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Upcoming Film Screening; White Light/Black Rain
Friday, August 6 at 7:00 pm and Saturday, August 7 at 12:15 pm, at VIZ Cinema, New People, in San Francisco Japantown
White Light/Black Rain by Steven Okazaki is shown at VIZ Cinema on August 6 at 7:30 pm followed by a Q&A session with atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and August 7 at 12:15 pm.
N'interns' Digital Story Telling; Breaking Perspectives
Saturday, August 7, 2010, from 11am to 12noon at NJAHS' Peace Gallery.
NJAHS hosts the Japantown Cultural Tourism Initiative featuring Summer Youth Leadership Interns. The interns, coined N'interns, created their own digital stories reflecting their experiences as Japanese Americans. "Breaking Perspectives" encapsulates the unique and distinct lenses through which they view their lives. "Voices Never Raised," by Tina Chong, is a personal reflection of her grandfather, Hachiro John Togashi's life and his experiences as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team; "The Sound of Truth," by Devin Yoshikawa, interprets the atmosphere of social justice movements in metal music; and "The Shin-Nisei Experience," by Stephen Yoshizawa, reflects on his life as a son of first generation Japanese immigrants of the 1980s.
Book launch Party for Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America with authors Erika Lee and Judy Yung
Saturday, August 7, 2010, 1:30 - 4:00 PM, Fort Mason Center, Landmark Building A, Golden Gate Room, San Francisco, CA
NJAHS is pleased to mark the centennial of the Angel Island Immigration Station opening with a co-sponsorship of the book launch for ANGEL ISLAND: Immigrant Gateway to America (Oxford University Press). The authors, Erika Lee and Judy Yung, will present a book talk and slide show followed by a reception and signing. Free admission!
New Documentary Film, 442 - Live with Honor, Die with Dignity
August 13 through 19, 2010 at the VIZ Cinema, New People, in San Francisco Japantown.
Tickets were sold out; 1,900 people watched in L.A.!!! A new documentary is coming, 442 - Live with Honor, Die with Dignity, directed by Junichi Suzuki, the director of Toyo's Camera - Japanese American History during WWII. Both movies are shown at VIZ Cinema in San Francisco Japantown from Friday, August 13 to Thursday, August 19. Tickets are available at NJAHS. To know about the movie, visit www.442film.com
EXTENDED Exhibit in the NJAHS Peace Gallery! Sa sa e: Camp Objects of Memory
Extended through Friday, DECEMBER 31, 2010 at NJAHS' Peace Gallery.
We are pleased to announce our current exhibit featuring objects from the Sa sa e Project in the NJAHS Gallery opening on Friday, May 7, 2010 and on view through Friday, December 31, 2010. The Gallery is located at 1684 Post St. (between Webster and Laguna) in San Francisco Japantown. To get the event infomation, click here. Funding for this project was provided by a grant from the California State Library through the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program.
Since late 2009, the National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc. (NJAHS) has worked in collaboration with Japanese American communities and Japanese American Citizens League Chapters throughout the Bay Area on a special project documenting, collecting, and cataloguing various arts & crafts, historic artifacts, and objects created in the internment camps during WWII.
We have received an enormous response and enthusiastic participation, namely from the descendents – children, grandchildren – of Japanese American internees living in northern Californian communities including Penryn, Salinas, and San Francisco. Read on...
Itinerary for Go For Broke Exhibit Dedication
Sunday, August 8, 2010 at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum
There will be an itinerary to dedicate a new exhibit, Go For Broke, at the Ellis Island Immigration. Go For Broke is Japanese-American Soldiers Fighting on Two Fronts outlines the Japanese-American experience in the United States with emphasis on the Japanese-American soldiers in World War II and after. The exhibit will also emphasize the role of Japanese-American military service in influencing the Civil Rights and Redress Movements. The exhibit will be comprised of 175 framed photographs, text panels, quotes and facsimiles of historic documents.
To see the itinerary schedule, click here.
For information or to schedule a visit, you may call the Statue of Liberty National Monument at 212 363-3200 or visit the National Park Service’s website for Ellis Island at http://www.nps.gov/elis.
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Aprons and Pillows by Karen Mori
In the NJAHS Gallery Shop, located at 1684 Post St. (between Laguna and Webster), we now feature a selection of books, videos and DVDs about Japanese American experiences as well as gift items created by local Nikkei and Asian American craft artists. On sale are the work of artists such as Sharon Ito, Mary Masuno, Mischa Matsunami, Karen Mori, Leslie Yee Murata, Leona Nakagawa, Mikio Sakuma, Frances Tojo, Gaye Tsudama, Leland Wong w/J-Town Arts, Rachael Wong, Betty J. Yamamoto, Jane Yamato and Myrna Yee.
12pm - 5pm Monday through Friday
and the 1st Saturday of the month
Gift items include contemporary unique handmade designs from Furoshiki Bags, Scented Soy Candles, Aprons & Pillows, Jewelry, Pincushions, Cards, Accessory Pouches & Bags, Notepads, Baby Items and Kitchenware Items to T-shirts and Ornaments.
News
What's New at NJAHS?
- NJAHS Awarded by the Foreign Ministry of Japan!!!
- Congressional Gold Medal Bill Receives 69 Sponsors!
- Tule Lake Oral History Project
- Advanced Tickets for a New Documentary Available at NJAHS
- Sa Sa e: Objects of Memory Project EXTENDED through December 31, 2010
Sa Sa e: Objects of Memory Project
Since late 2009, the National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc. (NJAHS) has worked in collaboration with Japanese American communities and Japanese American Citizens League Chapters throughout the Bay Area on a special project documenting, collecting, and cataloguing various arts & crafts, historic artifacts, and objects created in the internment camps during WWII. Funding for this project was provided by a grant from the California State Library through the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program
Click here to see the objects!
Tule Lake Oral History Project
NJAHS and the Tule Lake Committee have been collaborating in the collection of oral histories of former Tule Lake internees.Funding for this projects was provided by a grant from the California State Library through the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program
Please click here to see excerpts of some of the interviews.