Book Talk: "From Thorns to Blossoms" with Mitzi Asai Loftus

Jacksonville Community Center, 160 E Main St., Jacksonville, OR 97530

This talk features author Mitzi Loftus, a memoirist who has written of her family’s experience with imprisonment during WWII at the Tulelake internment camp, and the subsequent anti-Japanese sentiment following the war’s end. Approximately 120,000 Japanese-Americans, including adults and children, were incarcerated between 1942 and 1945, merely on the basis of their ancestry. Few are still living who can tell about their personal history in these places surrounded by barbed wife fences and armed guards. Lotus’ story is one of resilience, perseverance and self-awareness through very challenging circumstances.

Tickets available. $5.00.

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