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2012 Day of Remembrance will mark the 70th Anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 which led to the unlawful forced removal of thousands of Americans of Japanese ancestry and the unconstitutional mass incarceration of 120,000 individuals in domestic concentration camps.

The 2012 Day of Remembrance program will explore the theme, “70 Years After E.O. 9066: Defending Our Civil Liberties”, with a commemorative ceremony, keynote speaker Robin Toma of the Los Angeles County Human Relations commission and a stage performance piece featuring voices from the Nikkei and Muslim American communities.

Presented in collaboration with Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR), the Pacific Southwest District of the Japanese American Citizens League (PSW-JACL), and the Manzanar Committee.

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been canceled.

Learn how you can use your skills to help benefit Japanese Americans originations and keep the community strong. Hear from professionals and how they've done it.

Saturday, March 3 at 8 PM
Sunday, March 4 at 5 PM
Each of the works, entitled One⁶ and One¹⁰, is an extended composition for solo violin. Written to be performed with a specific kinetic sound sculpture created by the visual artist. Part of Southwest Chamber Music’s Cage 2012, a three-year centennial celebration of the work of this seminal Los Angeles-born composer, whose music and thought were highly influential in the development of visual art and performance art from the 1950s through his death in 1992.

$28 for members or seniors over 65, $38 general admission, $10 for full-time students with ID (student rush at the door). The general/senior tickets may be purchased online at www.swmusic.org or toll-free at 1-800-726-7147. Museum members please call 1-800-726-7147 or purchase tickets at the door to receive your discount.

Members receive 20% discount in the Museum Store & janmstore.com. Plus, free admission & 20% store discounts at 19 other Southland institutions!

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An intimate evening with Dancer, Choreographer, Producer, Television Host, and Judge on "Dancing With The Stars", Carrie Ann Inaba, one of the most admired artists, who happens to be of Asian American Pacific Islander descent, where she will share her path to success from Fly Girl to her role as a prime time television star! This exclusive intimate evening is special to CAPE and is intended to offer perspective and inspiration to aspiring artists. Carrie Ann will be interviewed by CAPE Founder and Co-Chairperson Wenda Fong the current Fox executive in charge of the prime time shows The X Factor, American Idol, Hell's Kitchen, and So You Think You Can Dance. CAPE will also announce its role model initiative, the "I AM" Campaign: A series of impactful public service announcements, led by Carrie Ann Inaba, which will spotlight artists that have inspired our community.

JANM Members FREE (but you will have to RSVP directly to ivy@capeusa.org)
General Admission $20

To buy tickets, visit capeusa.org/

The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival, a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, will celebrate storytelling of the Mixed racial and cultural experience, from interracial and intercultural relationships, to transracial and transcultural adoptions, and anyone who identifies as having a Hapa, biracial, multiracial, or Mixed identity on June 15, 16, and 17, 2012.

Featured in the New York Times and on National Public Radio, the Festival has showcased many talented filmmakers, writers, and performers including Kip Fulbeck, Danzy Senna, Angela Nissel, Sundee Frasier, Karyn Parsons, Maya Soetoro-Ng and many more. Last year, Festival attendance topped 1500!

The 2012 Festival will bring together innovative artists, film and book lovers, multiracial individuals and families for two days of writing and film workshops, readings, film screenings, and live performances. Events are free and open to the public. For more information: www.mxroots.org/.

JANM and NCPD hosts the Asian American Journalists Association, Los Angeles Chapter (AAJA-LA) V3 "Vision. Visibility. Voice." Digital Media Conference. AAJA-LA V3 is the only digital medial conference for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) mainstream journalists, digital media journalists, bloggers and those interested in social media. It is an opportunity for those communicating on numerous digital platforms including social media and blogs and their readers, to interact, engage in person and to encourage and inspire those who are interested in communicating online. Participants can initiate connections and create lasting global dialogues, which extend beyond the conference— both online and offline. JANM Members are invited to be a part of the stimulating discussions around the “who, what, where, when why, and how” for AAPI-centered blogging and digital media. Current JANM Members receive discounted registration.

More information at twww.V3con.com