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Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Incarceration, 80 Years Later

A online memorial/conversation hosted by Colorado College and Brandon Shimoda on the forced removal and mass incarceration of Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans during WWII, and its legacy and ongoing afterlife.

Register: https://coloradocollege.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V2yOdSFiQMmDvbp6pzv8Vw

Featuring descendants/grandchildren of the camps: writer Jami Nakamura Lin, poet Brynn Saito, musician/composer Patrick Shiroishi, and artist/performer Kimiko Tanabe, hosted by Brandon Shimoda, poet/writer and professor of creative writing at Colorado College.

This event is taking place on the 80th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 (February 19, 1942), formalizing removal/incarceration.