AABANY is Co-Sponsoring New York Day of Remembrance Committee (NYDOR)'s NY Day of Remembrance 2026. 

On Saturday, April 11, this year’s Day of Remembrance Program will take place to remember, reflect, and learn in community together. Space is limited so please RSVP below to secure a seat. RSVPs will be checked at the door. Doors will open at 12:00 and the program will begin promptly at 12:30pm. A Zoom option is also available! Virtual attendees will be emailed the link to join.

There is a staircase to enter the church. if you have accessibility questions, please contact dayofremembrancenyc@gmail.com

Program

This year’s program will feature a panel discussion with Lorraine Bannai (legal team Fred Korematsu case), Kathryn Bannai (lead counsel Gordon Hirabayashi case 1982-1985), and Peggy Nagae (lead counsel Minoru Yasui case) —women lawyers in the coram nobis cases that overturned the wartime convictions of three Japanese Americans who resisted incarceration. Their work fundamentally reshaped the legal and historical understanding of the Supreme Court’s infamous decisions that upheld the government’s wartime actions, revealing suppressed evidence and restoring justice decades later.

This panel is especially timely in light of renewed national debates about civil liberties, executive power, racial profiling, and will also touch on concerns about the resilience of democratic institutions. At a moment when questions about governmental overreach and constitutional accountability are once again front and center, hearing directly from the attorneys who successfully challenged these Supreme Court rulings, offers powerful historical perspective and contemporary urgency.

Moderated by Dr. Satsuki Ina, whose own family was incarcerated during World War II, the discussion bridges legal advocacy with lived experience and intergenerational memory and healing. The panel’s relevance is further underscored by the recent feature of Dr. Ina and Lorraine Bannai on Rachel Maddow's Burn Order podcast, which has brought renewed national attention to the lessons of this history for our present moment.

Following the panel discussion, Dr. Ina will do a special reading from her book, The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Memoir of Love, Imprisonment, and Protest. Books will be available for sale and signing.

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Suggested donation of $20 per person.

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