SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p CONFERENCE ON-SITE ACTIVITIES All sessions and activities, unless otherwise noted, are held at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. For more information, visit janm.org/conference2013 Expo Friday, July 5, 1 pm–5 pm Wednesday, July 3 Saturday, July 6, 8 am–5 pm 2– 8p Registration The Expo is an opportunity to take a moment to review and reflect on the ConnectConference sessions through interactive, thought-provoking, and hands-on Thursday, July 4 activities for all ages. Enhance your Conference experience as you further explore 9a–5p Bainbridge Island July 4th Celebration the issues surrounding democracy, justice, and dignity within the context of the 1:10p Seattle Mariners Baseball Game Japanese American story and your own cultural heritage and identity. (To be confirmed pending 2013 MLB schedule announcement in Fall 2012) Just for Kids! In partnership with the Japanese Cultural & Community Center 2–8p Registration of Washington, the Expo features special activities for our young attendees ages Friday, July 5 5 to 12 years, including origami and storytelling. 7a–5p Registration Community Marketplace 8a–12noon Wing Luke Asian Friday, July 5, 1 pm–5 pm Museum of the Asian Pacific American Saturday, July 6, 8 am–5 pm Experience and International District Bus Tour (Ticketed) The Community Marketplace showcases community-based organizations and select vendors from across the nation. These invited exhibitors present the 1:30–3p Opening General Session with Keynote Address fascinating histories of their regional communities as well as their current 1–5p Community Marketplace and Expo projects and products of note. 3:15–4:45p Sessions 6:30–9p Screening and Discussion of Farewell to Manzanar with special appearance by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (Ticketed)

Saturday, July 6 7a–5p Registration 7:30–8a Continental Breakfast Featured Speakers (partial listing as of 8/31/12) 8a–5p Community Marketplace and Expo Sybil Jordan 8–9:15a Opening Plenary Hampton, Ed.D. with Keynote Address Jeanne Wakatsuki 9:30–10:45a Sessions Houston Screening and Discussion of Farewell to Manzanar 11–12:15a Sessions Tom Ikeda with special appearance by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston pm– pm 12:30–1:45p Luncheon with Keynote Address (Ticketed) The Honorable Friday, July 5, 6:30 9 Daniel K. Inouye (Ticketed Event, proceeds will support JANM’s educational programming.) 2–3:15p Sessions Irene Hirano Inouye The 1976 made-for-TV filmFarewell to Manzanar, written by Jeanne Wakatsuki 3:30–4:45p Closing General Session and James Houston and directed by John Korty, was the first commercial film Craig Ishii 6–9p Dinner Banquet with Keynote Addresses by The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, written, performed, photographed, and scored by Japanese Americans about the U.S. Senator, Hawai`i, and The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta (Ticketed) The Honorable World War II camp experience. Based on the book by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Mike Lowry* who was just seven years old when her family was sent to live at Manzanar, it is Sunday, July 7 Mitch Maki, Ph.D. the story of one Japanese American family’s experience. Originally broadcast on 6:45a–7p Bainbridge Island Bus Tour primetime television but rarely seen for the past 35 years, the film is a modern (Ticketed) The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta classic about the effects of war on youth and the human spirit. JANM is pleased 9:30a–12noon Wing Luke Asian Museum of the Alan Nishio to present this historical film in a special Conference screening. Asian Pacific American Experience and Funding for the Farewell to Manzanar DVD project was provided by a grant from the California Nihonmachi Walking Tour (Ticketed) The Honorable State Library through the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program. Mary Schroeder* Additional support provided by the Orange County Nikkei Coordinating Council. Eric Yamamoto, J.D.* *invited Page 5 photo credits, left to right: Tracy Kumono, Tracy Kumono, Tracy Kumono, photo courtesy of NBCUniversal. CONFERENCE OFF-SITE ACTIVITIES Bainbridge Island 4th of July Celebration Bainbridge Island Bus Tour Special conference excursions have been Thursday, July 4, 9 am–5 pm (Free/On Your Own) Sunday, July 7, 6:45 am–7 pm* (Ticketed Event) arranged to enhance your visit to the Enjoy a traditional Grand Old 4th of July celebration that includes a 4th of July Journey through history as you discover the Japanese American experience on street fair with entertainment, food booths, arts and crafts, an antique car show, Bainbridge Island. The tour bus will take the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island Seattle area and offer a glimpse into and a parade from 1 pm to 3 pm. Information and maps will be available at the where local Islanders will lead the tour to five key Island landmarks—Bainbridge the present-day Seattle Nikkei community Conference registration desk to help you plan your visit. Other suggested sites Island Japanese American ExclusionDiscove Memorial, Bainbridge Gardens, Suyematsu r and its history. Reservations are available to explore: Bainbridge Island Historical Museum and the Bainbridge Island Farm, Woodward Middle School, and Sonoji Sakai Intermediate School. on a first-come, first-served basis and Japanese American Exclusion Memorial. For more information on Bainbridge $70 per person (includes bus ride to and from Sheraton Seattle Hotel, ferry ride, and Island, visit www.bainbridgeisland.com. lunch). Space is limited; reservations on a first-come, first-served basis. space is limited. ADA accommodations *Due to weekend holiday traffic, the return time is an approximate arrival time and other special requests can be made at the hotel.

at the time of your registration: Seattle Mariners Baseball Game JANM staff must be informed at Thursday, July 4, 1:10 pm (To be confirmed pending 2013 MLB schedule announcement in Fall 2012) [email protected] by May 5, 2013.

Wing Luke Asian Museum of the Wing Luke Asian Museum of the Asian Pacific American Asian Pacific American Experience and Experience and International District Bus Tour Nihonmachi Walking Tour Friday, July 5, 7:30 am–12:15 pm (Ticketed Event) Sunday, July 7, 9:30 am–12 pm (Ticketed Event) Explore Seattle’s historic International District by bus and see where the Discover the historic sites of Seattle’s Japantown by foot. Brought to you by pioneers of this neighborhood lived. Learn about the lives of the area’s first The Wing, this tour introduces early life in Japantown and includes visits Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino immigrants and laborers and see how the to the Panama Hotel, Kobo at Higo Store, Nippon Kan Theater, and Kobe neighborhood has changed over time. The final stop will end with a tour of Terrace Park. The tour concludes at The Wing, with free time provided The Wing. afterwards to visit the museum, have lunch on your own, and shop in the $40 per person (includes bus ride to and from Sheraton Seattle Hotel and International District. lunch). Space is limited; reservations on a first-come, first-served basis. $25 per person (includes entrance fee to The Wing museum and tour.) Space is limited; reservations on a first-come, first-served basis. Note: tour walking distance is a leisurely one mile, with some uphill walking.

Page 6 and 7 photo credits, left to right: JoAnn Hamamura, JoAnn Hamamura, JoAnn Hamamura, JoAnn Hamamura, JoAnn Hamamura, Julie Hanada, Wing Luke Asian Museum, JoAnn Hamamura, JoAnn Hamamura, JoAnn Hamamura, JoAnn Hamamura, JulieShare Hanada, JoAnn Hamamura, Julie Hanada, Julie Hanada. CONFERENCE SESSIONS Basic Intro 5 The World War II Nikkei the part of the U.S. government. the art form continues to connect experience. This interactive Family members on this panel share people of different generations, presentation shares first-person All registered Conference participants Experiences in the Pacific Rim 1 Tangled Routes to Japanese (Hawai`i, Latin America, Japan) their perspectives and the role the regions, and cultural backgrounds. recollections about childhood in a will be able to attend breakout Rememberpetitions played in the quest for This multigenerational panel shares concentration camp, in a free-zone American Redress The issue of citizenship rights of While the usual narrative of Japanese redress. thoughts on the role of taiko in inland community, or in Japan. sessions scheduled on July 5 and 6. persons of Japanese ancestry who American redress focuses on the Nikkei activism and how it has shaped The sessions are organized into five resided in the Pacific Rim at the onset 9 16 roles played by the Japanese American Standing on Principle individual identities. In My Parents’ Words: topic areas of World War II remains an important Protest and dissent have historically —Basic Intro, Speaking Citizens League (JACL), the National Issei Voices from Department one. The panel focuses on the constituted a robust strain within 13 Up!, Dignity, Youth-Friendly, Council for Japanese American Revisiting the 1942 of Justice Camps experience of living under martial law, American history. This panel discusses and . Redress (NCJAR), and the National Tolan Committee and the Prohibited by law from becoming Sessions in Japanese forcible removal, limited incarceration, the principled resistance by Coalition for Redress/Reparations Issei, Nisei, 1981 CWRIC Hearings at naturalized U.S. citizens, select Issei The following are brief overviews of the and being stranded in a foreign and non-Japanese Americans during (NCRR), this panel explores the Pacific Northwest Sites were the first to be confined in country, among other topics. World War II. topics planned for each session and are significant role played by less- In 1942 the Tolan Committee Department of Justice camps following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. During subject to change. For more detailed recognized groups and individuals and 6 World War II and Redress 10 Pilgrimages’ Progress: conducted hearings on the need to this panel sons and daughters share descriptions and panel speakers, illustrates the community-wide nature Experiences of Japanese Manzanar, Tule Lake, exclude Americans of Japanese of the redress movement. ancestry from the West Coast. In their parents’ internment experiences go to janm.org/conference2013. Alaskans and Aleuts Minidoka, Amache, and Heart 1981 the Commission on Wartime through the written documents they The history of Japanese Alaskans 2 Border Crossings: Mountain Relocation and Internment of left behind. and the Aleuts of the Pribilof Islands A Comparative Assessment For many years, five War Relocation Civilians (CWRIC) held hearings to remains a relatively unknown story. Authority concentration camp sites examine the World War II exclusion 17 The Tule Lake Segregation of Japanese American and This panel reveals how their divergent Japanese Canadian Redress have incorporated pilgrimages into and incarceration of Nikkei. This Center: Its History and histories converged on the road to the their commemorative process. This This panel compares the Japanese session includes a dramatic reading Significance Civil Liberties Act of 1988. panel brings together multigenerational Canadian and Japanese American of transcripts from the hearings to There are many perceptions about representatives from the site pilgrimage postwar redress experiences through showcase their difference in focus and the Tule Lake Segregation Center Speaking Up! groups to discuss the origins of the the voices of those who were involved intended result. and its former inmates. This panel organizations, their achievements, and in the movements. 7 Nikkei Veterans and the provides context for understanding the their plans for the future. 14 Nikkei Activism and the Transformation of America U.S. government’s fear and ignorance, 3 Japanese American Civil Rights Movement which led to Tule Lake becoming a The veterans from the 100th Infantry 11 Poetic License? The experiences of Nikkei involved in segregation center. The discussion also Confinement Sites Q&A: Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Nikkei Writers and the the Civil Rights Movement show why assesses the truths and the myths that A Town Hall Presentation Team, and Military Intelligence Representation of History it has been important to reach out to existed and continue to persist in the During World War II there were Service played a lesser-known but Fiction—and even nonfiction—can other ethnic communities. In their community. a variety of different confinement major role in the redress movement. misrepresent Nikkei history; Nikkei diverse voices, activists and scholars facilities run by the U.S. government. Their efforts in war and peace remind SESSION Speakers writing can also present history in discuss what it means to be a Nikkei 18 America’s Pastime and (partial listing as of 8/31/12) In this lively forum, scholars respond our nation to live up to its ideals of ways that interpret the story for the activist in a broader sense as well as World War II to inquiries from the audience about democracy, justice, and dignity. Lorraine Bannai, J.D.* greater understanding of its subjects. baseball had its origins in the the structure, designation, and what it means in today’s world. Nisei If a piece of Nikkei writing is fictional, earliest and remained strong in Roger Daniels, Ph.D. purposes of these sites. 8 The Coram Nobis Cases of Issei Shigetoshi Hasegawa* Hirabayashi, Korematsu, does it matter how it relates to (or Dignity the World War II camps, serving as an ignores) history? This session aims to Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga* 4 East of the Exclusion Zone and Yasui important outlet as well as a focus of Too little is known about Japanese raise questions about the relationship 15 Looking Like the Enemy: pride. Hear amazing stories—many Lane Hirabayashi, Ph.D. In 1983 coram nobis petitions were Americans living in the Pacific between literature and history that A Childhood View little known—about the camp teams filed in federal district courts in San Naomi Hirahara Northwest interior of Eastern come from the heart of Nikkei With the passing of the first-generation who created their own leagues, Francisco, Seattle, and Portland on Hiroshi Kashiwagi Washington, Eastern Oregon, Idaho, creativity in the arts. Issei, the second-generation Nisei— competed with local area teams, and behalf of Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Montana, and Wyoming. Panelists now in their seventies and eighties— even played teams from other camps. Soji Kashiwagi Korematsu, and Minoru Yasui; these 12 Taiko: The Powerful share what life was like for the remain the last surviving first-person Joy Kogawa Issei petitions contended that the 1943 and Nisei in this region of scattered Expression of Nikkei Identity voices from the Nikkei World War II Karen Korematsu* and 1944 Supreme Court decisions in Since the late 1960s, hundreds of and less-populated Nikkei sites. Eric Muller, J.D.* their cases had fundamental errors and taiko ensembles have been organized demonstrated manifest injustice on Greg Robinson, Ph.D. throughout North America. Today, *invited Page 8 and 9 photo credits, left to right: Gift of Sally R. Nishiyama (93.165.9A), Gift of K. Patrick and Lily A. Okura (98.158.8), Gift of Mori Shimada (92.10.2DF). Transform 19 Japanese American 23 Achieving Your Dream 25「私たちは戦争と結婚した 26「第二次世界大戦中の日 GENERAL INFORMATION History Dramatized: Professional athletes seem to possess a のではない」：日系史における 系アメリカ人の体験」入門 Realized or Supersized? remarkable combination of skill and 「戦争花嫁」 このパネルでは、第二次世界大戦中 Conference Registration InspireThrough movie clips and discussions, determination from which others can Save time and money: visit janm.org/conference2013 for a link to our 内容：ヴェリナ・ハス・ヒューストンの の日系アメリカ人の体験を、カナダ draw inspiration. This panel presents NEW and easy online registration. this session examines how international 戯曲「お茶」を上演する（英語）。上 との比較を交えて、歴史的概説を行 audiences and our own community stories from those who have made Registration form along with full payment (including all off-site activities) 演に続いて、第二次大戦後アメリカ う。具体的には、アメリカおよびカナ were able to visualize and better grasp their sports dreams come true, reveals must be completed online, postmarked, or faxed to 213.687.9140 no later than: 兵と結婚しアメリカで暮らした日本 ダの人種、エスニシティ、市民権につ the Japanese American experience in their challenges, and examines how January 31, 2013 for EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION or by movies such as Go for Broke (1951), they overcame them. 人女性の体験について、日本語およ いての概念や諸問題を考え、戦前の June 5, 2013 for REGULAR REGISTRATION Farewell to Manzanar (1976), and び英語で、会場の人々と話し合いを 日本人排斥運動、「市民としての自 • Registration forms and payment can be mailed by the appropriate deadlines to: Picture Bride (1994). Sessions in Japanese 行う。戯曲「お茶」は、1950年代のカ 由」の問題、強制立ち退き・収容、再 Japanese American National Museum ATTN: 2013 National Conference Registration ンザス州フォートライリー近くのジ 定住、戦後のリドレス運動等を扱う。 24 99年の愛／憎しみ 100 North Central Avenue Youth-Friendly ャンクションシティに夫とともに赴任 (For Ages 12 to 18) 2010年11月、ＴＢＳテレビは開局 26 Intro to the WWII Los Angeles, California 90012 60周年５夜連続特別企画「99年 してきた５人の女性の物語である。 Japanese American Experience • After June 5, 2013, only on-site registration will be available. Registration will 20 The Pages Within­: の愛—Japanese Americans—」 夫と子どもたち、アメリカと日本の社 This panel provides an introductory be available at the Conference at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel beginning on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, after 2 pm. To confirm space availability, Discovering the Japanese を放映した。2010年の放映以来、数 会、国籍にからむ彼女らの「体験」を historical overview of the Japanese contact [email protected]. American Experience 百万の人々に視聴されている。この 出発点に、「戦争花嫁」と呼ばれてき American experience in World War II. • To receive JANM member rates, membership must be active at the time Through books, teens and young た女性たちの真の人生について、話 The discussion includes some ドラマは、平松家の人々が夢を抱い of registration through the conference dates. Registrants may also join adults engage with and become comparison with the experience of てアメリカに渡り、アメリカの日本人 し合いを行いたい。上演を行うワシ or renew at the time of registration. passionate about history and their Nikkei in Canada, including concepts 排斥や、一家を引き裂く太平洋戦争 ントン大学の学生や結婚以来「戦争 • For educators and students: a photocopy of current employment ID or cultural heritage. This panel’s noted and issues surrounding race, ethnicity, 花嫁」と呼ばれてきた女性たちも参 paycheck stub, or student ID, is required. If registering online, fax copy Nikkei authors present a stimulating の過酷な試練に屈せず、苦難を乗り and citizenship in the United States 加する。 of documents to 213.687.9140. open discussion about the various 越えてきた一家の愛の物語である。 and Canada; terminology; prewar • For questions or further clarifications, please send an e-mail to [email protected], Japanese American themes and topics このパネルではこのドラマの歴史的 25 anti-Japanese exclusion movements; We Didn’t Marry the War: or call 213.625.0414. found in their writing and other 背景を討議し、ドラマが与える誤解 Stories of War Brides in civil liberty issues; removal; camp and resettlement experiences; and children’s and young adult books. のもとを明確にし、さらに日本での反 Registration Confirmation and Cancellation Nikkei History postwar redress. 響と日系アメリカ人の歴史がどのよ A performance of scenes (in English) • Registrations will be confirmedvia e-mail or written reply (if no e-mail is 21 Connecting to the Story... provided). うに理解されたかを議論する。 from Velina Hasu Houston’s drama 27 一世の詩、一世の声 My Way Tea, followed by an open conversation • Any registration cancellation or refund requests must be made in writing Through interactive multimedia, the このパネルでは、ハワイおよび西海 and postmarked/faxed by June 12, 2013, to: 24 99 Years of Love/Hate (in Japanese and English) about the Internet, and social media, today’s 岸の一世たちの詩（短歌、俳句、川 Japanese American National Museum In 2010 the Tokyo Broadcasting work’s five fictional Japanese women youth can access a number of creative ATTN: 2013 National Conference Registration System (TBS) broadcast a dramatic who, with their American soldier 柳）を取り上げる。かれらの残した詩 ways to find and connect to their 100 North Central Avenue miniseries, 99 Years of Love: Japanese husbands, settled in Junction City, を通して一世の声を聞き、その全体 cultural heritage. This workshop Los Angeles, California 90012 Americans, the story of the Hiramatsu Kansas, in the 1950s. Their experiences 像に迫る。 explores current online resources and Fax: 213.687.9140 family and its enduring family love in with their husbands and children, the innovative ways to learn and share the 27 Issei Poetry, Issei Voices the face of bitter struggles with anti- societies of both Japan and America, Conference Luncheon and Dinner Japanese American experience. Haiku, tanka, and senryu from Japanese exclusion and World War II and their nationalities serve as points The Luncheon and Dinner Banquets are ticketed events and are included Hawai`i and the mainland United within the United States and Japan. of discussions about the real lives of in the all-inclusive registration package. Tickets for each event can be 22 Issei Poetry from Santa Fe States lend an insight into the views of purchased separately if registered for the conference. Special meal requests and This panel discusses the larger so-called war brides. Venture into the thoughts and Issei in their own poetic words. kids’ meals must be reserved by June 5, 2013 by e-mail at [email protected]. historical context of the series and its emotions of the Issei who were This panel explores the voices and impact upon the Japanese and their interned in the Santa Fe Department perspectives of these voices through reaction to Japanese American history. of Justice camp. This hands-on their poetry. workshop includes an opportunity for youth to write and perform their own poetry.

Page 10 and 11 photo credits, left to right: Gift of Barbara Washler Curry (92.34.98), Tracy Kumono.