Rockefeller Memorial Chapel

Moving Forward: Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake

Rockefeller Chapel, January 15 – February 7, 2012

A new traveling exhibition coming to Rockefeller Chapel documents the March 11, 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami as well as recovery efforts in northeastern Japan. The UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies and The Kahoku Shimpo, a local newspaper in Sendai, have come together to organize the exhibition, which features a collection of images focusing on the stories of those who have survived the crisis and begun to move forward. The images and stories will illustrate the disaster while concentrating on the efforts of the people on their way to recovery and reconstruction. In remembrance of the victims and in support for the survivors of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan, the traveling exhibition uses photojournalism to document the lives and stories of those in the affected areas, while illuminating the continuing efforts of a nation as it moves forward towards recovery.

This traveling exhibit supports Japan Platform, an international emergency humanitarian aid organization that offers prompt and effective emergency aid to refugees and victims of natural disaster through the U.S. Japan Council Earthquake Relief Fund. From 2011-2012, this exhibit will travel to multiple American cities including Washington D.C., Chicago, and Los Angeles.

For general information, contact Sarah Arehart, Associate Director for Japan at sarehart@uchicago.edu or call 773.702.2715.