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<p><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Richmond, BC -<b>
<a href="https://stevestonheritage.ca/things-to-do/the-suitcase-project-in-steveston">
<i>The Suitcase Project</i></a></b></span></em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> is a traveling exhibition by Kayla Isomura in collaboration with the
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Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre</a>. A mini-version is currently on display in the Japanese Fishermen’s Benevolent Society Building at
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Steveston Museum and Post Office</a> (3811 Moncton Street, Richmond) until<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> April 21, 2024.</span></strong> Admission is free.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The mini-exhibit explores cultural identity and dispossession in the context of Japanese Canadian and Japanese American internment during the Second World War, and includes some personal stories
and artefacts from past and present Steveston residents. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The Suitcase Project</span></i><span style="font-size:11.5pt"> is the result of a project in which Isomura interviewed over 80 fourth- and fifth-generation Japanese Canadian and Japanese American descendants
of families who were forcibly uprooted and interned during the Second World War. Isomura asked each participant:
<b><i>What would you pack if you were given a moment’s notice before being forcibly uprooted from your home?</i></b></span><i><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/stevestonheritage.ca/things-to-do/the-suitcase-project-in-steveston/https:/suitcaseproject.ca/about__;!!Mv8gn1hbEQ!_m0eEsQ2pti4ZN5xVQR05ev5Vni5EexeCaS_rG6DKaGErHD24MFmC3K41oc4E0v9LmgHSTPVPxT1Qg-nSozopOxcgBA$"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="693" height="469" style="width:7.2222in;height:4.8819in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01DA55DE.91131AE0" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01DA55C8.5E4F5AD0"></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Mimi Horita <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Destination Development Coordinator<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Steveston Heritage Sites| Museum & Heritage Services<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Community Services Division | City of Richmond<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3811 Moncton Street, Richmond BC V7E 3A7<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">C: 778-222-6796 T: 604-238-6111<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">E: <a href="mailto:mhorita@richmond.ca">mhorita@richmond.ca</a> W:
<a href="https://stevestonheritage.ca/">stevestonheritage.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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