Coming together for a panel discussion about Asian American representation in media are three local members of the community, LeiLani Nishime, professor of Communication at the University of Washington and grants manager for the Seattle Asian American Film Festival, Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Gainor, activist, dancer/choreographer, and arts administrator with Seattle Opera, and Brett Kodama, cinematographer and Director of 2016 documentary short One-Two-One-Seven about Japanese incarceration. Through the night, attendees will hear from different perspectives and gain a better understanding of what it means to have Asian American representation in our consumption of media.

This online event will be the 6th Northwest Nikkei Museum (NNM) speaker series on Friday, August 20th starting at 7PM (PDT) via Zoom. Free to attend, but registration & required. Registration will close on August 19th, so don’t delay! Zoom sign-in is required to attend this event.

◆ Register Online*
https://forms.gle/mxTva8xoX4Fa7cPv8
*Registration will close on August 19th.

◆ Learn more about the Speaker Series
https://www.jcccw.org/speaker-series