Heart Mountain press releases include announcements about upcoming events, new exhibits, general news about the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, and other important information.
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Read through recent and past Heart Mountain press releases below:
Heart Mountain Urges Preservation of America’s Historic Commitment to Birthright Citizenship
We oppose the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump that authorize the use of the outmoded Alien Enemies Act to curb immigration and eliminate birthright citizenship for people born in the United States. We believe they are counter to core American values of the United States and could lead to elimination of basic rights and protections for millions of native-born Americans.
Heart Mountain’s Sam Mihara Featured in Humanities Magazine Cover Story
During Sam Mihara’s first talk about the Japanese American incarceration to a group of Justice Department lawyers, only three had heard of Fred Korematsu, the civil rights icon who unsuccessfully challenged his incarceration to the Supreme Court in 1944.
Heart Mountain Starts Japanese Culture Winter Program Series
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation will conduct a series of Japanese cultural events as part of its winter program series starting Jan. 25 and led by Haruka Takaku, our Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator.
