Over 70 people that included activists, educators and other AAAS members converged at the “Comfort Women” Memorial.  The event was held to better understand the movement and discuss the latest political and educational developments.

The San Francisco “Comfort Women” Memorial is dedicated to the memory of the hundred thousands of women Japan sexually enslaved during WWII and to eradicating sexual violence and sex trafficking throughout the world.

The program also featured a luncheon with an  unique dance performance by Peggy Choy, University of Wisconsin, who choreographed a piece in memory of Grandmothers who passed. Educators also shared lesson plans on how to incorporate “comfort women” in the study and teaching of the Asian American experience.

The group also met the pan-Asian American coalition involved in this movement to remember “comfort women” including Judge Lillian Sing, Former Supervisor Eric Mar, San Francisco State University, Historian Tomomi Kinukawa, San Francisco State University, and local educator activists including Cecilia Gaerlan, Founder & Executive Director, Bataan Legacy Historical Society; Sung Sohn, Founder & Executive Director of Education for Social Justice Foundation, and Kei Fischer of Chabot College & Asian Women United who shared experiences/lesson plans. Moderated and facilitated by Grace Yoo of San Francisco State University.