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Page 10 n THE ASIAN REPORTER Community September 1, 2014 japanesegarden.com>. COMMUNITY CALENDAR Harvest Moon Festival & Senior Lunch Sep 8, 11am, Fook Lok - Hollywood Loaves & Fishes Center (1907 NE 45th Ave, Portland). Celebrate mid-autumn and a successful harvest while enjoying a five-course Chinese meal and more at the Harvest Moon Festival & Senior Lunch hosted by the Fook Lok - Hollywood Loaves & Fishes Center. For info, call Mary at (503) 281-8109. To Be Takei “Driver Licenses for ALL?” Now showing, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle). Watch To Be Takei, a documentary about actor and activist George Takei. The film follows Takei’s life, including his childhood experiences living with his family in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, his success as Mr. Sulu on the hit show “Star Trek,” his current activities fighting for marriage equality alongside his husband Brad, and more. (USA, 2014, Jennifer Kroot.) See story by Marie Lo, “Where no man has gone before” (AR, May 5, 2014), at <www.asianreporter.com>. For info, including complete dates and showtimes, call (206) 324-9996 or visit <www.siff.net>. Sep 9, 6pm (doors open), 7-9pm (talk), McMenamins Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland). Attend a presentation and discussion about cross-cultural communication held as part of “Race Talks,” a series of free community dialogues. The discus- sion, which is facilitated by trained volunteers from Uniting to Understand Racism, has the topic “Driver Licenses for ALL?” For info, call (971) 222-8254, e-mail <racetalks01@gmail.com>, or visit <www.understandracism.org>. “Uprooted: Japanese American Farm Labor Camps During World War II” “Grit: Asian Pacific Pioneers Across the Northwest” Through Oct 19 (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle). View “Grit: Asian Pacific Pioneers Across the Northwest,” an exhibit highlighting early Asian-Pacific trailblazers and sites in the Pacific Northwest important to their history. The display tells the stories of some of these pioneers, who persisted through challenges of natural disasters, racial discrimination and violence, and the everyday hardships of navigating new territory. For info, call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.org>. “Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge. Shared Science.” Through Dec 8 (daily), 9:30am-7pm, Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, Earth Hall (1945 SE Water Ave, Portland). View a new collaborative exhibit — “Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge. Shared Science.” — that explores the many challenges Native American and native Hawaiian communities face regarding their ecosystems and health. Drawing from traditional knowledge and science, native communities are developing innovative solutions to tackle current ecological and health challenges. For info, call (503) 797-4000 or visit <www. omsi.edu>. See story by Kate Hubbard on page 11. “Labor: A Working History” Through Dec 31 (Tue-Sat), 11am-4pm, Clark County Historical Museum (1511 Main St, Vancouver, Wash.). View “Labor: A Working History,” an exhibit following the path of workers’ rights locally and on a national scale beginning in the 1800s with Hawaiian and Native-American laborers for the Hudson’s Bay Company. The display explores the past, present, and future of local labor through images, words, artifacts, and interactive displays. For info, call (360) 993-5679 or visit <www. cchmuseum.org>. UPROOTED.“Uprooted: Japanese American Farm Labor Camps During World War II,” an exhibit about Japanese Americans who were in- carcerated during World War II, opens September 12 at the Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario, Oregon. The display remains on view through December 12. Pictured are Japanese Americans taking down the Ameri- can flag in the evening near Rupert, Idaho (top photo) and laborers play- ing the game of go at the Farm Security Administration labor camp near Twin Falls, Idaho. (Photos/Russell Lee/Library of Congress, Prints & Pho- tographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, courtesy of the Four Rivers Cul- tural Center) transparency, how the Vietnam War changed the international standing of the United States, and the effects of the Vietnam War on Vietnamese immigrants to the U.S. The event is free and open to the public. For info, call (541) 346-3700 or visit <www. waynemorsecenter.uoregon.edu>. To register (required), visit <www.worldoregon.org>. “In Struggle: Asian American Acts of Resistance” “The Struggle for Recovery: Tohoku and the Japan Tsunami” Through Jan 18 (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle). View “In Struggle: Asian American Acts of Resistance,” an exhibit featuring archival photographs, oral histories, and interactive elements that explore what leads people to resist, the consequences faced, and the work necessary to build successful movements. The display looks at Chinese laundrymen who refused to comply with discriminatory regulations, Japanese Americans who resisted World War II incarceration, protests against the construction of the Kingdome in Seattle’s Chinatown- International District in the 1970s, current campaigns for immigration reform and rights for workers, and more. For info, call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.org>. Sep 5, 6-7pm, Mercy Corps, Aceh Community Room (45 SW Ankeny St, Portland). Attend “The Struggle for Recovery: Tohoku and the Japan Tsunami,” a free talk by Amya Miller, the director of global public relations for the township of Rikuzentakata in Tohoku prefecture. Miller’s presentation provides an update on reconstruction, mental health, and current needs in Rikuzentakata. For info, call (503) 223-1321 or visit <www. “You and Your Racist Brain” Sep 2 & 10, 7pm; Sep 2, Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St, Portland); Sep 10, Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St, Vancouver, Wash.). Attend “You and Your Racist Brain: The Neuroscience of Prejudice,” a talk by Dr. Larry Sherman, a senior scientist at Oregon Health & Science University. Accompanying Sherman are members of the cast of the musical Parade, a theatrical telling of the murder of Mary Phagan and the trial of Leo Frank. The informal science education event is part of “Science on Tap.” For info, call (503) 258-7652 or visit <www.via productions.org>. Volunteer Expo Sep 4, 11am-2pm, Pioneer Courthouse Square (SW Sixth Ave between SW Morrison St & SW Yamhill St, Portland). Learn about local and regional nonprofit organizations and how to get involved with them at the Volunteer Expo. The free event features more than 125 nonprofit and volunteer organizations. For info, call (971) 321-3162 or visit <www.standard.com/ volunteer>. “The Echoes of Vietnam” Sep 4, 7-8:30pm, First Congregational Church (1126 SW Park Ave, Portland). Attend “The Echoes of Vietnam,” a panel discussion focusing on the role of whistleblowers and government IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO WERE LOST SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 For the lives lost in New York City, in Washington, D.C., in Pennsylvania; for those whose loved ones were taken; for those whose world forever changed; we remember the victims, we honor the heroes, we wish for peace. Sep 12-Dec 12 (Mon-Sat), 10am-5pm; Sep 12, 6-8pm (opening event); Four Rivers Cultural Center (676 SW Fifth Ave, Ontario, Ore.). View “Uprooted: Japanese American Farm Labor Camps During World War II,” an exhibit about Japanese-American farm labor camps. On February 19, 1942, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the forced removal and incarceration of more than 120,000 U.S. residents of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Between 1942 and 1944, approximately 33,000 individual contracts were issued for seasonal farm labor, with many incarcerated Japanese Americans working in the sugar beet industry. “Uprooted” tells the story of the first such labor camp in Nyssa, Oregon, which, at its peak, held 350 people. The display includes a selection of images documenting the labor camps near Nyssa as well as the towns of Rupert, Shelley, and Twin Falls, Idaho taken by Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographer Russell Lee. A talk about the exhibit — “The Camp Without a Fence” — is scheduled for September 13 from 3:00 to 5:00pm. For info, call (541) 889- 8191, or visit <www.4rcc.com> or <www.uprootedexhibit.com>. “PP&R 5K races” Sep 14 & Oct 20, 8:45-10:30am; Sep 14, Westmoreland Park (SE McLoughlin Blvd & SE Bybee Blvd, Portland); Oct 20, Pier Park (N Lombard Ave & N Bruce Ave, Portland). Join Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) for a series of 5K races held at Portland parks. Each race costs $5 for adults and is free for participants 17 years old and younger. In addition to the 5K race at 9:00am, the event also features music, a 40-foot rock climbing wall, an 8:45am 1K Fun Run for children eight years old and younger, and more. To register, call (503) 823-2525 or visit <www.5dollar5k.com>. To view a complete schedule of races, visit <www.portlandparks.org>. Forum on racial impact statements Sep 16, noon-1pm, Oregon State Capitol, Hearing Room 50 (900 Court St NE, Salem, Ore.). Join Oregon state senator Chip Shields (District 22: N/NE Portland) for an informational forum about addressing racial disparities in the 2015 legislative session through the implementation of racial impact statements. The Oregon State Legislature last passed racial impact statement legislation in the 2013 legislative session. Racial impact state- ments are a relatively new tool developed to estimate the impacts of proposed child-welfare and criminal-sentencing legislation on racial minority populations. The forum is open to the public. For info, call (503) 231-2564, e-mail <sen.chipshields@state.or.us>, or visit <www.oregonlegislature.gov/shieldsc>. 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