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Discussion: Graphic Novel about Resisting Japanese American Imprisonment

Japanese American National Museum 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, United States

The new graphic novel, “We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration,” presents an original vision of America’s past with disturbing links to the American present. Through the distinct but interconnected stories of Jim Akutsu, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, and Mitsuye Endo, three Japanese Americans who resisted imprisonment in American concentration camps during WWII, We Hereby […]

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Celebrate Diversity Together at The Unity Center!

The California Museum 1020 O Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

The Unity Center exhibit at the California Museum celebrates the state’s diverse people, customs and cultures. Initiated in 1999 in response to a series of Northern California hate crimes, the Center’s interactive multimedia exhibits highlight leaders in the state’s rich civil rights history and encourage visitors to find common ground while embracing their own individuality. […]

Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece Activity Guide

Japanese American National Museum , United States

Created to accompany the exhibition "Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13660," this guide uses prompts and activities to encourage thoughtful reflection and art making inspired by JANM’s collections of Okubo’s illustrations. Use this resource at home or in the classroom with the museum’s digital repository of Okubo’s work.

Women Inspire: California Women Changing Our World

The California Museum , United States

Discover the stories of selected Golden State women from the 1700s to present who inspire change and reflection on the ongoing struggle for equality in the online version of the signature exhibit “Women Inspire: California Women Changing Our World.”

Pleasure, Power, and Sexual Liberation: Group meditation and discussion

Rubin Museum of Art , United States

What actions can we take to heal a society reeling from the abuse of power in the realms of gender and sexuality? Tibetan Buddhist lama and Harvard-trained theologian Rod Owens is known for bringing ease, authenticity, and humor to “the stuff we’re scared to talk about.” Join him and Compassionate Action Series host Kate Johnson […]

Fresh Talk: Place and Power

National Museum of Women in the Arts , United States

To what degree are identities shaped by food exchanges—from cultivation and harvest to preparation and consumption? In this virtual program, food rights activist Ianne Fields Stewart, interdisciplinary artist Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, culinary historian Laura Shapiro, and interdisciplinary artist Zina Saro-Wiwa discussed questions of global food access, gender, class, and labor.

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Revolutionary Questions

ActiVote , United States

Viewed through a wider lens, declaring independence involved more than a single document and a single historical moment. Before July 1776, numerous local organizations had urged the Congress to embrace independence. And it was not just “Founding Fathers” but also a broader population whose actions gave the Declaration meaning. A broad-based Founding Generation—ordinary free men, […]

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How Women’s Sports Have Progressed Since Title IX

UT Center for Sport, Peace & Society , United States

On June 23, to celebrate 50 years of Title IX, the UT Center for Sport, Peace and Society will launch a website that includes interactive global maps highlighting the connection between national and international laws and policies to the history and progression of women’s sports. This multimedia storytelling and research project champions the fearless superheroes […]

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How young, undocumented organizers fought to bring DACA into existence

Smithsonian's National Museum of American History , United States

Undocumented organizers catapulted themselves into the center of one of the nation’s fiercest debates to form an unlikely, yet powerful, political voice. From the DREAM Act, to DACA, to deportation and policing, undocumented organizers ushered in a new era of political activism, shaping policies, influencing elections, and sparking national conversations about exclusion and belonging.   The […]

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How one girl helped build a Latinx civil rights movement

Smithsonian's National Museum of American History , United States

By the time she graduated high school, Jessica Govea knew without a doubt that social justice was her calling, and at the age of 19 she joined Cesar Chavez and the organization that would eventually become the United Farm Workers (UFW).

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Isabella Aiukli Cornell makes prom political

Smithsonian's National Museum of American History , United States

For Isabella Aiukli Cornell, a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, a prom dress was the perfect vehicle to express pride for her Native heritage and to signal her support of a growing political movement with which she has been deeply involved.

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