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.
The
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 with honorees + program admission
$25 program general admission
$10 senior (65+) / student / youth (under 18) admission
If you are a Filipino WWII veteran, Japanese American WWII veteran, Internment Dissenter (No-No, Draft Resister or Renunciant), or Dollar Store Striker wishing to attend, please call us to request complimentary tickets.
FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: http://bit.ly/kdayheroesfb
MORE INFO: Call 415-848-7737
FLYER: Download the flyer here
COMMUNITY CO-SPONSORS: see below
ABOUT FRED KOREMATSU DAY: Learn more about Fred Korematsu Day (actually on January 30th, Fred Korematsu’s birthday).
FEATURING:
Program emcee, DANNY GLOVER: actor, community activist, humanitarian Special performance by
Houston
Rockets'
Jeremy
Lin
made
an
appearance
and
talked
with
fans
at
Golden
State
Warriors
Asian
Heritage
Night.
We will be posting images and more. Stay tuned!
Lin's appearance at Asian Heritage Night event is hosted by the Golden State Warriors and Cache Creek Casino Resort, February 12 when the Warriors play against the Houston Rockets at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California (7:30 p.m. PST). The event will also be aired live to China on CCTV.
NBA
Entertainment
will
produce
a
live
feed
capturing
the
February
12
in-arena
celebrations,
events
and
activities
to
air
live
in
China
on
CCTV.
A portion of the event night ticket sales benefit the AsianWeek Foundation to increase awareness for Hepatitis B, one of the most common untreated diseases in the world that currently affects 1 in 10 members of the Asian/Pacific Islander community
The Warriors Asian Heritage Night is part of the NBA Chinese New Year Celebration 2013, its largest international tribute ever from February 7-14.
Warriors
players
will
wear
specially
designed
Adidas
shooting
shirts
on
Friday,
February
8
against
the
Memphis
Grizzlies
and
Tuesday,
February
12
against
the
Houston
Rockets. Designed
and
developed
by
Adidas,
the
shooting
shirt
features
“Year
of
the
Snake”
graphics
that
integrate
the
NBA
logo,
Chinese
characters
and
basketball
elements.
Berkeley, California
Memories of Sweet Caroline,
and of Oakland’s Chinatown
by Ben Fong-Torres
Caroline Chin was a neighbor and classmate of mine when we grew up in Chinatown, Oakland, in the ‘50s. We went to Lincoln Elementary, Westlake Jr High, and Chinese school together.
She went on to become a teacher, an administrator and, finally, principal at (full circle) Lincoln School, in the early 2000’s, just before retiring. Under her leadership, it became a California Distinguished School, and would go on to become a National Blue Ribbon School. At her various stops, she encouraged kids and teachers alike to "work hard; learn a lot."
A large, overflow crowd--maybe 750 or 800--learned a lot about Caroline Chin Yee, who passed away last month, at her services at the First Presbyterian Church in Berkeley.
Caroline had what appeared to have been a full and perfectly balanced life. She and her husband since 1968, Gary Yee, were devoted to their church – and to traveling the world. She even combined globetrotting with teaching, once in Zhongshan; another time, in Edinburgh, Scotland. She had wonderful siblings, two children, grandkids and in-laws. One niece, Terri Lee, introduced herself as “the oldest of her nieces. So I’m guessing I was her favorite.”
She and others, family and friends, told of Caroline’s dedication to them, and to children in general, and to the wider community.
April
19-26,
2013
GIRL
RISING
is
screening
nationwide
in
selected
Regal
Cinemas.
“No one is more vulnerable than an uneducated girl, and this film is a wake-up call to the world that it’s time to educate girls,” actress Freida Pinto said in a statement to India-Times.com. “Right now, 66 million girls are not in school, and 14 million girls under 18 will be married this year — that’s 38,000 girls married today, and 13 girls married in the last 30 seconds."
Freida Pinto joined other actresses Priyanka Chopra, Anne Hathaway, Alicia Keys, Meryl Streep, Selena Gomez, Kerry Washington, Salma Hayek, and Cate Blanchett to narrate GIRL RISING which recently premiered in Los Angeles and screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Sometimes
it
only
takes
a
single
person
to
start
a
revolution.
This
time,
its
a
documentary
film.
GIRL
RISING
is the
centerpiece
of
a
campaign
for
girls'
education.
The
film's
message:
"Educate
Girls
and
you
will
change
the
world."
A
simple
notion,
yes,
but
in
reality
-
not
so
simple.
Millions
of
girls
in
developing
countries
face
barriers
to
education
that
boys
do
not
encounter.