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Pilgrimage2017 Heart Mountain July 28–29 ● Cody & Powell, Wyoming American Self 75 Years After EO 9066 Time Description Schedule of Events: Saturday, July 29 8:30am, 8:45am, Buses leave Holiday Inn, Cody for Heart Mountain Interpretive Center Time Description & 9:00am Friday, July 28 Opening Ceremony (Heart Mountain Interpretive Center) Registration & Silent Auction (Taggart Room, Holiday Inn, Cody) • Flag Ceremony & Pledge of Allegiance with Boy Scouts and 8:30am–2:30pm • Heart Mountain staff will be available to receive artifact and archive donations Yellowstone Harmony Choir • Introduction & Recognition of Distinguished Guests by Educational Sessions (Park County Library, Cody) HMWF Chair Shirley Ann Higuchi and Vice-Chair Douglas Nelson • Bus leaves Holiday Inn at 9:00am 10:00–11:15am • Featured Speakers: U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson (Ret.) (Library address: 1500 Heart Mountain St, Cody, WY 82414) & Consul General Hiroto Hirakoba Rescued Heritage: Heart Mountain Artifacts and Estelle Ishigo's Works 9:30am–12:00pm • • Keynote Introduction: Secretary Norman Mineta (Ret.) with Nancy Ukai & Bacon Sakatani • Keynote Address: Ann Burroughs • Memories of Five Nisei: The Untold Story of Former Prisoners • Spoken Word Performance by G Yamazawa with Sam Mihara, Takashi Hoshizaki, Toshi Ito, Willie Ito, and Shig Yabu • Closing Remarks ✳ 9:30–11:30am: Optional bus between Holiday Inn & Interpretive Center Explore HMWF Shop and Special Exhibits 12:00–1:30pm Informal Networking at the Library: Boxed lunch for sale at Biblio Bistro • Original artwork by Roger Shimomura Multigenerational Discussions (Park County Library, Cody) 11:15am– • Incarceration in Focus: A Comparative Look at the Photographs of 12:00pm Ansel Adams and Yoshio Okumoto • Bus leaves Holiday Inn at 1:00pm (Library address: 1500 Heart Mountain St, Cody, WY 82414) • Moving Walls: Heart Mountain Barracks in the Big Horn Basin by Stan Honda (on display in original Heart Mountain barrack on grounds south of Interpretive Center) 1:30-4:00pm • Bus leaves Library at 3:00pm, 3:30pm & 4:15pm Children's Book Reading with Shig Yabu (Park County Library, Cody) 12:30–1:30pm Lunch buffet (under tent) • 3:00pm: Shig Yabu reading Hello Maggie! • First showing of "Faceism" (documentary) in Ford Foundation Theater 1:30–2:30pm 5:30–6:30pm Cocktail & Social Hour: Cash Bar (Ballroom, Holiday Inn, Cody) • First site tour: Bus to Barrack, Hospital, & Memorial Walking Trail • Second showing of "Faceism" in Ford Foundation Theater Evening Banquet (Main Ballroom, Holiday Inn, Cody) 2:30–3:30pm • Welcome by HMWF Chair Shirley Ann Higuchi, Judge Raymond Uno (Ret.), • Second site tour: Bus to Barrack, Hospital, & Memorial Walking Trail 6:30–8:30pm & Dale Kunitomi • "Faceism" Panel Discussion with Jeff MacIntyre, David Ono, • Screening of Spoken Word Videos & Performances 3:30–4:30pm Roger Shimomura, and G Yamazawa (under tent) with David Ono, Jeff MacIntyre, & G Yamazawa • Closing Remarks by HMWF Chair Shirley Ann Higuchi Dessert Reception & Close of Silent Auction 4:45pm & Buses leave Heart Mountain Interpretive Center for Holiday Inn, Cody (Taggart Room, Holiday Inn, Cody) 5:00pm 8:30–10:00pm • Silent Auction closes at 9:30pm Evening Social & Closing Reception ✳ Heart Mountain Babies, Uno Family Reunion, and family photo 6:30-8:00pm • Sing-along led by Darrell Kunitomi, performance by Julian Saporiti, opportunities with photographer Don Tanguilig Staff and Board recognition 1 2 HEART MOUNTAIN INTERPRETIVE CENTER: 1539 Road 19 Powell, WY 82435 1.307.754.8000 www.HeartMountain.org Powell• H 11 miles from Powell R19 Turn on Road 19 by Original Heart the two large trees 28 29 30 Mountain Hospital 26 27 25 24 HWY 120 To Belfry 13 miles from Cody HWY 14A •Cody HWY 14/16 HWY 14/16 20 21 22 23 To Yellowstone To Greybull HWY 120 To Meeteetse Heart Mountain 17 16 15 Interpretive Center DRIVING ROUTE: Cody Holiday Inn to Park County Library (Less than 5 minutes driving time) Original Heart Holiday Inn 12 13 14 Mountain Barrack 1701 Sheridan Ave Cody, WY 82414 12th St 12th St 13th St 14th St 15th St 16th 9 8 Sheridan Ave Memorial Honor Roll 5 6 Beck Ave Alger Ave 2 1 Heart Mountain St HWY 14 MAP KEY: Barrack ............ 16th St Park County Library Mess Hall ......... 1500 Heart Mountain St Latrine ............. Cody, WY 82414 Barbed Wire ..... Sunshine Ave Stampede Ave 3 4 DOUGLAS NELSON—Board of Directors, Vice-Chair Douglas Nelson is the retired President and CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF). He Welcome: Chair Shirley Ann Higuchi, Esq. is a leading advocate for children and a widely recognized expert on policies and community- based responses to improve the lives of at-risk children and their families. He is also regarded as one of America’s leading thinkers on the strategic role of philanthropy in advancing racial justice and positive social change. He assumed the presidency of the Casey Foundation Welcome to our 2017 Pilgrimage, The American Self: 75 Years After E.O. 9066! in 1990 and, for 20+ years, led AECF through one of the most remarkable and innovative This weekend will explore the generational impact of the incarceration 75 years later transformations of a philanthropic organization—from a moderately-sized regional institution Photo courtesy of Doug Nelson and reflect on what it means to be American, with original artwork by acclaimed providing foster care services to disadvantaged children to one of the nation’s most influential artist and Minidoka incarceree Roger Shimomura. We also welcome National Poetry and respected large foundations. In 2010, President Jimmy Carter singled out Nelson for his extraordinary contributions “to Slam Champion, “G” Yamazawa, a new documentary from our longtime friends and our most disinvested and disenfranchised populations and to the overall betterment of America’s philanthropic missions. supporters, David Ono and Jeff MacIntyre, and barrack-themed imagery by renowned Such leaders are all too rare.” photographer Stan Honda. In addition to frequent lectures and speeches, Mr. Nelson has written widely on a range of domestic and social policy Struggle, resilience, and triumph are hallmarks of WWII Japanese American issues. His social history of the World War II removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans entitled Heart Mountain: The incarceration; our families’ persistence in the face of discrimination has brought our History of an American Concentration Camp earned him a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 1976. Mr. Nelson maintains close history to the foreground in the current political climate, begging the question: What ties with survivors of that shameful event, serving on the Board of Directors of the Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation does it mean to be American? Today, our answers depend on where we live, our ethnic and the Board of Governors of the Japanese American National Museum. His other published works include studies and and religious backgrounds, and commitment to the ideals that shape our nation. essays on children and youth, aging, race, long-term care, and housing. To honor his legacy, the Annie E. Casey Foundation It is with great pleasure that we welcome Ann Burroughs, President and CEO of the published a collection of Mr. Nelson’s formal addresses, entitled Simply Put, to reflect key elements of his thinking and Japanese American National Museum (JANM), who will keynote our Pilgrimage. I first leadership in areas of public policy, social change and philanthropy. met Ann last fall when JANM hosted a Town Hall with Heart Mountain, Densho, and the community to educate the public about the incarceration experience. I was drawn to Ann’s collaborative spirit and appreciation for the relevance of the lessons from our community’s history. When Ann was in her early twenties, the South KATHLEEN SAITO YUILLE—Board of Directors African government imprisoned her for fighting its racist apartheid policy. JANM Chair Norm Mineta, a Heart Mountain Co-Chair of the Pilgrimage Committee incarceree and our crucial adviser, will introduce Ann at the site of his own imprisonment 75 years ago. Their unjust Kathleen Saito Yuille was born at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center. After leaving Heart incarcerations have informed their lifelong fight for the rights of others. Mountain, Kathleen’s family returned to San Francisco. She attended the University of California Longtime friends Norm and Al Simpson continue to be pillars of support for our work and the Interpretive Center. They at Berkeley and later accepted a dietetic internship at the University of Michigan where she met have attended almost every Pilgrimage since our 2011 Grand Opening, and we are so pleased to have them back again this her husband, David Yuille. After working as a dietitian in the public/private sector in Michigan year. and the San Francisco Bay Area, she and David moved from the West Coast and settled in We’re also excited to premiere David and Jeff’s new film, “Faceism,” featuring the work of Roger and G. Roger will unveil Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Kathleen has served on the board of the Heart Mountain Wyoming his original artwork, which addresses sociopolitical issues of ethnicity by contrasting figures in Japanese woodcut prints Foundation since 2009 and served as the event chair of the 2011 Grand Opening of the Heart and pop art, at our Interpretive Center. G, who gave a moving performance at our 2015 Pilgrimage, will join David and Jeff Photo by Kevin Miyazaki Mountain Interpretive Center. She also currently serves on the Milwaukee Art Museum Board to host a separate Spoken Word/Video Workshop on the incarceration experience in concert with the Pilgrimage. of Trustees. We hope the Multigenerational Discussion and Educational Sessions are opportunities for visitors to share their experiences and reflect on what happened to Japanese Americans 75 years ago. Fourth-generation Heart Mountain legacy and Board Secretary Aura Matsumura Newlin will lead the Multigenerational Discussion.
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