Below is a recording of our Day of Remembrance webinar on Saturday, Feb. 27th. The program was moderated by Alvin Takamori (GVJCI Board Member and GVJCI DOR Committee Member) and featured interviews with Hana and Noah Maruyama, producers of Densho's Campu podcast, as well as Greg Williams and Jennifer Hill from the CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.
This program was co-sponsored by the George and Sakaye Aratani CARE Award and UCLA Asian American Studies Center.
This program was co-sponsored by the George and Sakaye Aratani CARE Award and UCLA Asian American Studies Center.
Day of Remembrance Program Speakers
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Greg Williams, Director, Archives & Special Collections, California State University Dominguez HillsGreg Williams has been Director, Archives & Special Collections, California State University Dominguez Hills since 2004. He has been an archivist for 40 years. Previously he was Curator of Photographs at the San Diego Historical Society and before that he worked at the New Jersey Historical Society, Rutgers University and elsewhere. He has degrees from the University of Oregon and Michigan State University. He has written funded grants from NHPRC, NEH, LSTA, the National Park Service, the Mellon Foundation, the California State Library; curated several exhibitions; and published several collection guides, collection related articles and served as photo editor for three coffee table books. He is the principal investigator for the CSU Japanese American Digitization Project. He is the author of California State University Dominguez Hills, a photo history and co-author of the chapter: “The Importance of Collecting, Accessing, and Contextualizing Japanese-American Historical Materials: A California State University Collaborative” published in 2020 in Archives and Special Collections as Sites of Contestation published by Library Juice Press.
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Jennifer Hill, Project Archivist, California State University Japanese American Digitization ProjectJennifer Hill is a Project Archivist for the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project. Jennifer received her Masters of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. She has worked on various projects at CSU Dominguez Hills, including the California State University Systems Archives, Watts Labor Community Action Collection, and the J. Tilman Willams, Oazo de Esperanto, and Esperanto Club of Los Angeles Collection.
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Hana Maruyama, Co-Producer, Densho Campu PodcastHana Maruyama is a Ph.D. candidate in American Studies. She is a yonsei (fourth-generation) Japanese American and had family in the Gila River, Jerome, and Heart Mountain concentration camps. Her research examines how the federal government relied on and furthered its histories of settler colonialism in its implementation of Japanese American incarceration during World War II. She co-produces/co-hosts Campu, a podcast by the Japanese American oral history organization Densho. She formerly worked for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, American Public Media's Order 9066, and the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center.
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Noah Maruyama, Co-Producer, Densho Campu PodcastNoah Maruyama is a DC-based audio engineer and recent graduate of UMBC. With his sister Hana, he co-produces and co-hosts Campu, Densho's podcast about the Japanese American incarceration in the words of incarcerees, also serving as composer and audio engineer. A fourth-generation Japanese American (yonsei) descended from incarcerees himself, his work has recently been featured in the New York Times and Podcast Review. He's still entirely unsure how.
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COMMEMORATIVE GVJCI DOR PIN SET DONATION GIFT
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Those who donate a minimum of $20 have the option of receiving a commemorative GVJCI DOR pin set (pin size is 1.25" in diameter). Each additional $20 donation qualifies for another pin set. Pin set gifts available for qualified donations received through March 12, 2021. Pins will be mailed out to donors in April. Thank you for your support!
DOR WEEK SCHEDULE:
Please note that Feb. 22nd to the 26th do NOT feature live virtual events but are collections that will be shared on the GVJCI website.
Saturday, Feb. 27th is the only day which features a LIVE virtual program which takes place on Zoom from 2-4pm.
Saturday, Feb. 27th is the only day which features a LIVE virtual program which takes place on Zoom from 2-4pm.
MON, Feb. 22
TUES, Feb. 23
WED, Feb. 24
THURS, Feb. 25
FRI, Feb. 26
SAT, Feb. 27, 2-4PM - Live Virtual Program
TRIBUTE TO ROSE OCHI
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Rose Matsui Ochi, a trailblazing Los Angeles attorney who tapped far-flung political networks from City Hall to Congress in her fierce advocacy of civil rights, criminal justice reform and Japanese American causes, has died at 81. Ochi died Dec. 13 at a local hospital after being diagnosed with a second bout of COVID-19, which exacerbated existing health problems, her husband, Thomas Ochi, said.
Ochi broke barriers as the first Asian American woman to serve as a Los Angeles Police Commission member and as an assistant U.S. attorney general. She advised L.A. Mayors Tom Bradley and James Hahn on criminal justice, served on President Carter’s Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy and worked with President Clinton on drug policy and race relations. |
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This program is co-sponsored by the George and Sakaye Aratani CARE Award and UCLA Asian American Studies Center