BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.4946@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20150808T000000Z DTEND:20150808T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<span style="line-height: 1.45em\; background-color: initial\;" >The California Legacy Voice Network has developed a statewide system to train social studies professionals on the internment of Japanese America ns during WWII. It has scheduled three professional development workshops for teachers and administrators in Region 5 (Santa Clara\, Santa Cruz\, and Monterey Counties) at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj ) in San Jose's Japantown. The free workshops will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.&nbsp\;Participants sign up for <strong><span style="text-de coration: underline\;">one </strong> of the following sessions:&nbsp\;&nb sp\;\n \n \n<ul><li><ul><li><span style="background-color: initial\;">Satu rday\, August 8\, 2015 </li><li><span style="background-color: initial\;" >September workshop TBA </li></ul>\n\n</li></ul>\n\nThe workshops will be followed by lunch and a tour of the museum.\n\n<span style="line-height: 1.45em\; background-color: initial\;">Special guest speakers include Karen Korematsu. The following four critical topics will be addressed:\n \n \n< ul><li><ul><li>California&rsquo\;s assembly centers</li><li>The Japanese A merican internment</li><li>Fred Korematsu&rsquo\;s story </li><li>The fami ly stories of local Legacy Voices</li></ul>\n\n</li></ul>\n\nParticipants will receive the materials listed below to share with students and colle agues at their schools and school districts\, thus preparing them to beco me legacy voices and to focus attention on the Japanese American internme nt experience:\n\n<ul><li><ul><li><span style="background-color: initial\; ">The Japanese American Experience\, Curriculum and Resource Guide<span st yle="line-height: 1.45em\; background-color: initial\;"> from the Japanese American Citizens League </li><li><span style="line-height: 1.45em\; ba ckground-color: initial\;">The Fred T. Korematsu teaching kit </li><li><e m>Farewell to Manzanar</em> <span style="line-height: 1.45em\; background- color: initial\;"> by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston </li><li><em>Return to the Valley: The Japanese American Experience After WWII</em> <span style="lin e-height: 1.45em\; background-color: initial\;"> (DVD) </li><li><span sty le="line-height: 1.45em\; background-color: initial\;">Educational resourc e CD from Densho (The Japanese American Legacy Project) </li></ul>\n\n</l i></ul>\n\n<span style="line-height: 1.45em\; background-color: initial\;" >This program was funded by a grant from Japanese American Confinement Si tes and is sponsored by the National Park Service\, the Korematsu Institu te for Civil Rights and Education\, and JAMsj.\n \n <span style="line-hei ght: 1.45em\;"> Cost: There is no cost for this event. RSVP by July 24.\n <span style="line-height: 1.45em\; background-color: initial\;">RSVP: Con tact info@jamsj.org (attention: Shirley Ota and Judy Tokubo) or call (408) 294-3138 to reserve a spot. DTSTAMP:20240419T015514Z SUMMARY:California Legacy Voice Network: 2015 JAMsj Workshops URL:/en/events/2015/08/08/california-legacy-voice-network-2015-jamsj-worksh / END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR