Who We Are
Wakasa Memorial Committee
Lauren Araki
Topaz Descendant
Sarah Julia Escobido Brandenstein
Topaz Descendant
Bif Brigman
Historian; Former Minidoka Pilgrimage co-chair
Paula Fujiwara
Tule Lake Descendant
Midori Hogg
Topaz Descendant
Kiyoshi Ina
Topaz Survivor
Claudia Katayanagi
Topaz Descendant; Filmmaker
Karen Kiyo Lowhurst
Heart Mountain Descendant
Mari Matsumoto
Topaz/Poston Descendant
Glenn Mitsui
Topaz Descendant
Gail Nanbu
Topaz Descendant
Chizu Omori
Poston Survivor
Emiko Omori
Poston Survivor; Filmmaker
John Ota
Descendant of so-called "voluntary evacuees"
Erin Shigaki
Minidoka Descendant
Hiroshi Shimizu
Topaz/Tule Lake/Crystal City Survivor; Tule Lake Committee; father, Iwao Shimizu, was member of 1943 Wakasa Committee
Barbara Suyehiro
Topaz Descendant
Barbara Takei
Tule Lake Descendant; Tule Lake Committee
Paul Tomita
Minidoka Survivor
Diana Emiko Tsuchida
Topaz/Tule Lake Descendant
Nancy Ukai
Topaz Descendant
Akemi Yamane
Topaz Survivor; born at Topaz the day after Wakasa was killed
Advisory Council
Stacey Camp
Archaeologist; Director of the Campus Archaeology Program; Associate Professor of Anthropology, Michigan State University
Marian Carpenter
John & Neville Bryan Senior Director of Museum Collections, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Bruce Embrey
Co-chair, Manzanar Committee
Art Hansen
Professor Emeritus History, Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton
Donald Teruo Hata
Gila River Survivor, Professor Emeritus of History, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Tom Ikeda
Minidoka Descendant, Densho Founding Executive Director
Satsuki Ina
Topaz Descendant; Tule Lake/Crystal City Survivor
Japanese American Citizens League, Northern California-Western Nevada-Pacific District
Tetsudan Kashima
Topaz Survivor; Professor Emeritus, American Ethnic Studies Department and Sociology, University of Washington
Dr. Karen Korematsu
Topaz Descendant; Founder & Executive Director Fred T. Korematsu Institute
Michelle G. Magalong
University of Maryland Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in Historic Preservation; President of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation
Roger Shimomura
Minidoka Survivor, Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Renee Tajima-Peña
Heart Mountain/Tule Lake/Gila River Descendant; UCLA Professor of Asian American Studies; Filmmaker
Masako Takahashi
Topaz Survivor; Takahashi Family Foundation
Karen Umemoto
Manzanar Descendant; UCLA Professor of Asian American Studies and Urban Planning
Duncan Ryūken Williams
Buddhist Priest; Professor of Religion/American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California
Jay Xu
Director and CEO, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco