Then They Came for Me: The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration 1947 to the Present

FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FOR 4th through 12th GRADE TEACHERS

*Space is limited*

Join us for a one-day workshop that provides a backdrop to the special exhibition Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties. The exhibition examines a terrifying time in U.S. history when the federal government scapegoated and indefinitely detained thousands of people of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, and draws parallels to tactics chillingly resurgent today. What was the chronology that led to the decision to forcibly remove 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast? How did Japanese Americans respond to the violation of their civil liberties? And what, as a nation, have we learned that can help us address the present-day issues of immigration, racism, and mass incarceration? The workshop is appropriate for those teaching this history in grades 4-12.

Workshop Details

Speaker: Don Tamaki (See Workshop Team below)
Tour:  MIS & Then They Came for Me exhibit
Date: April 27, 2019
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Historical Learning Center
640 Mason Street, The Presidio
San Francisco, CA 94129

Workshop participants will receive:

  • A $50 honorarium
  • Support for a class study trip to the exhibition Then They Came for Me
  • Teacher curriculum, resources, and strategies of guiding student inquiry
  • Continental breakfast and light lunch

OUR WORKSHOP TEAM

MELISSA AYUMI BAILEY is the Program Development Associate for the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS). Melissa received her B.A. in History from UC Santa Cruz in 2012, and her experiences there as well as her personal connection to the Japanese American incarceration experience led her to pursue a position at NJAHS. melissa@njahs.org

BRIAN FONG is a School Liaison and Program Associate with Facing History and Ourselves. He supports educators and school districts in developing inclusive learning environments through the study of literature and history. Brian has taught middle and high school social studies and humanities since 2003 and is a National Board Certified Social Studies Teacher.

GRACE MORIZAWA is the Education Coordinator for the National Japanese American Historical Society. Previously she was an elementary school teacher in Oakland and principal of Lake Elementary School in San Pablo, CA. Morizawa is a Sansei, third generation Japanese American. She is a teacher consultant with the Bay Area Writing Project. She has a doctorate from the Leadership in Education and Equity Program at UC Berkeley. grace@njahs.org

AKSHAYA NATARAJAN is the administrative assistant for the Korematsu Institute. As a student of racial justice and Asian American history, Akshaya graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2017 with a B.A. in Political Science and Asian American Studies, where she received the Yuri Kochiyama Award for Activism and Community Service for her campus activism.

DON TAMAKI is the Managing Partner of Minami Tamaki LLP in San Francisco. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UC Berkeley in 1973 and received his J.D. from Berkeley in 1976. Upon graduation, he practiced poverty and civil rights law in San Jose and there, he co-founded the Asian Law Alliance, a public interest law firm which has provided representation and advocacy for thousands of low-income Asian Americans in San Jose, and is a past Executive Director of the Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco, the nation’s first public interest law firm representing Asian Americans in civil rights and poverty law cases. In 1983 to 1985, he served on the legal team which reopened the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case of Fred Korematsu, overturning his criminal convictions for refusing to be interned.

Registration

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Application Form: Teacher Workshop

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Melissa Bailey
Exhibit workshops
National Japanese American Historical Society
1684 Post St.
San Francisco, CA 94115