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Sawtelle Stories Forum 14

Community Event
In Person
New Center For Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Date: April 23, 2017

Time: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.



WESTSIDE NIKKEI RESETTLEMENT STORIES

Date/Time: Sunday, April 23, 2017, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Location:
New Center For Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025

(Parking in back of building – Enter from Beloit Ave.)

This forum will focus on stories about the resettlement of Westside Nikkei in Sawtelle, Venice and Santa Monica after World War II. Boarding houses, hostels, residences in pre, during, and postwar life are major scope of inquiry.

SPEAKERS

  • Arnold Maeda, Moderator, Long Time Westside Resident
  • Bobby Ideishi, Barrington/La Grange family days and some later personal experiences
  • Phyllis Murakawa, interesting postwar Westside resettlement days
  • Victor Naramura, early Sawtelle real estate enterprise by parents
  • Phyllis Hayashibara, Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument
  • Angie Behrns, Native American parents with Sawtelle nursery
  • Harry Nakada, early Sawtelle resident
  • And Others…

For more information, please contact us at http://sawtellejis.org/contact-us


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