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Honda "Comfort Women" Resolution Supporters Gather March 22 in DC
National Coalition United to Support H. Res. 121 Sponsors Lobby Day
(WASHINGTON) --- Yul Kwon, winner of the TV reality show "Survivor:
Cook Islands," will join the 121 Coalition's Grassroots Lobby Day on
Capitol Hill on March 22 to push Congress to support H. Res.121.
The resolution, introduced by Congressman Mike Honda (D-California),
calls upon the Japanese government to take full responsibility and
officially apologize for enslaving thousands of girls and women at
military "comfort stations" and raping and torturing them during its
colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands.
The 121 Coalition -- a national coalition endorsed by nearly 100 civic
and human rights groups -- will walk from office to office, meeting with
Members of the House of Representatives and their staff to raise
awareness of and support for the resolution.
A press conference sponsored by the 121 Coalition will feature Yul Kwon,
a graduate of Yale Law School, who once worked for Senator Joseph
Lieberman as his legislative aide, and Becky Lee, the runner-up of
"Survivor: Cook Islands," a human rights lawyer in Washington who has
advocated on behalf of "comfort women" as a member of Justice for
Comfort Women. At the press conference, Kwon and Lee will be joined by
Jackie Bong-Wright, John Feffer, and Dr. Ok Cha Soh.
Press Conference Details
When: Thursday, March 22, 2007, 9:00 a.m.
Where: Langston Room at Busboys and Poets Bookstore/Cafe
2021 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
Speakers:
Yul Kwon, winner of "Survivor: Cook Islands" and Asian American
leader
Becky Lee, a human rights lawyer and runner-up of "Survivor: Cook
Islands"
Jackie Bong-Wright, anti-human trafficking activist and author
John Feffer, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus and the director of
global affairs at the International Relations Center.
Dr. Ok Cha Soh, President of Washington Coalition of Comfort Women Issue
Program:
Reading of a testimony by Becky Lee
Premiere of a new YouTube video by Eric Byler featuring Yul Kwon
discussing H. Res. 121 and introducing testimonies of "comfort women"
Reading of the 121 Coalition Statement
For the video and the coalition statement, go to:
www.support121.org .
Other Readings
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Statement at
the Hearing on Protecting the Human Rights of “Comfort Women”
By Michael M. Honda, Member of Congress
Congressman's address at hearing for the Subcommittee on Asia, the
Pacific, and the Global Environment,
Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House
of Representatives
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Japanese Prime
Minister Vows No New Apology on WWII Sex Slaves
By Michael M. Honda, Member of Congress
Congressman's address at hearing for the Subcommittee on Asia, the
Pacific, and the Global Environment,
Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House
of Representatives
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Secret Asian Man: Why Japan Needs Women's History Month
By Tak Toyoshima, Village
Artist-in-Residence
Our cartoon satirist gets a little serious for this WHM look at
Japan's propaganda about "voluntary comfort women" of WWII
- Asian
American Village Blog
Additional postings on the topic at our blog;
links to Yul Kwon, Mike Honda, Japan parliamentary debate videos
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