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Nancy Yang


Nancy Yang is a student at UC Santa Barbara and has worked as an intern at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj). Nancy believes that her work with JAMsj has made her realize that the reverberations of internment are still with us today and that it is important to remain vigilant in protecting our civil liberties.


Updated November 2012 


Stories from This Author

Q&A; with Common Ground Exhibit Curators, Connie Young Yu and Leslie Masunaga

Nov. 13, 2012 • Nancy Yang

Connie Young Yu and Leslie Masunaga are Japanese American Museum of San Jose guest curators. At the time of this interview, they were working on the JAMsj exhibit, On Common Ground: Chinatown and Japantown, San Jose, which opened in September 2012. They sat down with interviewer, Nancy Yang, to discuss their vision for the exhibit. What inspired you to create this exhibit? Was there anything in your own life experience that drove you to create the exhibit? Connie: I grew …

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