Day of Remembrance

Sunday, February 15, 2026. No Choice but to Resist: Program of Remembrance of the signing of E.O. 9066 on February 19, 1942 that allowed the forced removal of all Japanese from the West Coast during WWII. We will premier a documentary on the story of the Minidoka Pilgrimage entitled “To Heal, to Hold, and to Fight” and the short film honoring those murdered in camp at the hands of guards “Dust: Poems for the Vanished” by local artist Glenn Mitsuri and Brandon Shimoda, and the story of the jail at Tule Lake Concentration Camp “Defiant to the Last: Resistance at Tule Lake” by filmmaker Emoiko Omori. A brief panel discussion with the filmmakers will follow the showing. The event is FREE

Included in Pigott Atrium is an exhibit from the School of Law on local hero Gordon Hirabayashi. Exhibit and Doors open at Noon. Program begins at 1:00pm with a taiko performance featuring Seattle University’s own Hidaka Taiko and guests Inochi Taiko and Tobe Daiko. The screenings will follow at 2:15pm.