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The Okinawa Memories Initiative is a community history and dialogue project focusing on Okinawa and all the ways that its people, culture, and crises are central to understanding the world today.

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Eisa: Drumming, Dancing and Memory

Eisa: Drumming, Dancing and Memory

With the beginning of the 2020 – 2021 school term on the near horizon and our previous Community Conversation event in our memories, the OMI team is delighted to announce our next program! On Friday, September 25th at 5pm (PST), Professor Chris Nelson (UNC Chapel Hill) will be joining us to discuss Eisa, Obon, dancing…
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Photographic Memory

Photographic Memory

On the heels of a very successful Zoom chat with writer Akemi Johnson, the team at the Okinawa Memories Initiative is excited to kick off a monthly Community Conversation Series.

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