but equally if not more powerful.

and community trauma that has continued to impact generations of Japanese Americans 80 years later.is director of the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture.

Transformative creativity will be woven throughout the four-day event with presentations and performances by poets.and truths that are often difficult to express in words when it comes to trauma and repair.and actors evoking powerful insights.

will open the first plenary session with a discussion about her personal journey to uncover her familys trauma and the importance of understanding Japanese American collective trauma history from a cultural as well as psychological trauma perspective.begin to gain a better understanding of their parents and themselves.

The project draws on Japanese and Japanese American cultural traditions of honoring elders and ancestors through building of monuments of remembrance to repair the racial karma of America.

Like the treasured celadon bowl that lay fractured for decades.This not only includes former students of Kazue Kudo.

the group will host a reunion and workshop for koto players as well as other events throughout the year.and play those many pieces we learned years ago.

The George and Sakaye Aratani CARE Award and UCLAs Asian American Studies Center.We hope to reunite the hundreds of koto players in Southern California.