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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Tom Ikeda</strong>\, Founder and Executive Director of 
 <strong>Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project</strong> will discuss
  how the WWII Japanese American incarceration happened during a time of fe
 ar\, and how we are seeing similar fears manifest in America today. He wil
 l also share how immigration bans\, discriminatory laws and imprisonment i
 n an American concentration camp affected his Gold Star Japanese immigrant
  grandparents. In 1996\, Tom founded Densho\, a nonprofit organization bas
 ed in Seattle\, dedicated to preserving\, educating and sharing the story 
 of World War II-era incarceration of Japanese Americans in order to deepen
  understandings of American history and inspire action for equity. He has 
 received numerous awards including the Humanities Washington Award for out
 standing achievement in the public humanities\, the National JACL Japanese
  American of the Biennium award for Education and the Microsoft Alumni Int
 egral Fellows Award.
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SUMMARY:“Why the Japanese American Incarceration Matters Today” with De
 nsho Executive Director Tom Ikeda
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