EAVScholars Mako and Haejin Fujimura Event #3 Generative Living

As an artist and a lawyer couple, Makoto and Haejin Fujimura live out the integration of beauty and justice. Haejin co-founded Embers International, a global NGO committed to “protect, restore and empower” those caught in the intergenerational trauma and abuse of human trafficking, and Mako serves as Embers’ Artist Advocate. Mako is a contemporary artist and author of several books including Art+Faith: A Theology of Making (Yale University Press, 2021). Mako and Haejin have created a space called “The Estuary” which incubates their collective efforts. They are currently cowriting a book on beauty and justice to be released from Brazos Press. [Mako’s art will be exhibited at the Arthur Ross Gallery from March to April in connection with the lecture series.

Generative Living Tuesday, February 11th

Description: The Fujimuras will share how they as a couple create beauty and do justice and discuss how their collective work leads to generative living. They will introduce the Five Elements of Generative Living from their upcoming book on beauty and justice, and how these five elements relate to identity and calling toward social justice and equity.

Length: 60-75 min including Q&A

Host or Publisher The Office of Social Equity and Community at Penn