For those of you in the Los Angeles area, and you're free this Thursday afternoon, there will be a
special event commemorating the signing of Assembly Bill 1775, which establishes January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. It's happening Thursday, October 21, 3:00pm at the Japanese American National Museum. Here are some more details:
Please Join The Honorable
Warren T. Furutani To Commemorate
the Signing of
Fred Korematsu Day
of Civil Liberties
and the Constitution
Assemblymembers Warren Furutani and Marty Block authored Assembly Bill 1775, which establishes January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB 1775 on September 23, 2010.
When:
Thursday, October 21, 2010
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where:
Japanese American National Museum
George & Sakaye Aratani Central Hall
369 E. First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
For more information, please contact Yong Eo at Yong.Eo@asm.ca.gov or (916) 319-2055, and view the invitation
here. If you can make it to the event, please RSVP
here. And to learn more about Fred Korematsu's story, go to the Fred T. Korematsu Institute website
here.
