Saturday, January 26, 2008

Denver Conference: “Whose America? Who’s American? Diversity, Civil Liberties, and Social Justice”

This sent announcement of early-bird registration sent in by friends at the Japanese American National Museum and by filmmaker Satsuka Ina:

“Whose America? Who’s American? Diversity, Civil Liberties, and Social Justice”
July 3-6, 2008
(Early bird registration closes on January 31, 2008 – Save up to 35%! )
Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center

The conference speakers include:

  • Anan Ameri, PhD, Director, Arab American National Museum
  • Sybil Jordan Hampton, EdD, Former President, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
  • The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, U.S. Senator, State of Hawai`i
  • Patty Limerick, PhD, Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado
  • Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura, Medal of Honor Recipient
  • Federico Peña, Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
  • George Sakato, Medal of Honor Recipient
  • George Takei, Actor

To learn more about the program, to download a registration packet, to learn how to purchase tickets to the Rockies baseball game on July 4, and to see the ever-growing list of people who have already registered for the conference, please visit our Web site at janm.org/projects/ec/conference/.

Additional updates are available through the project blog at janm.org/ec/blog/7.
If you have any questions, please email ec@janm.org.

Looking forward to seeing you in Denver!

– Enduring Communities Project Team

Major support has been generously provided by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Aratani Foundation.