This event is organized by the San Jose Nihonmachi Outreach Committee (NOC).

From Swingposium to Echoes into the Future, DoR has been an enormous influence on SJT's work, and this year you can participate no matter where you are.

The theme for 2021's virtual program is Confronting Race in America: Unifying Our Communities. Although many of our communities have been suffering from the effects of racism for generations, people outside of these communities are finally realizing that there are enormous disparities throughout our society due to race. Many people have taken action to try to confront these issues in the struggle for racial and social justice. Since one of the driving forces behind the WWII Japanese American incarceration was attributed to racial prejudice, many Japanese Americans are compelled to join with other communities in their fight for social justice.

Related to this theme, NOC is honored to have featured speaker Reverend Jethroe Moore II, President of the San Jose NAACP. NOC sat down for an hour-long interview with Reverend Moore in January. In this segment -- which will not be a part of our Day of Remembrance program -- Reverend Moore talks about police accountability and the rise of hate groups.

You can watch the 2021 San Jose Day of Remembrance on February 14, 2021 at 3:00 PM (PT) by clicking on the following link:

https://youtu.be/UZSt_pUVBpE