Japanese American National Museum

At that point, my dad had passed away, but that was a two-part series.

A number of stories at the Japanese American National Museum, Just different stuff.

Yeah.

And and for because this is one of your two most crucial stories to you, the other one is being students rising above.

And the last stitch on that particular object was sewn by Seuss's cousin, Amico.

And it's currently held in the collection of Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.

I don't know if it's currently on display.

I know back in 2015 it was.

between American citizens of Japanese ancestry and the Japanese nation with which we were at war.

Now, the Japanese American National Museum announcing a substantial donation from the actor and his husband, Brad Takei, pledging in the future to gift their entire $21 million estate to the museum.

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On the one-year anniversary of the ice raids in June, Chirla gathered a group of leadership to come together and to mark the moment.

It was at the Japanese American Museum, and the welcome from the museum was a powerful link.

of the past unconstitutional taking of a community to be put in internment camps to the moment that we are living right now when the immigrant, many in our immigrant community are being taken to unsafe and inhumane detention facilities.

The gathering at the one year mark was a reminder of how important it is to stop inside of the whirlwind and to reflect on where we are and where we can be going together.

Finally, Ben, how will a national LGBTQ plus museum benefit the wider community?

I think in the same way that the National Holocaust Memorial Museum or the National Museum of African American History and Culture or the Japanese American National Museum have done We will as well.

Our country is richer for these institutions and we're all better informed because of them.

I have learned so much at those institutions that go deep into histories that are not part of my own lineage.

So I wonder like, Is there a balance in what you're saying? Could somebody open up the Stan Sakai Usagi Ojimbo Museum and just have all of your artwork there so that future generations could see it all and know that it's all cared for by one place,

one person? I think it was 2012, Year of the Rabbit, I did an exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum.

They were welcome to use whatever artwork I had at that time.

And it was a major exhibition.