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HAPPENING TODAY: Heart Mountain's VISTA Museum Educator Genesis Ranel will be joining staff from The National WWII Museum to talk about the life of artist S. Neil Fujita.

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S. Neil Fujita: Cover To Cover | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

S. Neil Fujita was an American citizen born to parents of Japanese American ancestry. Like more than 120,000 other Japanese Americans, Fujita and his family were forcibly relocated and incarcerated during World War II.

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Massive CONGRATULATIONS to Willie Ito for this honor! Check out the Annie Awards online this evening. Read more about Willie and his work in animation in this Rafu Shimpo article:
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Thank you NPR! Listen to my interview and new song "For Every Voice That Never Sang" with the cello magnificence of Emily Hope Price. It's about being on the outside of society, but also being on the outside of love. When you're pining for somebody's attention, it's just as painful as trying to become accepted in your community or in your society. And I think this song is a way to encourage people to keep your chin up, because the world is changing.

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Thank you NPR! Listen to my interview and new song "For Every Voice That Never Sang" with the cello magnificence of Emily Hope Price. It's about being on the outside of society, but also being on the outside of love. When you're pining for somebody's attention, it's just as painful as trying to become accepted in your community or in your society. And I think this song is a way to encourage people to keep your chin up, because the world is changing.

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The Shepard Symposium on Social Justice at the University of Wyoming has announced that Aura Sunada-Matsumura Newlin, secretary of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation’s board of directors, will receive their Community Member Award for 2021. The award recognizes dedication to social justice causes in the state of Wyoming. The ceremony will take place during the Shepard Symposium, on Friday, April 16.

Newlin will also be leading a session during the Symposium with her sister Lena TOMORROW, April 15 at 3:15pm MT (Schedule: https://shepardsymposiumonsocialjus2021.sched.com/event/iH5M?iframe=no). You can register for the Symposium HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0ZwBPvZBJNg8hOAqDJnSRQzwEveZqnlVnAGy7Kr0Jg2kQRA/viewform?gxids=7628

Named for Matthew Shepard and honoring the work of the Shepard family, the Shepard Symposium brings together leading voices in social justice—scholars, students, community members, activists, artists, and filmmakers—to support an inclusive dialogue addressing issues of social and environmental justice in interpersonal, community, and structural contexts.

The Community Member Award is given to an individual demonstrably dedicated to a social justice cause, project, or organization. They must also demonstrate leadership by acting as an advocate and role model for their chosen activities within the state of Wyoming and the wider community.

During World War II, Newlin’s great grandparents and six of their children were among the more than 14,000 Japanese Americans unjustly imprisoned at Heart Mountain. Her grandfather, who was already living and working in Wyoming, was fired from his position with the Union Pacific Railroad and had his cameras and hunting rifles seized.

Newlin’s family story has driven her to become an advocate for racial justice. In addition to her work with the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, Newlin is part of the steering committee for the Japanese American advocacy group Tsuru for Solidarity. In recent months, she has been a prominent voice in Wyoming against anti-Asian discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic. Newlin is a resident of Cody and is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Northwest College in Powell.

Newlin said that this award is personally significant to her. “Being recognized with this honor feels particularly meaningful,” Newlin said, “because Matthew Shepard was killed during the first semester of my freshman year at the University of Wyoming. In hindsight, his death and its aftermath solidified my commitment to social justice work. I am grateful for the work of the Shepard Symposium on Social Justice and humbled to accept this award.”

Read Aura's recent op-ed in the Casper Star Tribune, titled "Racialized rhetoric in legislature hearkens back to 'Yellow Peril,' implicitly fuels anti-Asian violence." https://trib.com/opinion/columns/newlin-racialized-rhetoric-in-legislature-hearkens-back-to-yellow-peril-implicitly-fuels-anti-asian-violence/article_019d932b-7195-59c1-adb2-2202c4a66cbe.html

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Seventy eight years ago today, James Hatsuaki Wakasa was killed by a guard tower sentry at the Topaz, Utah, concentration camp. We share the letter of a camp survivor who wrote to us about the trauma he experienced that night as a nine-year-old child.
https://mailchi.mp/20c031eaad8b/remembering-wakasa-april-2021

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50 Objects / Stories of the American Japanese Incarceration

Seventy eight years ago today, James Hatsuaki Wakasa was killed by a guard tower sentry at the Topaz, Utah, concentration camp. We share the letter of a camp survivor who wrote to us about the trauma he experienced that night as a nine-year-old child.
https://mailchi.mp/20c031eaad8b/remembering-wakasa-april-2021

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CALLING ALL STUDENTS! GFBNEC supports the legacy of Japanese American WWII veterans who served their country at a time when the United States denied their civil rights. Join us in advocating for civil liberties and equality, the cornerstone of our American democracy, by entering our 2021 contest. ✏️

In addition to monetary award prizes, first place winners from each category will be acknowledged in our 20th Annual Evening of Aloha Gala on November 6, 2021. All winning entries will be published in an online booklet on our website. Swipe right for details ➡️ and enter by June 30th! https://goforbroke.org/news/annual_events/studentcontest/index.php

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SUMMER HOURS
May 15 to October 1
Open DAILY 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

WINTER HOURS
October 2 to May 14
Open Wednesday – Saturday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Other visitation by appointment

TELEPHONE (307) 754-8000

EMAIL info@heartmountain.org

ADDRESS
1539 Road 19
Powell, WY 82435

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Under 12 Free
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Board chair @HiguchiJD talks with @USUhealthsci class led by Dr. Pat DeLeon about mental health issues, the military and the Japanese American incarceration. https://t.co/jzHkATH1f3

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Vito Marcantonio was a progressive New York politician who often appeared in negative ads by Republican politicians of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. In his 1950 California Senate race, Richard Nixon attacked his opponent, Helen Gahagan Douglas, for voting like Marcantonio. 1/2 https://t.co/eW3HMCz1hw

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The anti-Asian hate crimes bill by @maziehirono has passed the Senate 94-1.
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Thanks to help from @JapanEmbDC, we're translating and publishing the @HeartMountainWY bungei, poems written in Japanese by incarcerees during World War II. See our Cally Steussy with @lhkuroda @kenjicliu with @SantJordiNYC. They're at the 3:30 mark.
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Vote on anti-Asian hate crime law from @maziehirono coming up in the Senate today.
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You're welcome. We've got a great team working on this, and we're grateful for the help from @JapanEmbDC https://t.co/hrqhq8TJ5q

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