Join curators from the Berkeley Historical Society and Museum to discuss their current exhibit "Roots, Removal and Resistance: Japanese Americans in Berkeley."
Join curators from the Berkeley Historical Society and Museum to discuss their current exhibit "Roots, Removal and Resistance: Japanese Americans in Berkeley".
About Roots, Removal and Resistance: Japanese Americans in Berkeley:
"One of the remarkable features of this exhibit is a newly developed database of more than 1,100 names and 260 addresses documenting all the Berkeley residents of Japanese descent who were forcibly removed from their homes during World War II and sent to internment camps such as Topaz in Utah. The searchable Berkeley “Here Lived” database will be available digitally in the museum and displayed as a printed list to memorialize a traumatic history that is within living memory. It was inspired by the Stolpersteine (“stumbling stones”) memorial project in Europe.
Click here to access the Here Lived Map.
The exhibit also features historic artifacts, contemporary artworks, and illustrated panels about housing and redlining; the robust Japanese American business, religious, education, and sports communities; and activism. Personal memories of growing up in Berkeley and family photos are included. Research for the project included multiple oral history interviews.
The exhibit has been developed primarily by local Japanese Americans Arlene Makita Acuña, Gary Tominaga, Nancy Ukai, and David Ushijima, along with Kathryn Lucchese and BHSM volunteers Jeanine Castello-Lin (chair), Aimee Baldwin, Elina Juvonen, George Petty, Michael Several, and Chuck Wollenberg.
Open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 1 to 4 pm. Admission is free (donations appreciated)."
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Cultural & Heritage |
