Please join us on Saturday, 2/22/2025, 2:00-4:00 pm, in the Kaikan for a special FREE screening of Wayne Collins - One Fighting Irishman (waynecollinsfilm.com). This is a 30-minute documentary on attorney Wayne M. Collins, who defended Japanese Americans during WWII and restored U.S. Citizenship for over 5,500 individuals coerced into renouncing it at Tule Lake Segregation Center.

As one of only a handful of attorneys who fought on behalf of the rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry while working with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California, Collins also battled the national ACLU and the national Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) in representing Fred Korematsu, one of only a handful of people who refused to report for mass detention. After the war, he also represented Iva Toguri falsely accused of broadcasting as “Tokyo Rose.”

Directed by Sharon Yamato and Evan Kodani, the film is narrated by George Takei. There will be a panel discussion following the screening.