september 2017

16sep(sep 16)3:00 pmSharing Stories, Joyce Kubose3:00 pm

Time

saturday, september 16, 3:00PM

Event Details

Joyce Kubose’s parents, Reverend Gyomay and Mrs. Minnie Kubose, founded the Chicago Buddhist Church (now the Buddhist Temple of Chicago) in Hyde Park in 1944. Reverend Kubose is regarded as a pioneering teacher of American Buddhism.  Mrs. Kubose supported him every step of the way, and earned her credentials as a practitioner and teacher of the way of tea herself.  After studying in Japan, she created a tea room in her Chicago home where she taught many students, including Joyce.  Join us as Joyce shares stories about her family’s legacy in Chicago’s resettlement community.

As an ongoing program, Sharing Stories creates a space within the exhibition for dialogue and community. Visitors are invited to come to the 2nd floor lounge area to listen to personal stories and to ask questions, share their own experiences or just join the group to learn more about the Japanese American incarceration camps.