San Jose State 2nd Annual Day of Remembrance will take place on Monday, February 19th. Programming will take place from 10:30AM-4PM during class times. Day of Remembrance is a national observance of the World War II incarceration of Americans of Japanese descent in the United States. It is recognized nationally on February 19th, the date that Executive Order 9066 was issued and initatied this process. In 1942, the building currently known as Yoshihiro Uchida Hall on SJSU's campus served as a registration center for local Japanese Americans prior to them being forcibly removed to incarceration camps.

SJSU recognizes this day to acknowledge the Japanese American experience and the campus’ connection to it. It is important that we know our history in order to advocate for a more socially just society moving forward.

San Jose 44th Annual Day of Remembrance hosted by the Nihonmachi Outreach Committee, will be taking place on Sunday, February 18th from 5:30-7pm at the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin Annex. This year's theme is "Youth Activism: Building Community". SJSU Alum Nina Chuang will be a speaker and will share about the student movement to demand institutional acknowledgement of this history.