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DESCRIPTION:Date and time: Thu, January 20, 2022 @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM PST\n\nThis year 
 marks the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which led to World War 
 II incarceration of over 120,000 in American of Japanese decent.\n\nJoin 
 Take PART (Portland Anti-Racism Team) on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 7:00 
 pm Pacific Time, for a presentation by Toby Asai Loftus who will present a 
 talk about the incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans, including 
 his mother’s family. \n\nToby’s talk will cover the arrival of his 
 grandparents in the United States; the anti-Asian laws and racism prior to 
 WWII; Executive Order 9066, which mandated the incarceration of Japanese 
 Americans; his uncles’ service in the U.S. armed forces; and the racism 
 his family faced upon their return home.\n\nToby’s mother, Mitsuko 
 (Mitzi) Asai, was a fourth grader in Hood River when she and her family 
 were forced to leave their home and sent to guarded “relocation 
 centers,” first in Tule Lake, CA and later in Heart Mountain, WY. The 
 Asais, like more than 120,000 other Japanese people, were rounded up and 
 incarcerated in the barbed wire-enclosed camps during World War II without 
 charge, due process, or conviction for any crime. Their only “crime” 
 was being of Japanese heritage.\n\nToby Asai Loftus has assisted his mother 
 with many talks on this subject and has accompanied her on pilgrimages to 
 the Tule Lake and Heart Mountain relocation centers.\n\nMitzi Asai Loftus 
 received a BA from the University of Oregon in 1954, and taught at Creswell 
 High School. She received a Fulbright teacher’s grant to teach English as 
 a foreign language in Shizuoka, Japan. Mitzi is the author of Made in Japan 
 and Settled in Oregon, a memoir of her family's history that includes their 
 experiences during World War II. Mitzi spent 47 years as an educator and 
 raised three sons.\n\nThe mission of Take PART is to confront racism and to 
 engage in dismantling the systems that perpetuate ingrained racial 
 inequality. We do this through events, education, and outreach that foster 
 engagement in building community where all people are treated with equality 
 and respect. \n\nRSVP: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/japanese-american-incarceration-my-mothers-experience-tickets-235075867247\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/01/16/18847386.php
SUMMARY:'My Mother's Experience': Author Toby Asai Loftus on WWII Japanese American Incarceration
LOCATION:Online event
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/01/16/18847386.php
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