program officer at the California Community Foundation.

Could sound travel back in time? Could our ancestors.and invites the public to read aloud and record recitations of individual names in the Ireizō archive.

Irei: National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration has launched Voicing Refuge.from a searchable repository of the names of the incarcerated and digital images that tell the stories of the person behind a name to a ritual memorial that deploys the power of the human voice to protect the Japanese American WWII incarceration from being excised from our national memory.be brought forth to vibrate in light once again with the utterance.

in saying the names of both her father William Takeo Ishii and mother Fusaye Ishiiwe can begin to undo the historical amnesia that allows our government to harm children and families today.

told to go back and punished for speaking Spanish in school.

We have worked together on two pilgrimages.his extensive leadership experience.

as vice president of student and community services at Para Los Ni?os.along with a deep personal connection to AADAPs mission.

Beyond his leadership in direct service.and his unwavering commitment to equity make him the ideal leader to guide AADAP into its next chapter.