Alumni speak

at Honors College
Three University alumni will be speaking at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday about how their experiences in the Honors College led them to professional success. Businessman Ival McMains, physician Pilar Bradshaw and attorney Win Calkins will lead the discussion in the Dyment Hall lounge, with a question and answer session to follow. Refreshments will be provided. The event is sponsored by the Honors Halls Advisory Board. For more information, contact English Professor Kathleen O Fallon at 346-0056.

– Lisa Toth

Human Rights Commission commemorates internment
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the Eugene Human Rights Commission, joined by the Pan Asian Community Alliance and Oregon Uniting, will sponsor a “Day of Acknowledgment” at the Eugene City Council Chamber on Tuesday.
The event, which starts at 5:30 p.m., will include speakers from the community and the University, including law school Dean Rennard Strickland.
“Executive Order 9066 led to the internment of over 120,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast” in 1942, said Human Rights Commissioner Jean Grendler. “This event is an opportunity for Eugene community members to recognize and acknowledge local history of racial injustices and bigotry.”
In 1976, former President Gerald Ford signed a proclamation saying in part, “We now know what we should have known then — not only was the evacuation wrong, but Japanese Americans were and are loyal Americans.”
Eugene community members will have an opportunity to sign a community proclamation expanding on Ford’s statement.
Strickland said his talk will focus on the connections between Native Americans and the Japanese, and he’ll honor law school graduate Minoru Yasui, whom Strickland described as “a major figure in the resistance to Japanese internment.”
Other speakers include University law Professor Keith Aoki, Bahati Ansari of Racism Free Zone, Judge Cynthia Carlson of Oregon Uniting and James Garcia of Lane Community College.
Some speakers will stay after the event for a public dialogue where visitors will have a chance to ask questions and address issues.

— Arlene Juan