Join us as two AANHPI community leaders share their stories of working for change. Speakers will be Dr. Noe Noe Wong-Wilson, Executive Director of the Lālākea Foundation presenting on her community’s deep connections to the land and the Kū Kia’i Mauna movement, and Stanley Shikuma, writer, taiko (Japanese drum) artist, community activist and co-chair of the Seattle chapter of Tsuru for Solidarity, a Japanese American-led social justice organization. This event will be moderated by Kamna Shastri, writer and community outreach coordinator for KUOW Public Radio.

This presentation continues the exploration of regional history and colonialism with personal stories from the early AANHPI communities on the themes “why we are here” and “why we work for change.”

This event is presented by the Institute for Library and Museum Services (IMLS) in conjunction with the exhibits, We Are Changing the Tide: Community Power for Environmental Justice and Resisters: A Legacy of Movement from the Japanese American Incarceration.