Toward Equality in Our Schools
Mendez v. Westminster 1947
Tuesday 05 June, 2012
5:30 - 8:30pm, $0/Rsvp
Fordham University School of Law
160 West 62nd Street, McNally Amphitheatre
Please Join the ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities and the CUNY School of Law's Center on Latino and Latina Rights and Equality for Toward Equality in Our Schools: Mendez v. Westminster 1947.
The evening will include a conversation with
Sylvia Mendez, Presidential Medal of Freedom Winner
Janice Munemitsu, Daughter of Japanese American Relocation Camp Internees discussing the family and children behind Mendez v. Westminster.
It will also include excerpts from the Emmy Award winning documentary Mendez v. Westminster: For All the Children/Para Todos Los Niños and comments by special guest, Mendez documentarian Sandra Robbie.
A reception and book signing of Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling will follow.
The evening will include a conversation with
Sylvia Mendez, Presidential Medal of Freedom Winner
Janice Munemitsu, Daughter of Japanese American Relocation Camp Internees discussing the family and children behind Mendez v. Westminster.
It will also include excerpts from the Emmy Award winning documentary Mendez v. Westminster: For All the Children/Para Todos Los Niños and comments by special guest, Mendez documentarian Sandra Robbie.
A reception and book signing of Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling will follow.