Third Thursdays

On June 19, 1982, Vincent Chin, a 27 year-old Chinese American, went to a Detroit bar with three friends to celebrate his upcoming wedding. Former autoworkers Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz, thinking Chin was Japanese, beat him with a baseball bat, blaming him for the collapse of the US auto industry. Ebens and Nitz pleaded guilty for killing Chin and were sentenced three years probation and a $3,780 fine. They never served a day in jail for killing a man who was nine days away from his wedding.

Third Thursdays along with a coalition of Bay Area Asian American non-profit organizations are sponsoring a series of programming to commemorate the 20th anniversay of the murder of Vincent Chin. Thursday night’s program includes a screening of a the Academy Award-nominated film “Who Killed Vincent Chin”, a panel discussion involving three well-respected leaders who were involved in the community responce to the murder of Vincent Chin, and facilitated group discussion afterwards. For more information about Vincent Chin commemorative events throughout the U.S., please see http://www.vincentchin.net

Thursday, June 20th
Issei Memorial Hall
Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California
1840 Sutter Street
San Francisco

6:30pm Screening

“Who Killed Vincent Chin” by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Pena

8:00pm Panel discussion

• Helen Zia
  Author and Journalist
• Norman Fong
  Program Director
  Chinatown Community Development Center

• Mabel Teng
  Director of Development and Planning
  San Francisco State University

moderated by:

Victor Hwang
Managing Attorney
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach

9:00pm Facilitated Group Discussion

This event is free! Out of respect for Mrs. Lily Chin, donations will be collected for the scholarship she established in Vincent’s memory, to be administered by American Citizens for Justice.

You can also send them to:
P.O. Box 2735
Southfield, MI 48037