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DESCRIPTION:This discussion centers on the inspiring force of activist&nbsp
 \;<strong>Yuri Kochiyama&nbsp\;</strong>(1921&ndash\;2014)\, whose work to
  build community and solidarity across racial and generational lines in th
 e decades after World War II is a timely model for today&rsquo\;s movement
  building and efforts toward meaningful allyship.\n\nIn the 1960s\, the Ha
 rlem apartment of Yuri and Bill Kochiyama was a hub of community service a
 nd social justice mobilization. During her sixty years of activism\, Yuri 
 was involved in Malcolm X&rsquo\;s Organization of Afro-American Unity\, t
 he Republic of New Africa\, Puerto Rican nationalism\, Japanese American r
 edress and reparations\, and countless actions supporting human rights.\n\
 n<strong>Dr. Karen L. Ishizuka</strong>\, filmmaker and chief curator at t
 he Japanese American National Museum\, moderates a discussion about Yuri&r
 squo\;s life\, influence\, and legacies with singer-songwriter&nbsp\;<stro
 ng>Nobuko Miyamoto</strong>\, public artist&nbsp\;<strong>Tomie Arai</stro
 ng>\, and writer&nbsp\;<strong>Kai Naima Williams</strong>.\n\n<strong>The
  Q&amp\;A will be streamed live on Smithsonian Folklife&rsquo\;s&nbsp\;<a 
 href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaJ0RZvKp2glc63u6MTGS1g" target="_b
 lank">YouTube channel</a>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.facebook.co
 m/smithsonianfolklife/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>&nbsp\;at 9 a.m. 
 (PDT) on Thursday\, July 23.</strong>&nbsp\;Participants will be able to c
 hat and ask additional questions live (you will need to be logged in to Yo
 uTube or Facebook to participate in the chat).\n\n<em>This program is co-p
 resented by the Smithsonian Folklife Festival\, Tadaima! A Community Virtu
 al Pilgrimage\, the Japanese American National Museum\, and the Smithsonia
 n Asian Pacific American Center.</em>\n\nImage:&nbsp\;<em>A Mural for Yuri
  &amp\; Malcolm</em>\, created by artists/activists inspired by the legaci
 es and deep friendship of Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X. Photo courtesy of 
 Nobuko Miyamoto.
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SUMMARY:The Art of Movement and Coalition Building: Learning from Yuri Koch
 iyama
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