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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Liva via Zoom video software/app\nPLEASE REGISTER HERE:
 </strong>\n<strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/afrookinawa1" target="_blan
 k">http://tinyurl.com/afrookinawa1</a></strong>\n<em>(We will send the Zoo
 m presentation link to you)\n\n</em><strong>Zoom</strong><strong>のソフ
 トウェア／アプリケーションで\n</strong><a style="font-weight
 : bold\;" href="http://tinyurl.com/afrookinawa1" target="_blank">予約し
 てください\n\n</a>\n\nThe Okinawa Association of America (OAA) in Gar
 dena\, California is a cultural organization that was founded by immigrant
 s and finds strength in inclusivity and our diverse membership. In June\, 
 we published a statement expressing solidarity with marginalized communiti
 es against racism and injustice. We pledged to do what we can to address d
 iscrimination within our own communities and to create platforms for voice
 s that are too often excluded. Our new online series\, "Afro-Okinawan Dial
 ogues\," will be the first step.\n\n"Afro-Okinawan Dialogues" is being org
 anized by a group of young Okinawans who have been active in the OAA and w
 e look forward to the much-needed discussions that will be had. These will
  be safe\, supportive community spaces for sharing and listening\, so we a
 sk audience members to please be considerate and compassionate.\n<strong>\
 nABOUT THE AFRO-OKINAWAN DIALOGUES SERIES:</strong>\nHosted by the Okinawa
  Association of America\, this interactive discussion series will provide 
 a platform to yuntaku (talk story) in a space that centers Black/African d
 escended peoples and their experiences within the Okinawan community. Ackn
 owledging that Japan\, Okinawa and the United States each have their own u
 nique forms of anti-Black racism\, we hope that these dialogues will provi
 de a space to challenge stereotypes and diversify our understanding of Bla
 ckness in Okinawa and the Okinawan diaspora. Each dialogue will be discuss
 ion based and feature a Q&amp\;A with artists\, activists\, academics and 
 community members whose work exists at the intersections of Black and Okin
 awan community issues. Potential topics discussed may include understandin
 g mixed race politics\, dismantling anti-Black racism and celebrating Blac
 k/Okinawan art forms.
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SUMMARY:[VIRTUAL] Afro-Okinawan Dialogues\, Part 1 (Presentation on Black-O
 kinawan Identity)
URL:/en/events/2020/09/27/virtual-afro-okinawan-dialogues-part-1-present/
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