DR. GRACE MORIZAWA is the Education Coordinator for the NJAHS. Previously she was an elementary school teacher in Oakland and principal of Lake Elementary School in San Pablo, CA. Morizawa is a Sansei, third generation Japanese American. Her parents were incarcerated in Heart Mountain. Grace is a teacher consultant with the Bay Area Writing Project. She has a BA in English from Pacific University, an MA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State, and a doctorate from the Leadership in Education and Equity Program at University of California, Berkeley.

DR. STAN PESICK taught 11th grade United States history in the Oakland Unified School District for eighteen years. From 2008-2012 he coordinated the Oakland Unified History/Social Studies Department. Stan has worked with the Bay Area Writing Project as a teacher consultant since 1989. He has worked as a curriculum consultant to the NJAHS since 2014. Stan is currently working with National Writing Project, University of California, Berkeley, to develop materials and methods focused on helping students write more effectively for political and civic purposes. Stan has a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

LYNN FONFA brings over thirty-five years of experience in the field of education. She joined the National Park Service in 1989 and recently retired from her position as Education Specialist for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Since 1995, she directed the K through 12 programs for one of the largest urban national parks. She earned a Master’s Degree in Education, specializing in Environmental Education/Curriculum Design, and a Master’s Degree in Public History, specializing in United States history and historic preservation. Previous to the NPS, Fonfa worked as an archivist, educator, and development associate with several prestigious historical associations, including the California Historical Society and the Western Jewish Historical Center of the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley. Fonfa is part of the curriculum development team for the NJAHS Teacher Education Incarceree Farm Labor Project.

ARACELY MONTERO is the Education Branch Specialist of at Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Her role includes developing relevant place-based and curriculum-based education programs, supporting Education Rangers at Muir Woods, Presidio, Marin Headlands, Alcatraz, and Fort Point, and working with partners who support youth programming within the Bay Area. Aracely is also a member of the NPS Allies for Inclusion Committee and a trained facilitator to host dialogues in our park around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Aracely received her B.A. in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Barbara, and attained her Master’s degree in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism with a focus on Social Justice Education from San Francisco State University.

MORGEN YOUNG, GUEST SPEAKER. She is a senior historian with Historical Research Associates, Inc., a history and cultural resources management consulting company with offices across the country. She is based in the Portland, Oregon, office. Morgen leads HRA’s interpretive services program. Prior to joining HRA in 2016, she ran her own historical consulting company. Morgen’s expertise includes exhibition development and curation, interpretative planning, oral history, and digital history. She has a background in nineteenth and twentieth-century United States history, the history of the Pacific Northwest, community history, and the history of health sciences. She served as the project director of Uprooted: Japanese American Farm Labor Camps During World War II from 2011 to 2016. The project produced a traveling exhibition; a comprehensive website, www.uprootedexhibit.com; a collection of oral histories; two documentary videos; and high school-level lesson plans. Her work with Uprooted was recognized with the National Council on Public History’s Excellence in Consulting Award in 2016.

ROSALYN TONAI is the executive director of the National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc. She was the project director and co-curator of the exhibition Strength & Diversity, Japanese American Women, 1885 to 1990, a groundbreaking award-winning museum exhibition co-produced by the National Japanese American Historical Society and the Oakland Museum of California. Tonai has co-edited four teacher’s/classroom guides, The Bill of Rights: the Japanese Americans and the World War II Experience, Honor Bound, the Story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Making Peace and Classroom Activities Guide: Diamonds in the Rough, Japanese Americans in Baseball. She is a graduate of the Getty Museum Management Institute and the Coro Foundation Asian Pacific leadership program. Ms. Tonai has an M.P.A. from the Nonprofit Management Institute, University of San Francisco’s College of Professional Studies, and a B.A. Social Welfare from UC Berkeley.

Workshop Format

This is an in-person interactive workshop with some asynchronous work. We will send some readings to review ahead for small group breakout sessions where you will discuss the readings with 4-5 teachers. We will also have large group sharing and discussion. This workshop is highly interactive. We have found that we learn and grow in our thinking when we work collaboratively and talk with each. Sessions will also include speakers with Q and A, a short video, and a time to write briefly and share writing.

Teachers will have access to all curriculum materials online. We ask that you download the materials to refer to during the workshop (not screen switch). Because the workshops are live and interactive, we encourage your full participation and you will be asked to share with each other as much as possible.

Workshop Format

This is an online interactive workshop with some asynchronous work. We will send some readings to review ahead for small group breakout sessions where you will discuss the readings with 4-5 teachers. We will also have large group sharing and discussion. This workshop is not a webinar; it is highly interactive. We have found that we learn and grow in our thinking when we work collaboratively and talk with each. Sessions will also include speakers with Q and A, a short video, and a time to write briefly and share writing.

Teachers will have access to all curriculum materials online. We ask that you download the materials to refer to during the workshop (not screen switch). Because the workshops are live and interactive, we encourage your full participation and you will be asked to share with each other as much as possible.

Workshops Tailored for Specific Regions
– Stipend $150 – Attendance Limited –

Farm Labor While Confined is a place-based curriculum workshop. Subject matter is being customized to address the unique teaching opportunities in six regional areas:

This workshop is co-sponsored by the National Japanese American Historical Society, the National Park Service, and our regional partners.

Matching funds provided by the Chizu and Ernest Iiyama Memorial Fund.

Top image: Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation, [Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif.] 1942 or 1943. Library of Congress.