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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
3:00pm EDT/12:00pm PDT
Panelists:
Shirley Ann Higuchi, JD
Shirley Ann Higuchi is Senior Director of the American Psychological Association’s Office of Legal & State Advocacy, and Chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation. The daughter of Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII, she is a national leader in the Japanese American community and recently published Setsuko’s Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration.
Satsuki Ina, PhD
Dr. Satsuki Ina is a psychotherapist, activist, writer, filmmaker, and Professor Emeritus at California State University, Sacramento. Born in the Tule Lake concentration camp for Japanese Americans during WWII, she is a co-founder of Tsuru for Solidarity, a nonviolent, direct action project of Japanese American social justice advocates working to build solidarity with other communities of color and coordinate intergenerational, cross-community Healing Circles for Change.
Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD
Dr. Arthur Evans is CEO of the American Psychological Association, the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. A clinical and community psychologist and health care innovator, he is internationally recognized for employing research, activism, spirituality, clinical care, policy, and cross-system collaborations to advance social justice and change the status quo.
Moderator:
Aura (Sunada-Matsumura) Newlin
Aura Newlin is an anthropologist, educator, public speaker, and Board Secretary of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation. She actively educates about the contemporary relevance of Japanese American incarceration, and regularly delivers presentations to legal and lay audiences around the country.
With opening and closing remarks from:
David Inoue
David Inoue is Executive Director of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), The Nation’s Oldest and Largest Asian American/Pacific Islander Civil Rights Organization. A respected leader with a background in health care policy and administration, his passion for social justice fuels his work as an administrator, strategic partner, and civil rights advocate.
Maysa Akbar, PhD
Dr. Maysa Akbar is Chief Diversity Officer of the American Psychological Association. A respected scientist-practitioner, instructor, and equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) trainer, she specializes in racial identity development, racism, urban trauma, and allyship.
Healing Fractured Communities
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
3:00pm EDT/12:00pm PDT
Healing Fractured Communities
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
3:00pm EDT/12:00pm PDT