Tag: Time of Remembrance
Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066
Today marks the 77th Anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing Executive Order 9066, authorizing the removal of over 120,000 people of Japanese descent, many of them citizens, from the ... Read More
Shoutout to PBS for “Secret War” Documentaries and More
My school district is in south Sacramento, an area that includes the hidden neighborhood of Florin. By “hidden” I mean it’s wedged between the two booming cities of Sacramento and El... Read More
A KVIE Evening at the CA Museum with Reiko Nagumo
I’ve shared before that I co-direct and curate my district’s Time of Remembrance Oral Histories Project (TOR) with my colleague Kathleen Watt. Of all the interviews we have recorded for T... Read More
Going to California League of Schools Conference?
If you will be attending CLS’s Conference this weekend, I warmly invite you to attend the session I’ll be co-presenting with Pam Bodnar (Marsh Jr. High, Chico USD): Teaching Social Justice... Read More
PBS: We’ll Meet Again – Premiere Episode with Reiko Nagumo
Thanks to an email from Julie Thomas, Library Archivist for California State University, Sacramento, I made sure to be home last Tuesday by 8:00 p.m. Julie’s subject line was a grabber for me... Read More
In Response to Executive Order 9066
Last month, I posted Remembering Executive Order 9066, commemorating the 75th anniversary of FDR signing this historic, unfortunate executive order. Given how often the term “executive order&#... Read More
Remembering Executive Order 9066
Seventy-five years ago today, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the removal of over 120,000 people of Japanese descent, many of them citizens, from the West Coast. Virtually... Read More