Okaeri (Welcome Home): The Nisei Legacy at Shofuso.

who will? We have a tremendous responsibility to ensure that our youth have the tools theyll need to be able to teach this history.a large group of Japanese Americans are either two or three generations removed from the experiences of those who were forced to endure Americas concentration camps.

Students get to hear first-hand stories from former Japanese American incarcerees and from elders of the local indigenous groups who share the long history of the Owens Valley Paiute and Shoshone at Manzanar.sponsors of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and Manzanar At Dusk program.co-chair of the Katari program.

Students are prompted to think about the connections between Japanese American World War II incarceration and other forms of incarceration in the U.Group photo in front of the I Rei To (soul-consoling tower) at the Manzanar cemetery during the 2022-23 Katari program.

(Photo by Gann Matsuda and Vicky Perez/Manzanar Committee)On Sept.

go to https://manzanarcommittee.000 grant to carry out the project.

2024The grant awardee will be required to submit a report to the Aurora Foundation upon completion of the project.in addition to a presentation at the award ceremony regarding how the grant money will be spent.

are requiredfor this application.presented by the Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation.