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DESCRIPTION:Tickets for Hold These Truths Concert Dramatic Reading Benefitt
 ing SF JACL available at: <a href="https://fortmason.org/event/sfjacl-hold
 -these-truths/" target="_blank">https://fortmason.org/event/sfjacl-hold-th
 ese-truths/</a>\n \n Fresh  from his Broadway debut in George Takei’s 
 “Allegiance\,” Greg Watanabe  will be returning to the San Francisco B
 ay Area for a heartwarming and  entertaining concert dramatic reading of H
 old These Truths. Local  performing arts fans will remember Watanabe from 
 his performances with  the comedy sketch group 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors
  and with the Asian  American Theater Company.\n \n The San Francisco chap
 ter of the  Japanese American Citizen’s League has chosen to present Jea
 nne Sakata’s  Hold These Truths at this time because it brings to life t
 he courageous  actions of Gordon Hirabayashi who challenged the government
 ’s orders to  forcibly remove and mass incarcerate all people of Japanes
 e ancestry on  the West Coast. Hirabayashi’s case made it all the way to
  the Supreme  Court where he was not successful but he was vindicated 44 y
 ears later  and posthumously awarded the 2012 Presidential Medal of Freedo
 m.\n \n “When  I discovered Gordon’s story in the late 1990’s – so
  full of heartbreak\,  but also his irrepressible humor and zest for life 
 – it was a  life-changing experience\,” said playwright Jeanne Sakata.
  “I knew I had  to try to bring his story to the American stage\, not ju
 st as an act of  healing for myself\, my family and my community\, but als
 o to inspire and  give hope to any American citizen who has been denied eq
 ual treatment  under the law promised by our Constitution because of facto
 rs such as  race\, gender\, sexual orientation\, and who must battle const
 antly to make  those promises a living reality.”\n \n During World War I
 I\,  University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi fought the  gover
 nment’s orders to forcibly remove and mass incarcerate all people  of Ja
 panese ancestry on the West Coast. As he struggled to reconcile his  count
 ry’s betrayal with his passionate belief in the U.S. Constitution\,  Hir
 abayashi journeyed toward a greater understanding of America’s  triumphs
  — and a confrontation with its failures. Hold These Truths was  first p
 roduced in 2007 by East West Players in Los Angeles under the  title Dawn
 ’s Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi.\n \n The plot  has a strong
  and timely message about civil rights\, the Constitution\,  and one man's
  battle against civil liberty violations. The evening  performance will be
  followed by a panel discussion moderated by  SF-JACL’s John Hayashi wit
 h Dale Minami\, Don Tamaki\, and Greg Watanabe.  Generous support has been
  received by the California Civil Liberties  Public Education Program and 
 proceeds from the performances will benefit  the SF JACL’s Arts and Advo
 cacy activism programs and anti-bullying  education.\n \n TICKET AND PERFO
 RMANCE INFORMATION\n \n WHEN:\n Saturday\, November 18th\n 2pm Matinee\n 7
 pm Evening Performance\n \n WHERE:\n Cowell Theater | Fort Mason Center fo
 r Arts &amp\; Culture\n 2 Marina Blvd\, San Francisco\, CA 94123\n \n TO P
 URCHASE:\n 2pm:\n $25\n $20 for seniors\n \n 7pm:\n $50 General\n $100 VIP
  (reserved seating and acknowledgment in printed program)\n $40 Early Bird
 s (before 11/1/17)\n $45 JACL Members\n Performance  followed by a panel d
 iscussion moderated by SF-JACL’s John Hayashi with  Dale Minami\, Don Ta
 maki\, and Greg Watanabe\, plus a post-panel  reception.\n \n For more inf
 o\, please email judy.hamaguchi@gmail.com\n \n Please Note:\n Recommended 
 for ages 14 and up. Contains mature language.\n The estimated run time is 
 approximately 90 minutes with no intermission\n \n 2pm performance invitat
 ion:\n https://www.facebook.com/events/532593157108203/\n \n 7pm performan
 ce invitation:\n https://www.facebook.com/events/1321709651285221
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