Facing History presents George Takei in Free Online Conversation: Standing Up to Racism: Then and Now

Actor and activist, George Takei, who is prominently featured in And Then They Came for Us, will join Facing History to discuss his family’s wrongful incarceration during WWII, and the anti-Asian racism on the rise today. To join the free livestream, you need to register. Click here to register

April 14, 2020

 8:00 pm - 9:15 pm

"It was a failure of American democracy, and yet because most Americans are not aware of that dark chapter of American history, it's about to be repeated."
- George Takei, Actor and Activist

Live captioning will be provided during this event, which takes place at 8 PM ET/7 PM CT/5 PM PT.

Please contact marisa_diaz@facinghistory.org with questions. 

And Then They Came For Us Screening and Discussion

Hosted by the American Constitution Society - Austin Lawyers Chapter

The film is a documentary about the false information and political influences which led to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans and the U.S. Supreme Court case, Korematsu v United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944), and their relevance today.

DATE: Sunday, February 16
TIME: 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
LOCATION: University Presbyterian Church, 2203 San Antonio St., Austin, TX, 78705
COST: Free

CLICK HERE to register. 

Then They Came for Us, screening for free at Cinemapolis on May 5th at 2 pm

Cinemapolis

120 E Green St, Ithaca, NY 14850

April 28th, 2019 from 2-5 pm
Screening at Kaimuki High School
Filmmaker, Abby Ginzberg and Prof. Eric Yamamoto at a benefit sponsored by Beta Beta Gamma Foundation and the Hawai‘i State Bar Foundation. 
For tickets, visit: http://bit.ly/movemehawaii

April 9th, 2019 5:30-7 pm
Great Hall at ASU Law School 111 E Taylor St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Filmmaker Abby Ginzberg and Don Tamaki in attendance
Distinguished Panelists: Abby Ginzberg, Award-Winning Filmmaker Donald K. Tamaki, Partner at Minami Tamaki LLP and Member of Korematsu coram nobis team Ilan Wurman, Visiting Assistant Professor, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Marian Tadano Shee, Former Incarceree, Crystal City, Texas George C. Chen, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (Moderator)
Register: https://bit.ly/2T5nEKW

Thursday, March 28th 7-9 pm
725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 in room B12 (basement room)
Screening is free and open to the public, but seating is limited!
To reserve seat, rsvp to: abby@socialactionmedia.com
Sponsored by the Asian Student Union of Boston University. Filmmaker, Abby Ginzberg will be present for the Q and A

March 23, 2019 at 3:30 pm
Filmmaker Abby Ginzberg in attendance for Q and A
For tickets: https://www.queensworldfilmfestival.com/films/detail.asp?fid=1071

Wednesday March 20, 2019 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM
St. James Catholic Church Parish Hall 625 S. Nardo Ave. Solana Beach CA 92705
Please RSVP to Christy at cbohan1001@yahoo.com or 760.652.4035

Film will be shown promptly at 6:40 PM.  Light Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Christy at cbohan1001@yahoo.com or 760.652.4035.

“If you want peace, work for justice.” Pope Paul VI 

For information about our organization:  www.paxchristiusa.org &  www.paxchristisocal.org

7pm Dundee Theater

4952 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102 
(402) 933-0259

Post-show discussion: A post-show panel discussion will explore historical discrimination and bigotry, and lessons to be learned for the present and future. Panelists will include Naser Z. Alsharif, director of MECES; Sharon Ishii-Jordan, board member of the Omaha chapter of JACL; and Alexis Steele, Immigrant Worker Attorney with the Immigrant Legal Center.

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

RSVP

University Park Campus

Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC)

Rosen Family Screening Room (227)

Free

Date:  November 1, 2018
Time:  5:30 to 7:15 PM
Location:  301 Battery Street, San Francisco
Light refreshments will be served.

Please RSVP at https://www.aaba-bay.com/event-3095170

October 27th at 4:30 pm & October 28th at 7 pm

NW Film Forum 1515 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

Tickets available here!

When10/27/2018

• 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• Location Emory University School of Law, Tull Auditorium, 1301 Clifton Rd., NE, Atlanta, GA 30322

Registration

• FREE

• Requesting CLE Credit

• VIP/Speaker

October 26th at 4:00 pm
Location: Custom Blocks Building on SE 9th and Main street

Purchase Tickets Here!

Screening at Solano Community College
4000 Suisun Road, Fairfield, CA 94534

With filmmaker Abby Ginzberg and Don Tamaki, attorney in Korematsu coram nobis case.

September 13th 11:15AM
Documentary Film Screening and Discussion
Stromberg Hall (HSS 165)
1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405
With filmmaker Abby Ginzberg and Satsuki Ina, who is featured in the film

Occupy Evanston’s Monthly Movie Series presents Then They Came for Us

Evanston Civic Center
2100 Ridge Avenue, Room 2404
Evanston, IL 60201

Plenty of Parking in the Civic Center Parking Lot Sponsored by Occupy Evanston Documentary Film Group, Democracy in Action, Chicago Coalition to Overturn Citizens United, End Money in Politics All

Are Welcome Come and Join Us! Discussion to Follow Film. 

Upcoming at HAHS:

Join us for a screening of the pivotal documentary "And Then They Came For Us" (2017), followed by a round-table discussion, in conjunction with our exhibition "Loyal Americans: Japanese American Imprisonment During World War II."  

Saturday, August 11 from 2-4pm.   Post-screening discussion with Satsuki Ina, who is featured in the film and Don Tamaki, one of the lawyers for  the Korematsu coram nobis team.

Hayward Area Historical Society

22380 Foothill Boulevard

Hayward, CA 94541

(in the Community Gallery)

Sponsored by the Eden Township JACL

PLEASANTON PREMIERE

Q & A with Don Tamaki, Spojmie Nasiri, and Chizu Omori
Sunday, May 6, 2018, 7 p.m.
Lynnewood United Methodist Church
4444 Black Avenue, Pleasanton
For information (925) 846-0221
Screening co-sponsored by: Lynnewood United Methodist Church Wider Welcome Committee Muslim Community Center East Bay Interfaith Interconnect

2:30 pm Film showing

3:30 pm Panel Discussion with:

• Cookie Takeshita, Member of Buddhist Temple of Alameda, will share a personal story about her experience.

• Don Tamaki, leading civil rights attorney on the Korematsu case, will speak on the Stop Repeating History campaign.

• Sacha Maniar, Program Coordinator with the Asian Law Caucus, will share the impact on Muslim Communities and what action is being taken.

Buena Vista United Methodist Church 2311 Buena Vista Ave Alameda, CA 94501

Wednesday, April 25, 2018
UM-Rackham Amphitheatre
915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor

7-9 pm
Reserve your FREE tickets
http://bit.ly/ATTC-AnnArbor-Premiere

Discussion following the screening with:
Abby Ginzberg, Filmmaker
Maria Ibarra-Frayre, WICIR
Michael Steinberg, Legal Director, ACLU-Michigan
Nour Soubani, Advocacy, Take on Hate Campaign,
David Yamamoto, Incarcerated at Heart Mountain, WY
Moderator: Ann Lin, UM Ford School of Public Policy

Co-sponsored by

ACLU Michigan
Association of Black Professionals, Faculty, Administrators and Staff [ABPFAS]
CAIR-MI
Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice [ICPJ]
JACL Detroit
Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission (MAPAAC)
Michigan Coalition for Human Rights
Michigan Roundtable for Diversity & Inclusion
National Lawyer’s Guild- Michigan
Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice
Take on Hate Campaign
UM APIA Studies
UM Center for Japanese Studies
UM Department of History
UM Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy
UM Japan Student Association
UM Keith Center for Civil Rights
UM School of Social Work
Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights [WICIR]
Women's Action Network [WAM]
Yemen American Benevolent Association
Zeitouna

Tuesday April 24, 2018
Dearborn Public Library
16301 Michigan Ave, Dearborn
 
 7-9 pm
Reserve your FREE tickets
https://goo.gl/CYCg7r

Discussion following the screening with: 
Abby Ginzberg, Filmmaker
Asha Noor –Advocacy and Civic Engagement Specialist, Take on Hate Campaign,
Catalina Rios, Immigrant Rights Activist  
Dan Korobkin, Deputy Legal Director , ACLU-Michigan
David Hiroshi Yamamoto,  Incarcerated at Heart Mountain, WY
Moderator: Ann Lin, UM Ford School of Public Policy

Co-sponsored by

ACLU Michigan
Association of Black Professionals, Faculty, Administrators and Staff [ABPFAS]
CAIR-MI
Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice [ICPJ]
JACL Detroit
Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission (MAPAAC)
Michigan Coalition for Human Rights
Michigan Roundtable for Diversity & Inclusion
National Lawyer’s Guild- Michigan
Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice
Take on Hate Campaign
UM APIA Studies
UM Center for Japanese Studies
UM Department of History
UM Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy
UM Japan Student Association
UM Keith Center for Civil Rights
UM School of Social Work
Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights [WICIR]
Women's Action Network [WAM]
Yemen American Benevolent Association
Zeitouna

San Jose State University Screening
April 10th, 2018
6:00-8:00 pm

Martin Luther King Library, Room 225
Corner of 4th  and San Fernando Streets (parking lot across the street)
Free and open to the public
With filmmaker, Abby Ginzberg and other invited guests for post-screening discussion

Post-screening discussion with filmmaker, Abby Ginzberg, Satsuki Ina, assistant ICP curator,  Susan Carlson and photo historians, Richard Cahan and Michael Williams

Buy Tickets

SCREENING IS SOLD OUT!

 Filmmaker Abby Ginzberg and attorney, Don Tamaki present for Q and A

Film screening and panel discussion at Fresno State

PETERS EDUCATION CENTER AUDITORIUM (West of Save-Mart Center in the Student Recreation Center Building)

DISCUSSANT: Don Tamaki (Defense Attorney featured in the film)

SPONSORS: The Central California District Council of the Japanese American Citizens League and the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mary Husain (Instructor and club advisor) mhusain@csufresno.edu

     Filmmaker, Abby Ginzberg and Satsuki Ina present for the Q and A

 Filmmaker, Abby Ginzberg and Satsuki Ina present for the Q and A

Order tickets here: www.nichibei.org/films-of-remembrance

Filmmaker and Karen Korematsu in attendance
For more info: https://thedoddcenter.uconn.edu/2018/01/17/2-21-18-day-of-remembrance-and-then-they-came-for-us/

Details TBA