Celebrate and learn about the life of Yuri Kochiyama for her 103rd birthday!
Yuri Kochiyama is an iconic figure in the Asian American community as a civil rights and social movement builder. We invite researchers, educators, counselors, students, and lifelong learners to learn about Yuri’s journey for social justice through her rare and revealing documents and ephemera left for posterity.
Presenters will take you on a tour of:
- Exhibition tracing Yuri’s journey of politicization & growth to becoming an organizer & social movement activist
- New digital collections containing over unique 4,000 items from her collection housed at UCLA
- Resources and reflections to learn from Yuri and the life she led
Featuring Speakers:
Akemi Kochiyama, Granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama, Co-Director of the Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project, and Co-Editor of Passing It On: A Memoir by Yuri Kochiyama
Marji Lee, Library Coordinator / Information Specialist / Archivist, UCLA Asian American Studies Center
Daniel H. Kim, Yuri Kochiyama Website Developer, UCLA Asian American Studies Center
Diane C. Fujino, Curator of Yuri Kochiyama Digital Exhibition and Professor of Asian American Studies at UCSB
Kristen Hayashi, Director of Collection Management & Access and Curator of Exploring America’s Concentration Camps: Carry On, Crusaders at the Japanese American National Museum
Darlene Lee, UCLA Teacher Education Program (TEP) Faculty Advisor; Ethnic Studies Teacher Education
Moderated by Karen Umemoto, Helen and Morgan Chu Chair and Director, UCLA Asian American Studies Center
