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The Society of Friends (Quakers) were one of the few groups to publicly defend and support the Japanese Americans during the Second World War. Learn more about their important social justice work and legacy that extends to today. 

Program:

• Remarks from Joe Franko, former AFSC Regional Director
• Video clips of AFSC’s “Spirited Engagement”
• Keynote Speaker: Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, Ph.D., George and Sakaye Aratani Professor of Japanese American Redress, Internment, and Community at UCLA
• Moderated Conversation With: Esther Takei Nishio, first Japanese American student to return to the West Coast, and Jean Hibino, Executive Secretary, Nisei Student Relocation Commemorative Fund
   

Presented in collaboration with Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress, American Friends Service Committee, The George and Sakaye Aratani Endowed Chair, Asian American Studies Center, UCLA, and the National Museum.