RESOURCES

Speakers
JAMsj provides speakers who will go to schools or organizations to give first-hand accounts of life in the internment camps and explain how the former incarcerees reestablished themselves after their release. The speakers program only covers grades 10 and higher. For more information, please contact Mimi Suga at (408) 294-3138, mimi@jamsj.org
   
Educator Information
The JAMsj Library includes print and electronic instructional materials that teachers can incorporate into their curriculum to educate students about the Japanese American experience. The history of the World War II forced removal and “internment” followed by the Redress legislation of 1988 can be used to demonstrate that citizens must be ever vigilant in order to protect the principles of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Lasting Stories: The Resettling of San Jose Japantown
Lasting Stories is a digital visual history project that documents the starting or restarting of small businesses in San Jose's Japantown during the resettlement era (1945-1965), when incarcerees returned from camps.

REgenerations
The REgenerations oral history project documents the resettlement experiences of Japanese Americans after their release from internment camps at the end of World War II, in their own words.
   
Japantown Walking Tours
Did you know that San Jose's Japantown is one of only three Japantowns in the United States? A JAMSJ docent can show you all the historic sites including Issei Memorial Building and the Buddhist Church.

Links
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