Recipients are nominated by the public — often by members of their own communities — and then judged by a panel of experts in the folk and traditional arts.

The implications of what’s happening now stretch far beyond America’s historical sites.My father wrote in his diary in 1943.

but the histories of other oppressed communities as well.primarily of our Latinx/Hispanic neighbors.or to change the way we honor history and the people who made that hstory.

seven years old at the time … But in this history.Former Tule Lake incarceree Kyoko Oda.

we have to know that what happened was not a Japanese problem.

We were sentenced to three years in the federal penitentiary.and the film transitions to an interview with 1984 Nisei Week Queen and actress Tamlyn Tomita.

It really is such a heartwarming thing to see and feel because so many people come from far and wide to come to Nisei Week.we help push those boundaries.

And then to even see role models in my court sisters… I really am just so inspired by all of them.Rafu: Tell me about yourself and your relationship to the Nisei Week Queen and Court program.