A Candlelight Vigil Against Hate

August 10, 2000

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Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 22:47:23 -0400

On the one year anniversary of the murder of U.S. postal
worker Joseph Ileto and the shootings at the North Valley
Jewish Community Center, please join us for

COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR A HATE-FREE TOMORROW
A MEMORIAL PROGRAM AND CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
FOR VICTIMS OF HATE VIOLENCE

Featuring: 

California Attorney General Bill Lockyear
Gwenn Baldwin, L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center
The Reverend Norman Johnson, SCLC
Rabbi Gary Greenebaum, American Jewish Committee
Angelica Salas, CHIRLA
Anna Gonzalez, Filipino Civil Rights Advocates
Warren Furutani, Community College Board Trustee
Stewart Kwoh, Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Survivors and families of victims of the San Fernando 
Valley shootings

with a special performances by Jennifer Paz (star of Miss
Saigon), Nobuko Miyamoto and Great Leap, Inc. and the Afro
Cuban group Los Angelitos

Mistress of Ceremonies: 

Channel 7 Reporter Denise Dador

Hosts: 

Lecia Brooks (co-chair, Network Against Hate Crime)
Robin Toma (L.A. County Commission on Human Relations)

Light a candle to remember victims of white supremacist
activity, homophobic violence, racialized gang warfare 
and all those who have been victimized by crimes of hate.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 at 6:00-9:00 P.M.
JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER
244 S. SAN PEDRO STREET
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

For more info, call Marshall Wong at (213) 974-7617, Kathay
Feng (213) 977-7500 X212, Prosy de la Cruz (323) 933-1198.