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SUMMARY:Monday Enrichment - Chicago's Japanese-American History: Resettleme
 nt Stories
LOCATION:Nineteenth Century Charitable Association 178 Forest Avenue Oak Pa
 rk
DESCRIPTION:The Japanese American Service Committee (JASC)\, founded in 194
 6 as the Chicago Resettlers Committee\, invites you to explore the remarka
 ble story of Chicago's Japanese American community. Community historian an
 d writer Erik Matsunaga will share the little-known history of post-World 
 War II resettlement\, followed by moving\, firsthand accounts from partici
 pants in JASC's Oral History Project. Through these personal stories of re
 silience and change\, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the political 
 and socioeconomic shifts that shaped Chicago in the decades after the war-
 culminating in an open discussion and Q&A with the audience. Mike Tanimura
  joined the Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) board in 2004 and s
 erved as president from 2008 to 2012. He chairs the Japanese Community Pic
 nic\, a major annual gathering for "new lssei\," "new Nisei\," and Japanes
 e residents. A lifelong advocate for judo\, he has served on the board of 
 Tohkon Judo Academy since 1995. Linda Suzu Kawano is a lifelong Chicagoan 
 whose American-born parents resettled in the city after WWII. Founder of G
 roup Optima\, she holds a doctorate in Biological Science and Experimental
  Pathology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. The third presenter
  is Ross Harano. Free and open to the public. Donations are welcome! To li
 ve stream this program\, visit our website. A recording will also be avail
 able from the website one week later. https://ncca.memberclicks.net\n\nhtt
 ps://www.oprfchamber.org/events/94045
URL:https://www.oprfchamber.org/events/94045
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