An informal closing program will be held at the NJAHS Peace Gallery
March 30, 2008 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

INALIENABLE: IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
Youth Voices from World War II and Post 9/11
Saturday, April 12, 2008
1 pm - 4 pm
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street at 10th St.,
Oakland, CA 94607

INALIENABLE will be a multicultural, intergenerational gathering featuring personal stories, video, cultural performances and speakers. Listen to the stories of civil liberties and human rights violations experienced by immigrants of Japanese, Italian, German and Latin American descent, identified as "enemy aliens" during World War II -- as well as stories by Arab, South Asian, Muslim and Latino youth today, impacted by post-9/11 policies and practices. Learn about the hidden internment stories of World War II and post 9/11. Participate in current efforts to resolve unfinished World War II redress issues; and challenges to current, post 9/11 civil liberties violations.

Enemy Alien Files Consortium - Members: American Italian Historical Association, German American Internee Coalition, Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project, National Japanese American Historical Society. Partners: American Muslim Voice, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, Council on American-Islamic Relations and National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. For information, contact NJAHS: (415) 921-5007 or email: njahs@njahs.org

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NJAHS to hold 2008 Annual Awards Dinner
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Hotel Kabuki San Francisco

The National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) is proud to announce its 2008 Annual Awards Dinner! Scheduled for Saturday, March 22, 2008, the event will be held in the Imperial Ballroom at the Hotel Kabuki at 1625 Post St. in San Francisco's Japantown. This year's event "Leading in the Asian Pacific Era: Past, Present and Future" will feature Glen Fukushima, President and CEO, Airbus, Japan as keynote honoree. NJAHS celebrates the continuing engagement of Japanese Americans with Japan as it launches its capital fundraising campaign for the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center. The planned Center pays tribute to the MIS linguists' contribution to peaceful US-Japan relations after World War II. On hand as co-emcees will be Robert Handa, Reporter at KTVU Channel 2 and Kuni Satoko, President of Fuji TV. Admission is $150/person. For more information call NJAHS at 415-921-5007 or email njahs@njahs.org

$800,000 APPROVED FOR NISEI VETERANS CENTER
President Signs Bill; Speaker Pelosi, Congressman Honda, Key Sponsors

San Francisco – On Tuesday, November 13, President Bush signed legislation that provides $800,000 toward the establishment of a Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Historic Learning Center in the Presidio of San Francisco. The provision was included in the 2008 Defense Appropriations bill at the request of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA). Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) were also credited with supporting the funding. Read more…

Building 640 Website Updated!

NJAHS is pleased to announce a major update to its Building 640 website! Titled Building 640 Communique: Information Source for the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, the website features project updates, background information, MIS news, and ways to support the realization of a permanent home for the MIS story. Building 640 is at a critical juncture; work to preserve the building and begin planning the interpretive components of the Center will be underway in the coming year due to a $1 million federal appropriation. At the same time, NJAHS is in the process of consolidating its core donors as a means to match this tremendous support from the Federal government. »Visit the site!

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Hello Maggie! Book signing with Author Shigeru Yabu and Illustrator Willie Ito

Hello Maggie! is a children's book about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, published by Yabitoon Books. Internees were not allowed to take their pets with them to camp. The book's protagonist, a young boy, adopts a magpie, Maggie, who has fallen out of its nest. The bird becomes the boy's friend and is embraced by his family and the larger camp community - ironically enjoying freedom within the confines of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center.

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