Chapters

A program concerning the history and the lessons of civil rights violations carried out against communities or populations on the basis of an individual’s race, national origin, immigration status, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.

Supported by the California State Library.

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What They're
Saying

"The power of story, we need to hear more stories of these immigrants currently being targeted. Who are they? Where did they come from? Who are their families? How did they grow up? And once you start hearing the stories, you soon begin to realize that we're not that different."

Soji Kashiwagi
Chapters, EP548

"The idea that this administration could undercut protests so badly by passing restrictive laws, it's an anathema to our sort of DNA as a country. We were founded on protests. The Boston Tea Party was a protest. It was our move to become a separate nation."

Chessie Thacher
Chapters, EP546

"The ultimate residual foundation that is going to protect this set of principles and the rights of the people who are in this country is our own response as the American people. The stronger our response as the American people, the clearer the voice with which we speak."

Abdi Soltani
Chapters, EP543

“I have always sought out the underdog. I've always sought out the people without a voice. I came of age during the Asian American, the Black, the students of color movements. I came into this field with that burning mission to raise up underutilized or underserved people and voices.”

Teresa Watanabe
Chapters, EP520

"Equity means centering those on the margins. If we don't do the work of getting our communities organized in solidarity with one another, we will fail at this mission ultimately, even though we have a lot of ethnicities and national origins under the umbrella of Asian Pacific Islander."

Hoang Nguyen
Chapters, EP491

Podcast
Series

Chapter Five

Our goal with this new series is to explore the word incarceration as it relates to the experience of Japanese Americans following Executive Order 9066. We also want to consider the word incarceration and its effect on communities, families, and individuals through conversations with artists, community leaders, government officials, historians, journalists, lawyers, and nonprofit organizations.

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Chapter Four

Connecting with community leaders from Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality, Chinese for Affirmative Action, LA Theatre Works, Densho, Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, Get Lit, American Civil Liberties Union, AAPI Equity Alliance, Los Angeles County Library, Equality California, California Tribal Fund, and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.

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Chapter Three

Conversations and perspectives with community leaders at several California nonprofit organizations including, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, California Center for the Arts Escondido, Nichi Bei, Japanese American Citizens League of Monterey Peninsula, Kizuna, San Jose Taiko, Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture, Write Out Loud, Fresno Arts Council, and LA Opera.

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Chapter Two

Following up with Luis Gómez, Mary Adams Urashima, Dr. Kristine Dennehy and Dr. Ester E. Hernández, Dr. Stephanie Takaragawa and Patti Hirahara, and Sam Mihara to see what has changed since we spoke a year ago. Recorded live at Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, The Frida Cinema, Musco Center for the Arts, and OC Fair & Event Center.

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Chapter One

Recorded live in Orange at The Center for Creativity and Culture, featuring conversations with community leaders from the LGBT Center Orange County, Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach, California State University, Los Angeles, California State University, Fullerton, Chapman University, and The Boeing Company.

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