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Samina Faheem Sundas to speak at Annual
San Jose Day of Remembrance
What: 28th Annual San Jose Day of Remembrance 2008
When: Sunday, Feb 17, 2008 at 5:30-7:30pm
Where: San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin
640 North 5th Street, San Jose
Free and open to the public
Ms. Samina Faheem Sundas, the Executive Director of the American Muslim Voice, and co-founder of Fear To Friendship, a group dedicated to promoting cross-cultural friendship and education after 9/11, will speak at the 28th Annual San Jose Day of Remembrance that is to be held on Feb 17, 2008.
Also speaking will be Carolyn Kameya, an original NOC member who was active during the Redress movement which eventually led to the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
Ms. Sundas' focus has been on community building, forming life long friendships among all Americans and on creating a culture of peace, acceptance, mutual respect and harmony. In January, she received the Jefferson Award for Public Service, which was established to encourage and honor individuals for their achievements and contributions through public and community service.
She also received the Cliffort I. Uyeda Peace and Humanitarian Award at the San Francisco Day of Remembrance in 2007 for her courageous leadership and personal dedication to the principles of peace and social justice, particularly in the post 9/11 period.
For the past several years, Ms. Sundas has been speaking extensively on immigrant and civil liberties issues, and on the USA Patriot Act. She was on the panel of Amnesty International USA National Hearings on Racial Profiling and she participated with with other faith/immigrants right groups to defeat HR 4437, in working toward a more humane immigration reform.
Ms. Sundas is also the founder of Global Peace Partners, a member of the steering committee for Multifaith Voices For Peace & Justice, Bay Area, Ca, a board member of Friends of Human Relations, Santa Clara, CA, Chair of the Peace Building Committee of the HRC, Santa Clara, CA, advisory board member of the Peninsula Community Foundation and a founding member of Defense Committee of James Lee Muslim Chaplin. She was also the coordinator of the Muslim Nationwide Hot line, which helped people in dealing with the INS Special Registration.
The annual Day of Remembrance event commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 which led to the incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, during WWII.
The program will also feature an electrifying performance by San Jose Taiko, other intercommunity speakers, and the traditional candlelight procession through historic Japantown.
Speech of Samina at the Rememberance Day
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