ORANGE — A Day of Remembrance observance will be ?????? ?????? ??????? ???????held on Monday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m. at Argyros Forum, Room 209ABC, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities,, and Social Sciences, Chapman University.
The theme: “Resisters: Japanese American Incarceration Stories.” Featured speaker will be Frank Abe, lead author of the graphic novel “We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration.”
Abe, who is also known for his documentary “Conscience and the Constitution,” will engage in conversation with Prof. Rei Magosaki and Audrey Fong of TheSoapberry Reviewabout the forthcoming Penguin Classics anthology “The Literature of Japanese America Incarceration.”
A raffle, refreshments and origami paper crane crafts will follow.
The event is being held in conjunction with Prof. Stephanie Takaragawa’s online exhibit “Images and Imaginings of Internment: Comics and Illustrations of Wartime Incarceration.”
Sponsored by Asian American Studies; Department of Peace and Justice Studies; Leatherby Libraries; MA in War, Diplomacy, and Society; Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Yamagishi Endowment for Asian Studies.
Event organizer: Alejandra Mijes at [email protected]. Event link: https://events.chapman.edu/92077
Author’s website: https://resisters.com/
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