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Eagle-Con 2021 to Honor Critically Acclaimed Talents George Takei, Wynn Thomas and Nnedi Okorafor
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Actor, activist and Eisner winner, George Takei, headlines the honors at this year’s Eagle-Con, a virtual sci-fi and fantasy conference hosted by Cal State LA and the Art Directors Guild.
This year’s Eagle-Con theme, “Possibilities Imagined Here,” celebrates diversity and addresses accessibility, underrepresentation and pushing boundaries in science fiction and fantasy genres over a series of three days, March 11-13.
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the “Binti trilogy,” “Black Panther: Long Live the King”) as this year’s awardees. They have long been barrier breakers for other writers and artists, building impressively varied careers that have impacted millions.
Eagle-Con 2021 to Honor George Takei
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George Takei was honored with the Snow Leopard Lifetime Achievement Award at the Asian World Film Festival in 2017.
Actor, activist and Eisner winner George Takei headlines the honors at this year’s Eagle-Con, a virtual sci-fi and fantasy conference hosted by Cal State L.A. and the Art Directors Guild.
This year’s Eagle-Con theme, “Possibilities Imagined Here,” celebrates diversity and addresses accessibility, underrepresentation and pushing boundaries in science fiction and fantasy genres over a series of three days, March 11-13.
Takei (“Star Trek,” “They Called Us Enemy”) joins celebrated production designer Wynn Thomas (“Mars Attacks!,” “Hidden Figures”) and best-selling author Nnedi Okorafor (“The Binti Trilogy,” “Black Panther: Long Live the King”) as this year’s awardees. They have long been barrier-breakers for other writers and artists, building impressively varied careers that have impact
Mar 11, 2021
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A sansei, she served as the founding CEO and president of the Japanese American National Museum for 20 years. Her own family’s history in America was shaped by the country’s wartime internment of Japanese Americans, including her paternal grandfather and her aunts and uncles. In 2009, she became the founding president of the U.S.-Japan Council (USJC), which was established with her late husband, U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, and other prominent Japanese Americans to develop and connect diverse leaders in Japan and the United States.
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