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Day of Remembrance - Tuesday, February 19
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that led to the mass internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans on U.S. soil. Day of Remembrance refers to this historical date and is observed at Tufts, and nationally, to commemorate, educate and increase awareness of this important event in American history. "The Japanese American Internment: A Granddaughter's Perspective"
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Location: Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room
Amy Lee-Tai, J89, and author of a children’s book, A Place Where Sunflowers Grow, will be this year’s Day of Remembrance speaker. Amy’s book, which won a 2007 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, is based on her mother and grandparents’ experiences at the Topaz, Utah internment camp, where her grandparents taught art classes. Amy will give a brief history of the internment, read her book and show slides of her grandmother’s work that inspired the artwork for the book, and talk about the role that art played for the internees. Dinner provided.
Sponsored by the Asian American Center through support from the Toupin Bolwell Fund
Co-sponsored by Asian American Alliance and Japanese Culture Club
Related Links
Jane Addams Prize:
2007 Jane Addams Prize Winners (including Where Sunflowers Grow)
Amy Lee-Tai Radio Interview:
Amy Lee-Tai Interview MP3
Reviews of A Place Where Sunflowers Grow:
http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=711
Hisako Hibi
Hisako Hibi Biography
Hisako Hibi Exhibition
Hisako Hibi Artwork Gallery
Ibuki Hibi Lee Interview:
http://www.asianamericanbooks.com/newslets/nl0705.htm
Day of Remembrance
Day of Remembrance Background
Japanese American Internment Timeline
The Topaz Museum
Topaz Museum Homepage
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