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Japanese Internment Project
September 19, 2013 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
will recognize one of the founding members and former
Executive Director of the Harlem Arts Alliance,arts advocate Natsu Ifill.
Featuring
Introduction to the honorees
Remarks by Gary Y. Okihiro, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Words by participating studentsMusic by Soh Daiko
Performance by Harlem’s youth ensemble Impact Repertory Theatre
Explore the impact of civil injustice and its continuing resonance over generations.
Through photographic portraits and reminiscences, the Japanese American Internment Project: If they came for me today…East Coast Stories, explores the lives of seven men and women from New York who were interned or impacted by the incarceration of Japanese American citizens during World War II. This living history exhibit was developed with NYC students who conducted the interviews.
A companion exhibit, Spirit of Community: Japanese American Artists, features the work of three Japanese American artists, all of whom illustrate the timeless role the arts play in shaping, informing and documenting culture.
RSVP to 212-459-1854 or email: [email protected]
Exhibitions are open to the public: September 9-October 11, 2013; Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
Place: The Interchurch Center – 475 Riverside Drive @ 120th Street
Date and time: Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 5:30pm
Community Matters NYC anchor institutions and community partner organizations include: Aaron Davis Hall/City College of New York, Apollo Theater, Columbia University School of the Arts, Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Center, Supportive Children’s Advocacy Center (SCAN), Harlem Arts Alliance (HAA), Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), Shomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and The Interchurch Center.
This program is supported, in part, by Con Edison, New York Council for the Humanities, The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation, The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, and Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg 1992 Charitable Trust, and by public funds from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Council Member Inez E. Dickens and Robert Jackson, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.