The event, which was co-sponsored and hosted by the Oakland Museum of California, featured youth voices with personal stories, videos and cultural performances.

Guests had the opportunity to listen to the stories of civil liberties and human rights violations experienced by immigrants of Japanese, Italian and German descent in the United States and from Latin America who were identified as "enemy aliens" during World War II – alongside stories by Arab, South Asian, Muslim and Latino youth today impacted by post-9/11 policies and practices.

A panel of expert respondents, including Lawrence DiStasi of the American Italian Historical Association; Yuri Kochiyama, Japanese American internee and Nobel Peace Prize nominee; Reem Salahi of Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley; and Arnoldo Garcia of National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights educated the group about the hidden internments of World War II and post 9/11, and current efforts to secure government accountability and redress.

"It is only by hearing the personal stories and experiences of each of our diverse communities that we may recognize the similarly-devastating human impact of such government policies that violate our most precious civil liberties. It is our hope that those who attended the program have left with a renewed commitment to upholding human dignity and justice and for all," said CAIR-SFBA Civil Rights Coordinator Mahrukh Hasan.