The Education for Social Justice Foundation (ESJF) is a nonprofit educational organization founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California. Our mission is to provide education on past injustices relegated to the sidelines of history. Incorporating lessons learned from the past, ESJF develops dignity-affirming and critical-thinking-based curricula to promote universal values.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATED TO SURVIVORS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND SUNG SOHN
1. Terminology
2. Survivors Breaking the Silence and Growing Awareness of "Comfort Women" System
1) Republic of Korea
2) Japan
3. Japanese Historical Records Corroborate "Comfort Women" System and Statements from Japanese Officials
4. Collective Activism
1) Survivors and Civic Engagement
2) United Nations and Civil Society
5. 2015 "Comfort Women" Agreement Between the Republic of Korea and Japan
6. 45th Student Art Exhibition Held in Chiba, Japan and Suppression of Freedom of Expression
7. "Comfort Women" Movement in Other Asian Countries and Canada
8. Collective Efforts Made in the United States Since the 1990s to Bring Justice to Victims of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery
1) Educational Efforts Made in California
2017 California History-Social Science Framework
"Comfort Women" Passage
Significance of Teaching "Comfort Women" History and Issues
Central Themes and Research Topics
San Francisco Unified School District
2) McGraw-HillTextbook Passage Preserves "Comfort Women" History
3) House Resolution 121
Road to House Resolution 121: Six Concurrent Resolutions
Building Momentum
Opposition
Impact of the Passage of House Resolution 121
4) "Comfort Women" Memorials in the United States
San Francisco "Comfort Women" Resolutions, Memorial, and Sister-City Ties with Osaka
"Comfort Women" Resolutions
Women's Column of Strength Installed
Osaka Terminates the Sister-City Relationship with San Francisco
First U.S. "Comfort Women" Memorial in Palisades Park, New Jersey
First California "Comfort Women" Memorial Installed in Glendale, California
Washington, D.C., and Annandale, Virginia
Map of "Comfort Women" Memorials in the United States
9. Chronology: Teaching "Comfort Women" History from the 1990s to Present
II. REFLECTIONS
1. A Reflection and Chronology on the Formation of the "Comfort Women" Justice Coalition ERIC MAR
2. Women's Column of Strength STEVEN WHYTE AND ELLEN WILSON
III. PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS SUNG SOHN
IV.SURVIVORS' TESTIMONIES AND LEGACIES SUNG SOHN
Ⅴ. LESSON PLANS, WORKSHEETS AND ACTIVITY SHEETS
1. LESSON PLANS
1) CHRISTINA TANG
· In Their Own Words
· Everybody Has a Name
· Was Justice Achieved for "Comfort Women"?
· Has Justice Been Achieved for "Comfort Women"?
2) FAYE KWAN
· Remembering and Honoring: Memorials
· Breaking the Silence and Stepping Forward for Justice: Victim Testimonies
· Contemporary Movements Towards Justice
3) ERIN HANLON
· Human Trafficking Then and Now
4) CARRIE SEIDLER
· Sexual Exploitation: A Global Issue
2. WORKSHEETS AND ACTIVITY SHEETS
1) Responding to Testimonies
2) 2015 "Comfort Women" Agreement Worksheet
3) Quick Facts on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery & Map of "Comfort Stations" (Origami Activity)
4) Puzzles
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS