BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.5488@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20170118T000000Z DTEND:20180121T000000Z DESCRIPTION:February 19\, 2017\, marks the 75th anniversary of Executive Or der 9066\, the notorious wartime directive that authorized the internment of Japanese citizens and American citizens of Japanese heritage living in the Western United States. This exhibition explores Noguchi&rsquo\;s extra ordinary decision&mdash\;despite being exempt from internment as a residen t of New York&mdash\;to enter the Poston War Relocation Center\, in the Ar izona desert\, hoping to contribute something positive to this forcibly di splaced community\, to which he had never felt more connected. In Noguchi& rsquo\;s words\, &ldquo\;Thus I willfully became part of humanity uprooted .&rdquo\;\n\nSee website for more information:<a href="http://www.noguchi. org/programs/exhibitions/self-interned-1942-noguchi-poston-war-relocation- center">&nbsp\;</a><a href="http://www.noguchi.org/programs/exhibitions/se lf-interned-1942-noguchi-poston-war-relocation-center">http://www.noguchi. org/programs/exhibitions/self-interned-1942-noguchi-poston-war-relocation- center</a> DTSTAMP:20240418T190938Z SUMMARY:Self-Interned\, 1942: Noguchi in Poston War Relocation Center URL:/en/events/2017/01/18/self-interned-1942-noguchi-in-poston-war-relocat/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR