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DESCRIPTION:Join author&nbsp\;<strong>Diane Fujino</strong>\, activist-mini
 ster&nbsp\;<strong>Ron Fujiyoshi</strong>\, and community organizer&nbsp\;
 <strong>Miya Sommers</strong>&nbsp\;in a conversation around Fujino&rsquo\
 ;s newest book\,&nbsp\;<em>Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transf
 ormative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake.</em>&nbsp\;Fujiy
 oshi\, a long time friend of Yasutake\, will share on his experiences work
 ing alongside Yasutake with a shared &ldquo\;jubilee liberation praxis.&rd
 quo\; Sommers will provide context for these stories within the current la
 ndscape of Japanese American community organizing. Portions of an intervie
 w with Yamada by Fujino will also be shared.&nbsp\;\n&nbsp\;\nDemanding li
 beration\, advocating for the oppressed\, and organizing for justice\, Mit
 suye Yamada (1923&ndash\;) and Michael Yasutake (1920&ndash\;2001) rebelle
 d against respectability and assimilation\, charting their own paths for w
 hat it means to be Nisei. Weaving together the stories of two distinct but
  intrinsically connected political lives\,&nbsp\;<em>Nisei Radicals</em>&n
 bsp\;examines the siblings&rsquo\; half century of dedication to global mo
 vements\, including multicultural feminism\, Puerto Rican independence\, J
 apanese American redress\, Indigenous sovereignty\, and more. From displac
 ement and invisibility to insurgent mobilization\, Yamada and Yasutake rej
 ected stereotypes and fought to dismantle systems of injustice.&nbsp\;\n\n
 <a href="https://janmstore.com/products/nisei-radicals" target="_blank"><e
 m>Nisei Radicals</em></a>&nbsp\;is available now from the JANM Store.\n\n<
 strong><a href="https://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com/9644p/tickets?tab=2&amp
 \;txobjid=57812e7a-08ac-42ad-bd4a-dd17dfe18114" target="_blank">RSVP NOW</
 a></strong>\n\nYou will be emailed Zoom links and instructions on how to j
 oin our webinar. Please register with the email that is the best way to re
 ach you. Contact publicprograms@janm.org if you have any additional questi
 ons or specific access concerns.
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SUMMARY:Nisei Radicals with Diane Fujino\, Ron Fujiyoshi\, &amp\; Miya Somm
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