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DESCRIPTION:&lt;span style=&quot;color: #c21313\; font-weight: bold\;&quot;&gt;FREE\n\n&amp;ldq
 uo\;Nima&amp;rdquo\; are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hail
 ing from all around the world\, they each bring unique experiences and per
 spectives to the site&amp;rsquo\;s rich archive of stories. &amp;ldquo\;Nima Voice
 s&amp;rdquo\; is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief\, 
 but enlightening\, interviews! In the second episode\, hear from Discover 
 Nikkei contributor &lt;strong&gt;Erik Matsunaga&lt;/strong&gt; as he is interviewed by
  our guest host\, award-winning author &lt;strong&gt;Naomi Hirahara&lt;/strong&gt;.\n\
 nIn addition to sharing his stories on Discover Nikkei\, &lt;strong&gt;Erik Mats
 unaga&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo\;s investigations into the history of Chicago&amp;rsquo\;
 s Japanese American community have been featured by the Japanese American 
 National Museum\, Alphawood Gallery\, WBEZ Radio\, and the Newberry Librar
 y. Born in Chicago\, a descendant of WWII-era Nikkei resettlers from Calif
 ornia\, he curates &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/windycitynikkei/&quot; ta
 rget=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@windycitynikkei&lt;/a&gt;&amp;mdash\;&amp;ldquo\;Bite-sized Glimpses of J
 apanese American Chicago&amp;rdquo\;&amp;mdash\;on Instagram. &lt;a href=&quot;/journal/au
 thor/matsunaga-erik/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Read Erik&amp;rsquo\;s work here&lt;/a&gt; bef
 ore tuning in for this live interview and Q&amp;amp\;A on the Discover Nikkei 
 YouTube channel.\n\nNaomi Hirahara is the author of the Edgar Award-winnin
 g Mas Arai mystery series\, which features a Kibei Nisei gardener and atom
 ic-bomb survivor who solves crimes\, Officer Ellie Rush series\, and now t
 he new Leilani Santiago mysteries. A former editor of The Rafu Shimpo\, sh
 e has written a number of nonfiction books on the Japanese American experi
 ence and several 12-part serials for Discover Nikkei. Her historical myste
 ry\, Clark and Division\, set in 1944 Chicago\, will be released in August
  2021 by Soho Crime. &lt;a href=&quot;/journal/author/hirahara-naomi/&quot; target=&quot;_bl
 ank&quot;&gt;Read Naomi&amp;rsquo\;s stories on Discover Nikkei.&lt;/a&gt;\n\nWatch the prog
 ram live on the Discover Nikkei&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/use
 r/DiscoverNikkei&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;YouTube channel&lt;/a&gt; on December 15\, 202
 0 at 5 p.m. (PST)\n\n&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4_b_PzE_fY&quot;
  target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WATCH HERE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;We encour
 age you to subscribe to our channel&amp;nbsp\;so you will be notified when the
  video is streaming live.&lt;/em&gt;
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SUMMARY:Discover Nikkei’s Nima Voices: Episode 2—Erik Matsunaga
URL:/en/events/2020/12/15/discover-nikkeis-nima-voices-episode-2erik-mats/
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