowed each of these exception young people to continue to pursue their own American dreams without the constant fear of deportation. They continue to advocate for reforms that will ensure that their families and others like them will eventually have a legal path to citizenship in the country they call home.

A B O U T T H E KO R E M AT S U I N S T I T U T E

The Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education advances pan-ethnic civil and human rights through education. The Korematsu Institute is a program of the Asian Law Caucus, which is a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice. Founded in 1972, the Asian Law Caucus is the nations first legal and civil rights organization serving low-income Asian Pacific American communities. Its mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The Asian Law Caucus, together with Karen Korematsu, the daughter of Fred Korematsu, co-founded the Korematsu Institute in 2009 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the reversal of Korematsus conviction. The Korematsu Institute education programs include: Curriculum: Developing and distributing FREE curriculum about Fred Korematsus story, the Japanese American incarceration, Asian American history, and current civil rights issues, to classrooms around the United States Fred Korematsu Day: Promoting Fred Korematsu Day community involvement through school curriculum, community events, and support for bill legislation and resolutions around the country The Korematsu Institute distributes FREE Korematsu Teaching Kits to any teacher who requests one on our web site, korematsuinstitute,org. Kits include: A 100-page Korematsu Teachers Guide, filled with lesson plans for K-12 students Multiple videos for K-12 students, now featuring Japanese and English subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing students and educators, as well as a video discussion guide The graphic novel Fred Korematsu: All American Hero The booklet Patriot Acts: Narrative of Post-9/11 Injustice, which features oral histories of youth and their experiences following 9/11 A Fred Korematsu Day poster An Asian American and Pacific Islander Civil Rights Heroes poster If you are a teacher or you know a teacher who would be interested in these FREE kits, please help us spread the word. Thank you for teaching Mr. Korematsus story!

SPONSORS:

Cesar E. Chavez Community Action Center, SJSU

Established by Associated Students in July 2005, the Cesar E. Chavez Community Action Center (CCCAC) connects SJSU students with community service opportunities that deepen the educational experience while promoting the lifelong commitment to civic activism at the heart of the Cesar Chavez legacy.

Staffed totally by volunteers, JAMsj provides permanent and rotating exhibits, a research and lending library, teacher workshops, childrens activities, book club, film screenings, guest speakers, and panel discussions. For information about our services and events, please access our website: www.jamsj.org. We welcome you to visit Thurs - Sun, 12:00 - 4:00 pm or with a tour group on special days and hours by arrangement.
535 North Fifth Street San Jose, California 95112 Phone (408) 294-3138

SPECIAL THANKS:

Eric Paul Fournier, Fournier Films Komo Gauvreau, JAMsj Jessica T. Savage, Multimedia Journalist Keith Kamisugi, PR/Communications Ken Korematsu, Graphic Design Maribel Martinez, CCCAC

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ASIAN LAW CAUCUS