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SUMMARY:Past NJAHS Events 2021 on YouTube
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/T-iS71hhDzA”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Past NJAHS Events 2021\nSat. Apr. 10\, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Japanese Voices of Angel Island – A virtual book talk feat. Prof. Charles Egan. Click here to watch \nSat. Apr. 17\, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Remembering Our Grandfathers’ Exile from Hawai’i – A virtual book talk feat. Prof. Emerita Gail Okawa. Click here to watch \nSat. May 15\, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Natsukashii: Writings on the Nisei Experience – Instructor Naomi Shibata and her Nisei storytellers share stories about growing up in Hayward\, CA. in the ’40’s – ’50’s. Click here to watch \nSat. May 22\, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Finding Your Roots: Introduction to JA Genealogy and NJAHS Digital Archives. Click here to watch \nFri. June 4\, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Bay Area Go for Broke Forever Stamp Tribute. Video Coming Soon [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Japanese Voices of Angel Island
DESCRIPTION:Japanese Inscriptions and Poetry from Angel Island\, a book talk presented by Professor Charles Egan.\n \nSat. April 10\, 11 a.m. to 12 noon via Zoom. Co-sponsored by the National Japanese American Historical Society and the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation \n You’re invited to a book talk and live Q and A by Professor Charles Egan\, who for almost twenty years has researched writings left behind by detainees on Angel Island. The island housed a U.S. immigration station from 1910 to 1940. Egan documented Japanese and other languages which are still visible on the barracks walls in his new book Voices of Angel Island. The Japanese writing includes that left behind by immigrants\, World War II “enemy aliens” from the U.S.\, and prisoners of war from Japan. Egan also documented works published in the Nichibei Shimbun\, including poetry and extensive prose including a suicide note from a picture bride. \nCharles Egan is Professor of Chinese and chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literature at San Francisco State University. \n \n\nClick here to purchase the book with 35% off promo GLR TW6
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SUMMARY:Remembering Our Grandfathers' Exile - from Hawaii
DESCRIPTION:Remembering Our Grandfathers’ Exile: The Imprisonment of Hawai`i’s Japanese in World War II\, a book talk presented by Gail Okawa. \nSat. April 17\, 1 to 2 p.m. via Zoom. Co-sponsored by the National Japanese American Historical Society and the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation \nJoin us for an illustrated talk and a live Q and A by Gail Okawa\, who was inspired by her grandfather Reverend Tamasaku Watanabe’s arrest and internment by the Department of Justice to embark on an 18-year journey to research the story of the over 600 Japanese internees from Hawai`i sent to the U.S. continent. Her story presents their arrest in Hawai`i\, arrival at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay\, and odyssey of detention across the American West. Okawa uses poetry\, letters\, and photographs to show the ordeals these men lived through\, including loss of sons in the U.S. Army. Author and scholar Gary Okihiro calls the book “remarkable and moving.” \nGail Y. Okawa is professor emerita of English at Youngstown State University\, Ohio\, and a visiting scholar at the Center for Biographical Research\, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. \n\nBuy book with 20% off Coupon code PACS21
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SUMMARY:Call to Action: Amache As An National Historic Site
DESCRIPTION:Internment camp survivor wants NPS to preserve his past\nRob Hotakainen\, E&E News reporter \nPublished: Thursday\, April 22\, 2021 \nBob Fuchigami was only 11 years old in 1942 when the military ordered his family living in California to report to the local train depot. \nEventually\, he said\, they ended up at Camp Amache in Granada\, Colo.\, where more than 7\,000 Japanese-Americans were imprisoned during World War II. \n“I did not understand what was happening\,” Fuchigami\, who’s now 90\, told a House Natural Resources panel during a virtual hearing yesterday. \n“I was told to leave my rabbits\, say goodbye to our dog\, and get on a truck with the rest of the family with a small suitcase my older sister had packed for me. I never saw my dog or rabbits again.” \nFuchigami\, a former special education teacher from Evergreen\, Colo.\, and a Navy veteran who served in the Korean War\, told lawmakers the site of the incarceration camp should become part of the National Park Service. He said that would help local high school students who keep watch over the cemetery and the land. \n“They cannot do it alone. They need the National Park Service’s help to ensure this place is protected\, preserved and interpreted for future generations\,” Fuchigami told the Subcommittee on National Parks\, Forests and Public Lands. \nFuchigami shared his story as the subcommittee heard testimony on H.R. 2497\, the “Amache National Historic Site Act\,” which would put NPS in charge of the site. \nThe legislation\, sponsored by two Coloradans — the panel’s chairman\, Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse\, and Republican Rep. Ken Buck — was one of four park-related bills considered by the subcommittee\, though no votes were taken. \nNeguse cited the Amache bill as an example of how Congress can help the park service tell the stories of more Americans. \nHe said the nation’s park sites historically have reflected only a “narrow slice” of the country’s history and haven’t reflected its full diversity. \n“All in all\, Amache tells a very important story\, and we stand ready to make sure that that story is protected and shared for many generations\,” Neguse told his colleagues. \nCamp Amache is one of 10 incarceration sites for Japanese-Americans who were forcibly removed from the West Coast. They were created by the War Relocation Authority under President Franklin Roosevelt. \nThe park service has already been studying the site as a possible addition. Congress ordered a “special resource study” in 2019 as part of its John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation\, Management and Recreation Act\, a legislative package that included more than 100 bills. \nUnder that process\, NPS would issue a report to the Interior secretary\, who would then make a recommendation to Congress. \n‘A traumatic subject’\nThe camp\, also known as the Granada War Relocation Center\, is now a national historic landmark. \nFuchigami said the foundations of the site have been preserved\, and the guard tower\, the water tower and a replica of one of the barracks have been reconstructed. But he said the site needs more resources from the park service. \nCamp Amache survivor Bob Fuchigami providing video testimony. Natural Resources Committee/YouTube \n“A visitors center is needed to explain what happened to these 7\,500 Americans during wartime\,” Fuchigami told the panel. \n“Along with many other survivors and descendants\, I have long advocated for Amache to be protected and preserved as a national park site so that this history can no longer be ignored\, forgotten or remain invisible\,” Fuchigami added. \nFuchigami called the incarceration camp “a traumatic subject” and said it’s “very personal to me and has been for most of my life.” \nHe recalled how his family had to leave their fruit and vegetable farm with little explanation. “No reason given except two vague words: ‘military necessity\,'” he said. \n“No charges were leveled against us. No trial. No hearings. We were loyal\, patriotic\, law-abiding citizens who had never done anything wrong. Why were we treated this way? Forty years later\, a congressional commission determined that ‘military necessity’ was false\, and we should have never been evicted and incarcerated.” \nAt the camp\, Fuchigami said\, his family of 10 members was assigned to two rooms — each 20 by 20 feet. \n“Each room held five canvas cots\, a single lightbulb hanging from the ceiling\, no running water or toilet\, and a potbellied stove for heat\,” Fuchigami said. \n“No furniture. The walls and windows were so poorly constructed\, they left a gap allowing dust and snow to blow in. Temperatures ranged from below zero in winter to well above 100 degrees in summer. Dust storms were frequent. Mess halls\, toilets\, showers were communal. No privacy.” \nHe added\, “The camp was surrounded by barbed wire\, with eight guard towers manned by military police on duty 24 hours a day. They had orders to shoot anyone trying to escape.” \nDuring their three-year incarceration\, Fuchigami said\, his mother had a stroke\, and his father suffered a debilitating spine injury after falling off a work truck\, and neither recovered. \n“While in Amache\, we lost everything: home\, furnishings\, land\, farm equipment — everything\,” he said. \nFuchigami said the Amache story “is not over\,” with Asians still suffering today from hate crimes and discrimination. \nBut he said his parents\, first-generation immigrants to the United States\, would be pleased to know that there’s now a bill in Congress to make Amache part of the park service\, and he’s hoping members will approve it quickly. \n“I have been waiting for this to happen for a long\, long time\,” he said. \nCall to Action! Amache Nat’l Historic Site\nFriday\, April 23 2:30PT/ 3:30 MT/ 4:30 CT/ 5:30 ET Amache virtual community roundtable \nPlease join us for a virtual community roundtable discussion with U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)\, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.)\, U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (D-Colo.)\, and U.S. Representative Ken Buck (R-Colo.) about the Amache National Historic Site Act\, legislation to establish Amache\, a former Japanese American incarceration facility near Granada\, Colorado\, as part of the National Park System. You will also hear from community leaders and Amache descendants about what this legislation means to them personally as well as to the future of our nation. \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81421679524?pwd=NWRTZGxtTnFVT3dXci9iSzhyZ04wUT09 \nPasscode: Amache \nOr One tap mobile : \nUS: +16699009128\,\,81421679524#\,\,\,\,*764369#  or +12532158782\,\,81421679524#\,\,\,\,*764369# \nOr Telephone: \nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location): \nUS: +1 669 900 9128  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 646 558 8656  or +1 301 715 8592  or +1 312 626 6799 \nWebinar ID: 814 2167 9524
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