Event

Pearl Harbor Day: Clarence Moriwaki Live-Stream Talk

Join AHB on Dec. 7 at 11am for a livestream talk by Washington Humanities Speaker, Clarence Moriwaki. His talk will coincide with the commemoration of Pearl Harbor Day.

In March of 1942, 227 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes on Bainbridge Island by the US Army. Starting with this small community, a national strategy began, with more than 120,000 Japanese American men, women, and children forcibly removed and incarcerated during World War II.

Clarence Moriwaki shares the story of Bainbridge Islandthe origin point of the Japanese American exclusionto provide a human, historical account of this national tragedy, and to ask the question: Are there parallels to whats happening in America now? Moriwaki uses historical images, including historical and current propaganda, to explore the fear, racism, and failure of political leadership that led to these unconstitutional actions during World War II, and why we must not let it happen again.

Moriwaki is the president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community and a founder and former president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association. Moriwaki has written guest editorials on the subject that have been published nationwide. Moriwaki has served as a spokesperson for administrations including the Clinton Administration, the Office of the Governor, and Congressman Jay Inslee.

Moriwaki lives on Bainbridge Island.

Location

Zoom

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

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