April 1, 2009

Fresno State alumna Jan Yanehiro will discuss “Resettlement to Redress,” a film documenting the relocation of Japanese-Americans who had been interned during World War II. The presentation will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April 3, at California State University, Fresno.

Yanehiro narrates the documentary that examines the resettlement period after World War II through 1988, when President Ronald Reagan signed into law H.R.442 formally recognizing that internment of Japanese-Americans was based on racism and merited an apology and reparation.

A question-answer period will follow the documentary’s screening in the Alice Peters Auditorium within the University Business Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Yanehiro, a 1970 journalism graduate of Fresno State, is an Emmy Award-winning television host. She also pioneered the magazine format on television as co-host of “Evening Magazine.” Currently she hosts “Everyday Angels” on Comcast cable television and is the executive producer of “Pacific Fusion TV.”

Parking will be available in the University Business Center parking lot between lots A and J, just east of the Peters Business Building.

For more information or to RSVP, call Moon-Ja Yunouye at 559.278.8341 or myunouye@csufresno.edu.