Parallel Immigrant Experiences: WWII and 9/11

Here’s an interesting program that focuses on the parallels between the attacks on immigrants during World War II and post 9/11:

The Enemy Alien Files Consortium & Partners and the Oakland Museum of California – Education Department present

INALIENABLE: IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

youth voices from world war ii & post 9/11

Multicultural, intergenerational dialogues –

Personal stories, video and cultural performances on challenges to civil liberties during wartime.

Sat., April 12, 2008, 1-4 p.m.
at the Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street (at 10th St) Oakland

For information, contact NJAHS: (415) 921-5007 or email: njahs@njahs.org.

Listen to the stories of civil liberties and human rights violations experienced by immigrants of Japanese, Italian and German descent in the U.S. and from Latin America, identified as “enemy aliens” during World War II – alongside  stories by Arab, South Asian, Muslim, Latino, African, Asian Pacific Islander and other youth today, impacted by post-9/11 policies and practices.

Learn about the hidden internment stories of World War II and post 9/11 and current efforts to secure government accountability and redress.

Visit www.enemyalienfiles.org

A new website & educational resource portal for curriculum guides, DVD’s, publications and classroom activities

Enemy Alien Files Consortium

Members: American Italian Historical Association, German American Internee Coalition, Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project, National Japanese American Historical Society.

Partners: American Muslim Voice, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, Council on American-Islamic Relations, and the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

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