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Mitch Homma

@mhomma
Nima of the month: February 2011

My name is Mitch Homma. I’m a sansei who grew up and still resides in Southern California. In addition to working as a software and aerospace engineer for a small Chantilly, Virginia based company, my interests include Japanese history and Christianity in Japan. In my spare time, I work on publishing some family items that I believe are important to history and hope it inspires other to do the same. I contribute to three different Discover Nikkei albums which are based on my family’s photo albums, documents, and stories. My current albums contain items from Amache and Heart Mountain Internment Camps as well as Gardena Valley Baptist Church, which 4 generations of family attended. The Amache and Heart Mountain albums are being updated as I come across related photos while still searching through hundreds of photos in boxes. I am also working on two other albums which may be published in the future. Both albums are based on recently uncovered photos and documents. One collection is based on Christianity in Japan (1890-1930) and the pre-WWII Southern California Japanese Christian Federation of churches. The second documents my 2008 trip back to Japan and Amache to see my family history first hand. This album includes pre-WWII and today’s photos of my family’s sites, Japan relatives, and finally my father and his sibling’s emotional closure when visiting Amache during JANM’s Enduring Communities Conference field trip.

Nikkei Interests

Amache Christian Church Amache concentration camp Christians communities families history Tohoku Region (Japan)
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June 10, 2023 Arvada, Colorado, United States
Public input meeting for the Amache National Historic Site
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May 8, 2023 Sacramento, California, United States
Public input meeting for the Amache National Historic Site
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May 7, 2023 Livingston, California, United States
Public input meeting for the Amache National Historic Site
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April 23, 2023 Emeryville, California, United States
Public input meeting for the Amache National Historic Site
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April 23, 2023 Sebastopol, California, United States
Public input meeting for the Amache National Historic Site
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April 22, 2023 San Francisco, California, United States
Public input meeting for the Amache National Historic Site
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April 22, 2023 San Jose, California, United States
Public input meeting for the Amache National Historic Site
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May 6, 2023 Los Angeles, California, United States
Public input meeting for the Amache National Historic Site
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May 6, 2023 Gardena, California, United States
Public input meeting for the Amache National Historic Site
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May 27, 2021
National Park Service Amache Special Resource Study Public Scoping Meeting #3
Nima since 2006
Location Torrance, California, United States of America
Social Media https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitch-homma-808734102/
Websites https://www.facebook.com/mitch.homma
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