tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60810262011-04-21T12:51:01.385-07:00A POET'S THOUGHTS, A PERFORMER'S APPEARANCES, A THEATRE COMPANY'S TRAVELSmaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560540107522765531noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081026.post-1106022931699753112005-01-17T20:35:00.000-08:002005-01-17T20:35:31.700-08:00

1. American and Japanese Relocation in World War II; Fact Fiction & Fallacy, Lillian Baker, Webb Research Group Publishers 1996 Principally a rich compendium of primary-source documents, maps and photographs, this book is a must-read for anyone wishing to assess the conditions in the relocation camps. The myth of the “Japanese concentration camp” falls before the onslaught of Baker’s evidence and

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Position Paper #4: WHY WERE THE ETHNIC JAPANESE IN HAWAII NOT EVACUATED? An question often raised is this: Why was there no evacuation of ethnic Japanese from Hawaii? The question is an excellent one and one on which much has been written. Executive Order 9066 empowered military authorities to designate military zones and to exclude designated individuals from those zones. Areas so designated

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POSITION PAPERS #3: WHAT WERE THE RELOCATION CAMPS REALLY LIKE? To give you an idea of what life was like in the relocation centers, I would like to begin by quoting for you from An Enemy Among Friends by Kiyoaki Murata. Murata, who died only this past summer of 200411/15/04, was a Japanese student stranded in the United States when war broke out between America and Japan. Respecting his time at

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(My thanks to C.M. for the suggestion!) POSITION PAPER #1: IT’S CONTROVERSIAL! To: Parents of 6th Graders Re: “Leaving Our Island” If you have been reading newspapers or listening to the radio, you know that our school district is in the middle of a controversy. I am writing to ask for your help in urging our school administrators to bring the 6th grade curriculum into compliance with their own

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POSITION PAPER #2: THE TEACHERS CAN’T BE THAT WRONG, CAN THEY? You may be asking yourself, “Can it really be true that the curriculum at Sakai is so screwed up? Can’t we trust our teachers to teach the kids history?” For the answer, you have to look farther than “Leaving Our Island” would have you look. You have to look to the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1988 and the agenda which it promotes.

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POSITION PAPER #1: IT’S CONTROVERSIAL! To: Parents of 6th Graders Re: “Leaving Our Island” If you have been reading newspapers or listening to the radio, you know that our school district is in the middle of a controversy. I am writing to ask for your help in urging our school administrators to bring the 6th grade curriculum into compliance with their own Policy/Procedure 2331 for teaching

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Life goes on and changes. Now: essays. If you want to see, Google my name + "Bainbridge." We are advocating for historial accuracy re the teaching of WWII history in 6th grade. Currently, we see propaganda for the young. What happened? Many supporters from around the nation, even from Japan. Watch Mainichi Times, NPR, Bremerton Sun, Seattle Times, etc. Please email with (rational only)

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What a long time it's been. How to express the sense of dislocation, both personal and political???? Perhaps the misspellings are a key. Hard to write poetry at this time. New stuff arrives and it is dense and sticky, with image piling on image. The impulse is to create a picture, an experience, rather than to fancy the words. "These low sullen smokes . . ." Can't you see it? I heard a high

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Kent Chadwick and Mary Dombrowski are organizing a benefit for the Barbara Morrison video project. During 2003 and supported by a grant from the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities, Barbara oversaw the studio taping of a dozen or so island poets. Marian MacDonald was among them. The tapes of the readings/performances await editing and screening. Funds are needed to complete the project.

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An old poet friend has passed on, one who leant constant encouragement and provided multiple opportunities: Marion MacDonald, you will be missed! You perched so lightly in your last years, you were so frail -- and the poems were muscular by contrast. You wrote of herds of cattle, dogs in packs, ferocious traffic. You wrote of your struggles without romanticizing them. Guide us yet, Muse and

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Just a year ago we were readying our performance of "Four Sundays" for a full Advent Season of performances. Living Water Theatre performs liturgical theatre in sacred spaces -- "liturgical drama" meaning dramatic performance based on texts from Sacred Scripture and relying on a repetitional form. For example, our "Four Sundays" tells the an Everyman who attends Mass (relunctantly at first)

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get rid of this ad | advertise here A poet's thoughts, a performer's appearances, a theatre company's travels Archives 11/01/2003 - 11/30/2003 MARY VICTORIA DOMBROWSKI & LIVING WATER THEATRE Friday, November 14, 2003 Hi. Thanks for visiting my website on it's premiere voyage Today I had two teenage technies begin to set up a site for me. With several false starts (Who can read a Works

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