During WWII, 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated; two thirds were American citizens. How can lessons from the past help us take better care of all Americans today?

Born in Seattle, Washington, David Sakura is a third generation Japanese-American (Sansei) whose grandfather was a leader in Seattle’s Japanese community during the early 1900s. After the outbreak of World War II, David’s family was involuntarily detained at Camp Harmony, a temporary detention camp, and subsequently transported to Minidoka, a permanent internment camp in Idaho. While David’s father was serving in the U.S. Army, David’s mother and her three boys were released from Minidoka and moved to Milwaukee, WI, where they attended elementary school.

David holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Arizona, and a MPH in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. Upon his retirement in 2008, he was a biotechnology investment banker at a major international Dutch bank.

David will join us via Zoom to talk about his childhood in camp, his life after the war, and how they connect to current events impacting us all.

There are two ways for you to join: 1) via Zoom from your home; or 2) via Zoom in community with others at the bookstore.

To register for the Zoom link, please click here at least 30 minutes before the event starts.

To join via Zoom from the bookstore, please arrive between 4 and 4:30 PM. We will have a screen and projector set up in our event space.