Interfaith Educational Forum, January 28, at 7PM at Cross of Christ.

2020 Interfaith Educational Forum, January 28, 2020 at 7PM at Cross of Christ.

The Ecumenical & Interfaith Committee and the Covenant Committee is pleased to host "Let It Not Happen Again: Lessons of the Japanese American Exclusion” presented by Clarence Moriwaki, president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community and a founder and former president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association.

In March of 1942, 227 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes on Bainbridge Island by the US Army. Starting with this small community, a national strategy of ethnic concentration camps began, with more than 120,000 mostly American born men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry being forcibly removed and incarcerated during World War II. 

Mr. Moriwaki shares the story of Bainbridge Island—the origin point of the Japanese American exclusion—to provide a human, historical account of this national tragedy, and to ask the question: Are there parallels to what’s happening in America now? Mr. Moriwaki uses historical images, including historical and current propaganda, to explore the fear, racism, and failure of political leadership that led to these unconstitutional actions during World War II, and why we must not let it happen again.

Mr. Moriwaki has served as a spokesperson for administrations including the Clinton Administration, the Office of the Governor, and Congressman Jay Inslee.

Please join us for this insightful presentation into a dark time not too long ago when a group of American citizens had their constitutional rights abolished overnight.

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