Humanities Washington – Clarence Moriwaki presents “Let It Not Happen Again”

When:
June 19, 2019 @ 7:00 pm
2019-06-19T19:00:00-07:00
2019-06-19T19:15:00-07:00
Where:
Cornerstone Presbyterian Church
218 Overhulse Road NW
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Cornerstone Presbyterian Church
(360)754-7749

In March of 1942, 227 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes on Bainbridge Island by the US Army. Starting with this small community, a national strategy began, with more than 120,000 Japanese American men, women, and children forcibly removed and incarcerated during World War II.

Clarence Moriwaki shares the story of Bainbridge Island—the origin point of the Japanese American exclusion—to provide a human, historical account of this national tragedy, and to ask the question: Are there parallels to what’s happening in America now? Moriwaki uses historical images, including historical and current propaganda, to explore the fear, racism, and failure of political leadership that led to these unconstitutional actions during World War II, and why we must not let it happen again.

This event is sponsored by Humanities Washington’s Speakers Bureau program. Find out more about our free, public events across Washington State at www.humanities.org.

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