Enduring Democracy: The Monterey Petition
Actors
Allan B. Cruse , Michael Gomes , Boden Kauffman , Emilie Kauffman , Jamie Lyons , Jorge Madrigal-Magana , Kendra McPhee , Florentine Mocanu , Elizabeth Nordt , Ed Ricketts Jr.
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Story
Encouraged by John Steinbeck, a group of women activists confront economic racism against Japanese Americans in 1940s Monterey, California. At a time when the fear of WWII gripped our nation, kitchen table conversations led to a door-to-door petition drive motivating citizens of the Monterey peninsula to welcome back fellow citizens held in concentration camps for 3 years solely due to their Japanese ancestry. Toni Jackson-who worked as an editor for John Steinbeck and was Ed Rickett's common-law wife-wrote the petition, A Democratic Way of Life for All, in 1945. It stands as the only organized public resistance to the well-funded hate campaign waged against Japanese-Americans as they began the painful return home to suspicious communities. Enduring Democracy: the Monterey Petitions explores the motivations of the wealthy individuals who financed hate campaigns as well as the daring women who spearheaded the carefully thought out response. A twitter war before mobile phones, the ...
