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Japanese American Detention Stories
of Strength and Hope

   School and College Presentations

    2009   Santa Clara High School, Santa Clara, CA
    2008   Las Positas College, Livermore, CA
    2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003   Wells Middle School, Dublin, CA
    2007, 2005, 2003, 2001   Synergy School, San Francisco, CA
    2007   Day of Remembrance Ceremony, San José State University, San José, CA
    2006   Day of Remembrance Ceremony, University of California, Irvine, CA
    2004, 2001   Harker School, San José, CA
    2003   Day of Remembrance Ceremony, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
    2003, 2002, 2001, 2000   Ida Price Middle School, San José, CA
    2003, 2002, 2001, 2000   Hillbrook School, Los Gatos, CA
    2002   Rancho San Justo Middle School, Hollister, CA
    2002   Fresno State University, Fresno, CA
    2002   Fresno City College, Fresno, CA
    2002   College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA
    2002   Wawona Middle School, Fresno, CA
    2002   Hanford High School, Hanford, CA
    2002   Queen of Apostles, School, San José, CA
    2002   Lynbrook High School, San José, CA
    2002   Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
    2002   St. Lucy's School, Campbell
    2001, 2000   West Valley College, Saratoga, CA
    2001   Menlo School, Atherton, CA
    2001   Suzume no Gakko, San José, CA
    2000   Berkwood Hedge School, Berkeley, San José, CA
    2000   Lincoln Elementary School, Cupertino, CA
    2000   Santa Teresa High School, San José, CA
    1999   Martin Murphy Middle School, San José, CA
    1998   Bellarmine College Preparatory School, San José, CA

  Museum and Theatre Presentations

    2006, 2004   Tule Lake Pilgrimage, Klamath Falls, OR
    2008   The National Steinbeck Center
    2004   Japanese American Museum of José, CA,
                to compliment the exihibit of cartoonist Jack Matsuoka's Poston Camp II, Block 211
    2001   Golden State Museum, Sacramento, CA,
                to honor veterans of World War II Military Intelligence Service
    2000   San José Museum of Art, San José, CA,
                in conjunction with a national touring exhibit of Roger Shimomura’s lithographs, "An American Diary"
    1998   Bay Area Discovery Museum, San Francisco, CA,
                in conjunction with a national touring traveling exhibit from U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum,
                "Daniel’s Story"

   Workshops, Conferences and Other Public Presentations

    2002, 2000   Tule Lake Pilgrimage at Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR
    2004   National Storytelling Conference, Oklahoma City, OK: "Like Jack: Making the Best of It"
    2004   Boys and Girls Club of Silicon Valley, San José, CA for Council for the Humanities project,
                "Like Jack: Making the Best of It"
    2004   Japanese American Museum of San Jose, San José, CA
    2004   Asian American Research Group, Tokyo, Japan
    2003   National Interpreters Workshop, Sparks, NV
    2003   Bay Area Storytelling Festival, El Sobrante, CA
    2003   Day of Remembrance Ceremony, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
    2003   Day of Remembrance Ceremony, Sunnyvale Public Library, Sunnyvale, CA
    2003   Day of Remembrance Ceremony, Eugene, OR
    2002   Los Angeles World Storytelling Festival, Los Angeles, CA
    2002   Tule Lake Gathering (Reunion), Sacramento, CA
    2002   Day of Remembrance Ceremony, Fresno, CA
    2001   Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA
    2001   Pleasanton Public Library, Pleasanton, CA
    2000   Los Altos Hills Historical Society, Los Altos Hills, CA
    2000   Griot (Storyteller’s) Workshop, Los Angeles, CA
    2000   Day of Remembrance Ceremony, San José, CA
    1998   Lockheed Martin Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA
    1998, 1995   Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills, CA
    1997   National Storytelling Conference, San Diego, CA
    1997   San Francisco and Santa Cruz Public Libraries, CA
    1997   Saratoga Sister City, Annual Meeting, Saratoga, CA
    1996   Rotary Club, Mountain View, CA

  Movie Voice-Over
    2004    as the main character, Shizuka, in From A Silk Cocoon

  Radio Appearance
    2008    on National Public Radio’s “Living On Earth”