Yoko has significantly contributed to the Riverside International Relations Committee and strengthened our cultural exchanges.

a descendant of Heart Mountain incarcerees.Tamlyn Tomita at the 2023 Heart Mountain Pilgrimage.

000 Japanese Americans were unjustly incarcerated in Wyoming from 1942 through 1945.the daughter of Heart Mountain board member Pete Simpson.will lead a presentation of Chay Yews play Question 27.

a Los Angeles actor whose ancestors were incarcerated at Heart Mountain; and Maggie Simpson-Crabaugh.who was incarcerated at the camp in Topaz.

camp and longtime civil rights activist.

Their stories are told within the foundations museum.who arrived in America in 1899 at the age of 20.

This was all made possible by the hard work of many volunteers who make Little Tokyo a place to live.Nisei Week and Little Tokyo became alive again and celebrated with Terry Tamaru (Hokoda) being crowned the first Nisei Week Queen after World War II during the 8th Nisei Week Festival in 1949.

and also at the Japanese American National Museum.where we grew up watching benshi perform to silent movies