JAPANESE AMERICAN WOMEN AND REDRESS

UCLA'S ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES CENTER PROGRAM, 'NEGLECTED LEGACIES:

JAPANESE AMERICAN WOMEN AND REDRESS @ JANM, Saturday, April 5, 2008, 2 pm



LOS ANGELES.-The second of a three-part series examining the role of
Japanese American women and the redress movement, organized by Lane
Hirabayashi, "George and Sakaye Aratani Professor of the Japanese
American Internment, Redress & Community," Asian American Studies
Center at UCLA, is set for Saturday, April 5, beginning at 2 p.m. at
the Japanese American National Museum.



The series, "Neglected Legacies: Japanese American Women and
Redress", is a collaboration between UCLA's Asian American Studies
Center and the Japanese American National Museum commemorating the
20th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.



This Saturday's program, "Organizing the Community", features three
Nisei women activists: Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, Lillian Nakano and
Chizu Omori.  The program will begin with each woman's first-hand
reflections on organizing the R/R movement.  Their statements will be
followed by Q&A and discussion.



Hirabayashi will introduce the moderator, Susan Nakaoka, who wrote
her masters thesis at UCLA's Asian American Studies Department after
interviewing five Nisei women across the country who were involved in
the redress movement.



This program is free and open to the public. To make reservations or
for more information on this series, special events and other
programs, call the Japanese Americ