Events at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose
Never Again is Now: Lessons from the Mass Incarceration and Current Activism Panel
Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 4:00 PM 6:00 PM
Japanese American Museum of San Jose
535 North 5th Street
San Jose, CA, 95112
Join us at JAMsj for a Panel Discussion in conjunction with the current Rotating Exhibit, “Never Again is Now,” where our panelists will engage in conversation and share ideas around community activism, allyship and solidarity. It will be an evening of engaging discussion and learnings from our panelists, Dr. Alice Yang, Chizu Omori, Nancy Ukai, Susan Hayase, Kathy Higuchi, and Dr. Yvonne Kwan.
Reception to follow the panel discussion. Free with museum admission.
Events at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery:
The Japanese American Mass Incarceration: Art, Activism, and Multiracial Solidarity Panel
November 17, 2023 | 3 to 6 PM
Page Smith Library, Cowell College
A panel discussion moderated by Alice Yang.
Karen Tei Yamashita, UCSC Literature Professor Emerita, acclaimed author of Letters to Memory, and a 2021 recipient of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, will read from her work, discuss her research, the creation of the Yamashita family archive, and the legacy of the mass incarceration and a loyalty questionnaire for her family and the Japanese American community.
traci kato-kiriyama will read from Navigating With(out) Instruments – a collage of poetry and reflections of intersectional identity & memory – and discuss legacies of silence and collective noise in relation to World War II mass incarceration of Japanese Americans, friendship & solidarity in movement building, and how we can (must) use our voices for collective self-determination and transformation today.
Reception to follow
Never Again is Now Opening Reception at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery
Never Again is Now: Japanese American Women Activists & the Legacy of Mass Incarceration
Saturday, October 7 | 3-6 PM
The Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, Cowell College
Join UCSC alumni Frank Abe and Melissa Bailey Nihei for a panel discussion on women’s activism. Frank will discuss his graphic novel and Mitsuye Endo’s landmark Supreme Court case. Melissa will discuss exhibition development & programming.
A reception will follow.