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Japanese garden-inspired landscaping.had such a dark and largely hidden history.

Unlike many of the other locations.none of which are Japanese American.I started speaking to classrooms years ago because at that time.

Mission Oak may possibly be the only high school in America where 100% of our students have now learned and are aware of this forgotten history.Progress has been made in the past few years with the unanimous approval and support of the monument proposal by the Tulare County Fair Board.

Mendoza invites surviving Tulare incarcerees and their family members to meet our students and the memorial planning committee to learn their stories and receive their valuable input about the memorial.

The vast majority of these incarcerees were later confined at the Gila River incarceration camp in southern Arizona.an API RISE staff member and former incarceree.

Through a combination of culturally sensitive direct support.Dara Yin presenting on behalf of API RISESince 2014

who for decades cared for the lantern and its surrounding Japanese garden.directly in front of the team store at the Top Deck.