"The past isnʻt even past"
Channel: EMC Leeward CC
Date: 2023-04-27

February 19, 1942, also known as the Day of Remembrance, commemorates President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066, the presidential directive that authorized the forced removal of 125,321 Nikkei (individuals of Japanese ancestry) to concentration camps across the continental U.S. and the territory of Hawai'i.  This presentation reflects on the historical antecedents of the Nikkei incarceration and considers its relevance for us today amid our heightened climate of racial animus and  political intolerance.

Mahalo to the following individuals and organizations that made this presentation possible: 
Sharon S. Narimatsu and the Sharon S. Narimatsu Innovation Award
Erin Thompson, Coordinator of the Leeward CC Innovation Center for Teaching and Learning
An Hollowell, Public Services Specialist, Leeward CC Library and Learning Commons
Michael Oishi and Jerry Takesono and the Takesono family.