BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.2282@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20100219T000000Z DTEND:20100219T000000Z DESCRIPTION:This special evening program will investigate and celebrate the remarkable lives of two Japanese American women\, artist Mine Okubo and f ashion designer Michi Nishiura Weglyn. Both of these women were imprisoned in the U.S. concentration camps during WWII and both become activists fro m that experience.\n\nA screening of the documentary short "Out of Infamy: Michi Nishiura Weglyn" will be followed by a panel discussion on the two women.\n\n<strong>Panelists:</strong>\n<strong>Greg Robinson</strong> \, a uthor of recent books <em>Following Her Own Road</em> and <em>A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America </em>\n<strong>Sharon Ya mato</strong> and <strong>Nancy Kapitanoff</strong> \, Co-directors\, &ldq uo\;Out of Infamy: Michi Nishiura Weglyn&rdquo\; \n\nModerated by <strong> Karin Higa</strong> \, Senior Adjunct Curator\, Japanese American National Museum\, Los Angeles\n\n<strong><em>Free and open to the public.</em> </s trong>\n<strong>To RSVP:</strong> \nUse form on right\, Email <a>apa.rsvp@ nyu.edu</a> \, or Call 212-992-9653 DTSTAMP:20240420T083746Z SUMMARY:Creativity and Activism: Celebrating the Lives of Mine Okubo and Mi chi Nishiura Weglyn URL:/en/events/2010/02/19/creativity-and-activism-celebrating-the-lives-of/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR