When: Sunday, January 27, 2013
1:00pm VIP reception with honorees, 2:30-4:30pm program.
Where: Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102
What: The Korematsu Institute celebrates Fred Korematsu Day 2013 by honoring 16 American civil rights heroes who’ve been long overlooked (see list below). This will be a historic gathering of civil rights heroes and the descendants of heroes who have passed on. Event also features celebrity emcee DANNY GLOVER, as well as a special performance by American Idol star JASMINE TRIAS.
Tickets: Available for purchase here. $100 VIP reception + program admission. $25 program general admission. $10 senior (65+)/student admission.
Event page: http://bit.ly/kdayheroes
Facebook event page: http://bit.ly/kdayheroesfb
More info: call 415-848-7737
Heroes:
-Fred Korematsu
-Grace Lee Boggs
-1938 Chinatown Dollar Store Strikers
-Mitsuye Endo
-Gordon Hirabayashi
-Internment Dissenters (No-Nos, Draft Resisters, & Renunciants)
-Larry Itliong
-Japanese American WWII Veterans
-Yuri Kochiyama
-Queen Lili’uokalani
-Mamie Tape
-Bhagat Singh Thind
-Philip Vera Cruz
-Veteranos
-Wong Kim Ark
-Minoru Yasui
