BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.6456@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20210925T000000Z DTEND:20210925T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<strong>$10 general / FREE for members</strong>\n\nIn this virt ual program\, Susan H. Kamei will discuss her new book\, <em>When Can W e Go Back to America?: Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during WW II</em>\, and the lessons that she hopes readers of all ages will take fro m it. She will be joined in conversation by <strong>William A. Darity Jr.  </strong>\, Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Duke\, and <strong>A. Kirsten Mullen</strong>\, writer\, folklorist\, museum consultant\, and lecturer.\n\n<em>About the book:</em>\n\n<em> </em >\n\n<em></em>In what Secretary Norman Y. Mineta describes as a “landmar k book\,” he and others who lived through the harrowing experience of Am erica’s concentration camps tell the story of their incarceration and th e long-term impact of this dark period in American history. For the first time\, why and how these tragic events took place are interwoven with more than 130 individual voices of those who were unconstitutionally incarcera ted\, many of them children and young adults. Now more than ever\, their w ords will resonate with readers who are confronting questions about racial identity\, immigration\, and citizenship\, and what it means to be an Ame rican.\n\n<a href="https://janmstore.com/">When Can We Go Back to America? : Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during WWII</a> will be avail able in the JANM Store starting September 7th.\n\n<em>This program is pres ented in partnership with the Japanese American Citizens League.</em>\n\n< strong><a href="https://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com/9644p/tickets?tab=2&amp \;txobjid=f4a6e15f-385d-45e1-8cd0-49b021165c7e" target="_blank">RSVP HERE< /a></strong> DTSTAMP:20240419T031227Z SUMMARY:Author Discussion — When Can We Go Back to America? with Susan Ka mei URL:/en/events/2021/09/25/author-discussion-when-can-we-go-back-to-america/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR