Remembering the 135th Anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act | Portsmouth Square

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Join AFT 2121, Chinese Progressive Association, Chinese for Affirmative Action and many more on May 6, 2017 at noon at Portsmouth Square in San Francisco Chinatown for a Rally for Inclusion.

On the 135th Anniversary of the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, stand together in solidarity to resist the Muslim travel ban and anti-immigrant and refugee policies. Excluding immigrants on the basis of race and religion was wrong then and it is wrong now.

Speakers include: Dr. Satsuki Ina, former tule Lake incarceree, psychotherapist, filmmaker; Rev. Norman Fong, Chinatown Community Development Corporation; Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Jewish Voice for Peace; Hong Mei Pang, Jewish Voice for Peace; Mabel Teng, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco; Sameena Usman, CAIR-SFBA; Eddy Zheng, Asian Prisoner Support Committee; Helen Zia, Activist, author of Asian American Dreams.

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