Join curators from the Berkeley Historical Society and Museum to discuss their current exhibit "Roots\, Removal and Resistance: Japanese Americans in Berkeley".
\nAbout Roots\, Removal and Resistance: Japanese Americans in Ber keley:
\n"One of the remarkable features of this exhibit is a ne wly developed database of more than 1\,100 names and 260 addresses documen ting all the Berkeley residents of Japanese descent who were forcibly remo ved from their homes during World War II and sent to internment camps such as Topaz in Utah. The searchable Berkeley &ldquo\;Here Lived&rdquo\; data base will be available digitally in the museum and displayed as a printed list to memorialize a traumatic history that is within living memory. It w as inspired by the Stolpersteine (&ldquo\;stumbling stones&rdquo\;) memori al project in Europe.
\nClick here to access the Here Lived M ap.
\nThe exhibit also features historic artifacts\, contemporar y artworks\, and illustrated panels about housing and redlining\; the robu st Japanese American business\, religious\, education\, and sports communi ties\; and activism. Personal memories of growing up in Berkeley and famil y photos are included. Research for the project included multiple oral his tory interviews.
\nThe exhibit has been developed primarily by local Japanese Americans Arlene Makita Acuñ\;a\, Gary Tominaga\, Nancy Uk ai\, and David Ushijima\, along with Kathryn Lucchese and BHSM volunteers Jeanine Castello-Lin (chair)\, Aimee Baldwin\, Elina Juvonen\, George Pett y\, Michael Several\, and Chuck Wollenberg.
\nOpen Thursdays\, Frida ys and Saturdays\, 1 to 4 pm. Admission is free (donations appreciated)."< /p>\n
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