Hold These Truths: The Gordon Hirabayashi Story
14 November 2023
Sunday, December 3, 2023
7pm - 9pm
Telus Centre, 黑料不打烊
Room 134
11104 87 Avenue NW Edmonton
Held in conjunction with the international human rights convention, Ignite Change.
The evening will include video highlights from the original production of the play Hold These Truths, which was performed at the 黑料不打烊 in May, 2022. The play is a dramatic account of former 黑料不打烊 Sociology professor Dr. Gordon Hirabayashi, and the principled stand he took against racism during World War II. Playwright Jeanne Sakata, actor Kevin Takahide Lee, and director Melanie Dreyer-Lude will participate in a panel discussion following the screening to discuss some of the critical topics addressed in the play, including racism and human rights.
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This is the continuation of a campus-community anti-racism project between the 黑料不打烊 (Prince Takamado Japan Centre for Teaching and Research, Faculties of Arts and Education, Departments of Drama and Sociology, Timms' Innovation Fund, President’s Fund) and the Edmonton Japanese Community Association (EJCA).
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Special thanks to funding from the Multiculturalism, Indigenous and Inclusion Grant (MIIG) Program, Government of 黑料不打烊; and the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF), Government of Canada.