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Fwd: All Welcome to Civil Liberties Event this Sunday at MIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mosh@MIT.EDU)
Fri Mar 1 17:07:32 2002
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>X-Sender: oye@hesiod (Unverified)
>Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 16:34:10 -0500
>To: "Jumaane A. Jeffries" <jajeff@mit.edu>, nazemi@mit.edu, asp@mit.edu,
> mosh@mit.edu, mbilal@mit.edu
>From: Kenneth Oye <oye@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: All Welcome to Civil Liberties Event this Sunday
>
>Dear Jumaane, Kevin, Anand, Michele, Bilal,
>Please feel free to pass on this reminder to folks in your circles.
>All are welcome to join in a conference on civil liberties after
>Pearl Harbor and 9-11 this Sunday in MIT Building 10-250. The panels
>will run from 1:30 to 4:00, with a detailed program description
>below. Informal discussion and food will run from 4 to 5. This event
>grew out of local Japanese American, Asian American, Arab American,
>Sikh, and Muslim organizations, with MIT Pangea, Muslim Student
>Association, United Trauma Relief, Political Science, and CIS
>sponsoring. The strong local community links are heavily
>influencing the flavor of this event, both figuratively and
>literally.
>With warm regards,
>Ken
>* The Japanese American group is bringing maki-zushi, the New
>England Sikh Study Circle is providing pakora, and the Arab American
>Antidiscrimination Committee is bringing a variety of Middle Eastern
>specialties.
>
>Welcome and Overview
>Philip Khoury, Dean of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, MIT
>Merrie Najimi, President, Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee
>Kenneth Oye, faculty Political Science and Center for International
>Studies, MIT
>
>Personal Experiences: Oral Histories from World War II and the Present
>Strategic Tradeoffs: Loyalty and Voice as Responses to Suspicion
>May Takayanagi, internee -- on challenging violations of her civil liberties
>TetsuoTakayanagi, volunteered as military interpreter in Pacific --
>on responding to violations of civil liberties by demonstrating
>loyalty
>Aamir Rehman, Outreach Director Islamic Society of Boston on
>dialogue within Islamic community over responses to
>detentions/interrogations/freezes
>Effects of Discrimination: Short Term Cuts, Long Term Scars
>Mohammed Ziani, immigrant and radio host personal experiences of
>discrimination and reports on detainees and victims of harasssment
>Margaret Yamamoto, internee as child -- on growing up Sansei after internment
>Mariam Arena, US born convert to Islam effects on Muslim women
>Military Service While Under Suspicion
>Susumu Ito,veteran of 442nd Regimental Combat Team on entering
>battle in Europe with friends and family interned
>............with additional individual accounts through audience participation
>
>Distancing/Supporting: ChineseAmerican, Sikh & African American Responses
>Peter Kiang, Asian American Studies faculty, UMass Boston on
>evolving Chinese American reactions, from WWII to role in reversing
>Korematsu and securing Redress
>Inderpreet Singh, leader of New England Sikh Study Circle on attacks
>on Sikhs and on ethical Sikh responses to targeting of Sikhs and
>others
>Margaret Burnham, distinguished jurist, civil rights attorney,
>Political Science faculty, MIT on African American responses to the
>treatment of Arab-Americans, South Asians, Muslims and Sikhs
>
>Legal and Political Strategies: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
>Paul Watanabe, Political Science faculty UMass Boston on political
>and legal challenges to internment, including reversal of Korematsu
>decision and Redress
>Susan Akram, Law faculty Boston University & ACLU Civil Rights Task
>Force on legal and political challenges to USA Patriots Act, attacks
>on charities and attorney-client privacy, military tribunals, and
>selective enforcement of immigration law
>Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Urban Studies faculty, MIT Program on Human
>Rights and Justice on appeals to international legal human rights
>standards
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>X-Sender: oye@hesiod (Unverified)<br>
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 16:34:10 -0500<br>
To: "Jumaane A. Jeffries" <jajeff@mit.edu>,
nazemi@mit.edu, asp@mit.edu,<br>
mosh@mit.edu,
mbilal@mit.edu<br>
From: Kenneth Oye <oye@MIT.EDU><br>
Subject: All Welcome to Civil Liberties Event this Sunday<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Dear Jumaane, Kevin, Anand, Michele,
Bilal,</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Please feel free to pass on this reminder
to folks in your circles. All are welcome to join in a
conference on civil liberties after Pearl Harbor and 9-11 this Sunday
in MIT Building 10-250. The panels will run from 1:30 to 4:00, with a
detailed program description below. Informal discussion and food will
run from 4 to 5. This event grew out of local Japanese American, Asian
American, Arab American, Sikh, and Muslim organizations, with MIT
Pangea, Muslim Student Association, United Trauma Relief, Political
Science, and CIS sponsoring. The strong local community links
are heavily influencing the flavor of this event, both figuratively
and literally.<br>
With warm regards,<br>
Ken<br>
* The Japanese American group is bringing maki-zushi, the New England
Sikh Study Circle is providing pakora, and the Arab American
Antidiscrimination Committee is bringing a variety of Middle Eastern
specialties.<br>
<br>
<font face="Times New Roman"><b>Welcome and Overview<br>
</b><u>Philip Khoury</u>, Dean of Humanities, Arts and Social
Sciences, MIT<br>
<u>Merrie Najimi</u>, President, Arab American Anti-Discrimination
Committee<br>
<u>Kenneth Oye</u>, faculty Political Science and Center for
International Studies, MIT<br>
<br>
<b>Personal Experiences: Oral Histories from World War II and the
Present<br>
Strategic Tradeoffs: Loyalty and Voice as Responses to Suspicion<br>
</b><u>May Takayanagi</u>, internee -- on challenging violations of
her civil liberties<br>
<u>TetsuoTakayanagi</u>, volunteered as military interpreter in
Pacific -- on responding to violations of civil liberties by
demonstrating loyalty<br>
<u>Aamir Rehman</u>, Outreach Director Islamic Society of Boston on
dialogue within Islamic community over responses to
detentions/interrogations/freezes<br>
<b>Effects of Discrimination: Short Term Cuts, Long Term Scars<br>
</b><u>Mohammed Ziani</u>, immigrant and radio host personal
experiences of discrimination and reports on detainees and victims of
harasssment<br>
<u>Margaret Yamamoto</u>, internee as child -- on growing up Sansei
after internment<br>
<u>Mariam Arena</u>, US born convert to Islam effects on Muslim
women<br>
</font><font face="Times"><b>Military Service While Under
Suspicion<br>
</b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><u>Susumu Ito</u>,veteran of
442nd Regimental Combat Team on entering battle in Europe with friends
and family interned<br>
............with additional individual accounts through audience
participation<br>
<br>
<b>Distancing/Supporting: ChineseAmerican, Sikh & African American
Responses<br>
</b><u>Peter Kiang</u>, Asian American Studies faculty, UMass Boston
on evolving Chinese American reactions, from WWII to role in reversing
Korematsu and securing Redress<br>
<u>Inderpreet Singh</u>, leader of New England Sikh Study Circle on
attacks on Sikhs and on ethical Sikh responses to targeting of Sikhs
and others<br>
<u>Margaret Burnham</u>, distinguished jurist, civil rights attorney,
Political Science faculty, MIT on African American responses to the
treatment of Arab-Americans, South Asians, Muslims and Sikhs<br>
<br>
<b>Legal and Political Strategies: Looking Back and Looking Ahead<br>
</b><u>Paul Watanabe</u>, Political Science faculty UMass Boston on
political and legal challenges to internment, including reversal of
Korematsu decision and Redress<br>
<u>Susan Akram</u>, Law faculty Boston University & ACLU Civil
Rights Task Force on legal and political challenges to USA Patriots
Act, attacks on charities and attorney-client privacy, military
tribunals, and selective enforcement of immigration law<br>
<u>Balakrishnan Rajagopal</u>, Urban Studies faculty, MIT Program on
Human Rights and Justice on appeals to international legal human
rights standards</font></blockquote>
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