Ms. Que BanhJul 15, 2024

#Hiroshima #Nagasaki Day, August 6, 2024.
#Free #FamilyFriendly event to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, dedicated to creating #peace and building #community.

Join us on August 6th to celebrate #peace, launch lanterns, and enjoy #Japanese #culture!

#LanternMaking will begin at 6:00 pm indoors on the ground floor of the Pavilion, with all materials provided. The program will begin at 7:30 pm and end at 9 pm with the launching of the lanterns in the Pavilion reflecting pools. Among the performers and presenters will be:

First Nation’s greetings by Carolyn Memnook
MC Dr. Dillon Takata
Tsugio Kurushima, #Nikkei Society
Furusato Dancers
#Uminari #Taiko Drummers
Gettin' Higher Choir
Margaret Krawciw reading: "Children of the A-Bomb"

Location:
#Esquimalt #GorgePark & Pavilion
1070 Tillicum Road, #VictoriaBC.

#LekwungenTerritory #Wsanec #YYJ #CulturalEvent #AsianMastodon #GorgeWaterway #AntiWar #CommunityEvent #FreeEvents #YYJevents #AllAges #VancouverIsland #PNW #ArtsAndCulture #LiveDemos #JapaneseCanadians #AsianCanadians

Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Feb 24, 2023

6/ And when there are honours for those people; streets, buildings, statues, we must see those clearly and remove them. Not in an attempt to act as though the policies did not happen, but rather as an acknowledgement that no one deserves an honour for persecuting others.

That is why I continue to advocate for Neill St in Port Alberni to be renamed (as was the School named for him).

No honours for genocidal acts.
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#portalberni #japanesecanadians
https://chrisalemany.ca/2023/02/24/no-honours-for-genocidal-acts/

No Honours for Genocidal Acts - Murkyview

(This letter was sent to Port Alberni City Council on February 24, 2023) Dear Mayor and Council, I write on this important day February 24, 2023.  81 years ago today, after decades of anti-Asian racism and resentment whipped up by prominent politicians like our own AW Neill, Canadians of Japanese descent were forcibly removed from … Continue reading "No Honours for Genocidal Acts"

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