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of Connecticut

The Voices of Portland committee is thrilled to announce their first Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month event, a unique presentation about the legacy of Ann Hibino, a resident of Portland from 1952 until her death in 1998. Ann was a fierce advocate for civil rights and a member of the Greater Middletown League of Women Voters for 43 years, holding local and state offices with the organization. Ann's daughter, Diane Hibino, will read excerpts of an 1991 interview about her life before, during and after World War II when she and 120,000 other innocent Japanese American citizens and legal residents who lived on the West Coast, were forcibly removed from their homes and communities and incarcerated by the American government.

The League of Women Voters of Greenwich and the Greenwich Historical Society are delighted to welcome award-winning reporter and acclaimed author of The Woman’s Hour, Elaine Weiss, to discuss her new book, Spell Freedom. Long-listed for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction, the book charts the efforts of four ordinary citizens in the South as they established secret schools to help black citizens overcome onerous Jim Crow laws and register to vote. A book signing will follow the talk.