As President Trump moves to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., we look at two moments where we found ourselves at a similar crossroads.  First, the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans 75 years ago.  Then, how people fought to stop the Muslim registry after 9/11.

Featuring:

Satsuki Ina, documentarian; Mutsu Homma, Roy Ebihara, George Murihiro, Matsuo Watanabe, survivors; Joseph Arsinoe, US soldier; War Relocation Authority. Lara Kiswani, Executive Director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center; Anirvan Chatterjee, Alliance of South Asians Taking Action Liz Ouyang, attorney; Mohammad Sarfaraz Hussain; Anirvan Chatterjee, Alliance of South Asians Taking Action; Jason Prado, Sophie Xie, DoBetter.Tech

For More Information:

Arab Resource and Organizing Center [1]

Alliance of South Asians Taking Action [2]

DoBetter.Tech [3]

Densho Archives http://www.densho.org/archives/

FILM Whose Children Are These [4]

Suyama Project [5]

Gary Okihiro, “Japanese Resistance in America’s Concentration Camps, A Re-evaluation” [6]

CAIR [7]

Arab American Association of NY [8]

DRUM NYC [9]

New York Immigration Coalition [10]

Families for Freedom [11]

AALDEF [12]

Arab American Action Network http://www.aaan.org/

MPower Change [13]

Asian Americans Advancing Justice [14]

National Network of Arab American Communities [15]

[1] http://araborganizing.org/

[2] http://www.asata.org/

[3] http://dobetter.tech/

[4] http://www.whosechildrenarethese.com/

[5] http://www.suyamaproject.org/

[6] http://www.garyokihiro.com/uploads/okihiro_1973.pdf

[7] https://www.cair.com/

[8] http://www.arabamericanny.org/

[9] http://www.drumnyc.org/

[10] http://www.thenyic.org/

[11] http://familiesforfreedom.org/about

[12] http://www.aaldef.org/

[13] https://mpowerchange.org/

[14] http://advancingjustice-aajc.org/

[15] http://www.nnaac.org/