WWII Japanese American internment camps in Arizona talk

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    Carolyn Classen
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    When:
    April 11, 2018 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm
    2018-04-11T18:00:00-07:00
    2018-04-11T19:45:00-07:00
    Where:
    Himmel Park branch Library
    1035 N Treat Ave
    Tucson, AZ 85716
    USA
    Community Events Tucson AZ
    civil rights Gila River camp Japanese Americans Poston camp SAJCC Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition WWII Japanese American internment camps

    Dr. Min Yanagihashi is a retired Professor from East Asian Studies Dept. at University of Arizona. He is Nisei (2nd generation) from Honolulu, Hawaii. This event is sponsored by the SAJCC (Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition, on which Dr. Yanagihashi is a Council member).

    Info: www.southernazjapan.org

    Carolyn’s note:  I’m the website Editor of our SAJCC and also on the Council since its inception in 2012.

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    Carolyn Classen
    Carolyn Classen
    Carolyn Sugiyama Classen, a life long Democrat, was born & raised in the State of Hawaii, was a Legislative Aide for U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye on Capitol Hill, and practiced law for a while. In Tucson she worked as a tribal staff attorney for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and later was the Interim Executive Director of the now defunct Domestic Violence Commission. In 2008 she became a “My Tucson” guest columnist for the Tucson Citizen newspaper, then continued blogging for Tucsoncitizen.com for over four and a half years. Her blogsite was entitled “Carolyn’s Community” about community events and some political news, until Gannett Publishing shut down the site on January 31, 2014. She started with Blog for Arizona on Feb. 11, 2014. Part time she has been sitting as a Hearing Officer in Pima County Consolidated Justice Courts Small Claims Division since April, 2005. She is married to University of Arizona Distinguished Professor Albrecht Classen, a native of Germany. They have one son, who lives in Seattle, WA with his wife and daughter. She is also the Editor of the Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition website, www.southernazjapan.org (since Jan. 2013).

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