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Something from Nothing Upcoming Program

September 12, 2017 at 5:00 pm - October 30, 2017 at 5:00 pm
  • « Something from Nothing Opening Reception
  • Bob Hamaguchi – Celebration of Life »

Crafting Something from Nothing: Voices from the Camps
Thursday, Sept. 14, 5:00pm-6:30pm – Berman Room, Fromm Hall. Poetry, memoir and performance by survivors and their ancestors, including Brain Koemi Dempster, Florence Ohmura Dobashi, Sato Hashizume, Barbara Hariuchi, Kazuko Iwahashi, Janice Mirikitani, Jon Osaki, Bryan Saito, Toru Saito, Summer Seiki, Harumi Serata, and Michi Tashiro.

Notice to All: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066
Thursday, Oct. 5, 5:30pm-7:30pm –  Mclaren 250. Join USF law professor Bill Ong Hing, with Dean Ito Taylor, Executive Director of API Legal Outreach, and Korematsu legal team members Karen Kai and Robert Rusky as they discuss the legal, social and historical precedent of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the mass imprisonment of Japanese Americans during WWII. Speakers will link the Executive Order to current immigration issues.

Not for Sales: The Ethics of Collecting Cultural Heritage
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 3:00pm-4:20pm – Mclaren 250. A conversation on the ethical implications of collecting, preserving, and exhibition culturally significant objects with Paloma Anoveros, Karren Shorofsky, Rosalyn Tonai, and Nancy Ukai.

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  • Start: September 12, 2017 at 5:00 pm
  • End: October 30, 2017 at 5:00 pm
  • Event Categories: Exhibit, Exhibitions, Exhibitions
  • « Something from Nothing Opening Reception
  • Bob Hamaguchi – Celebration of Life »
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