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Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, and Ross Ishikawa

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Date: June 26, 2021

Time: 1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.



All members are invited to this exclusive conversation and Q&A with the creators behind We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration.

Frank Abe wrote and directed the PBS film on the largest organized resistance to incarceration, Conscience and the Constitution. He won an American Book Award for JOHN OKADA: The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy and is co-editing a new anthology of incarceration literature for Penguin Classics. He blogs at Resisters.com.

Tamiko Nimura is an Asian American (Sansei/Pinay) writer living in Tacoma, Washington. Her training in community journalism, literature, and American ethnic studies (MA, PhD, University of Washington) prepared her to research, document, and tell the stories of people of color. She can be found at tamikonimura.net. (Photo credit: Josh Parmenter)

Ross Ishikawa is a cartoonist and animator living in Seattle. He is working on a graphic novel about his parents and their coming of age during World War II. His work is online at rossishikawa.com.

This program is FREE for all members, but RSVPs are required in advance at the link below, by email to memberevents@janm.org, or phone at 213.830.5646. Space is limited so RSVP today!

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Join us for the book discussion after the meet-and-greet at 2:00 pm (PDT): We Hereby Refuse with Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, and Ross Ishikawa

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