Poet, educator, and organizer Brynn Saito will share her experiences collaborating with and documenting the stories of survivors of the WWII-era incarceration of the Japanese American community. Over the years, Brynn has engaged in "memory work" with community elders and their descendants, recording stories and using art, poetry, and performance to transmute intergenerational trauma. Brynn will also share new poetry inspired by her family's story of incarceration and discuss how poetry has been a practice of healing and freedom. 

*This event is made possible by the diversity speaker series committee, a diversity committee subgroup committed to bringing equity, diversity, and inclusive events to Butte College.