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DESCRIPTION:&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #c21313\;&quot;&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;\n\nSee the
  historic heart of Little Tokyo&amp;mdash\;First Street North&amp;mdash\;through t
 he eyes of artists and activists. Join us for a performance and the screen
 ing of two short documentaries about Little Tokyo&amp;rsquo\;s resilient histo
 ry of fighting displacement and why many call it home\, including the West
  Coast premiere screening of Ken Honjo and Kuniharu Yoshida&amp;rsquo\;s&amp;nbsp\
 ;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;First Street North&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;and Visual Communicati
 ons&amp;rsquo\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;1970s: The Fight for Little Tokyo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/stro
 ng&gt;&amp;nbsp\;which recalls the redevelopment struggle and the fight for housi
 ng\, services\, equal pay\, and the future of Little Tokyo through the acc
 ounts of Evelyn Yoshimura\, Mark Masoka\, David Monkawa\, and Lucien Kubo.
 \n\nThe screening will be followed by an inter-generational panel of commu
 nity organizers discussing Little Tokyo&amp;rsquo\;s history of art and activi
 sm\, which continue to this day through the fight for First Street North. 
 The panelists are musician&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;June Kuramoto&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(Hir
 oshima)\; photographer\, director\, community activist\, and MANO YA co-ow
 ner&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Zen Sekizawa&lt;/strong&gt;\; +LAB Artist in Residence&amp;nbsp\;&lt;
 strong&gt;Amy Sanchez Arteaga&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;of Cog&amp;bull\;nate Collective\; a
 nd nationally known community organizer activist and teaching artist&amp;nbsp\
 ;&lt;strong&gt;Curlydynamite&lt;/strong&gt;.\n\nJoin us in the lobby after the program
  to take your art into action with calligraphy with Japanese calligrapher 
 and hip-hop dancer&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Kuniharu Yoshida&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;and lette
 r writing with multi-disciplinary artist\, writer\, actor\, arts educator\
 , and community organizer&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;traci kato-kiriyama&lt;/strong&gt;.\n\nL
 earn how you can join the movement to stop the erasure of Little Tokyo and
  sustain our historic Japantown for future generations!\n\nThis program is
  presented in conjunction with&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;At First Light: The Dawning of As
 ian Pacific America&lt;/em&gt;. It is free\, but RSVPs are recommended.\n\n&lt;a hr
 ef=&quot;https://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com/9644p/tickets?tab=2&amp;amp\;txobjid=40
 45499c-55d0-48f6-bda7-94f4a59decc3&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;RSVP NOW &amp;gt\;&amp;gt\;&lt;/a
 &gt;\n&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small\;&quot;&gt;In the Tateuchi Democracy Forum&lt;
 /em&gt;\n\nIn conjunction with the exhibition&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.janm.
 org/exhibits/at-first-light/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pac
 ific America&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;\n\nCheck &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.janm.org/events/2019/08
 /#15&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;janm.org&lt;/a&gt; for updates
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SUMMARY:At First Site
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