Growing Up Sansei in Chicago
By Keith Uchima
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December 7, 1941
By George Suyeoka
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Japanese American Redress: A View from the Midwest
By William Yoshino
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On Being Japanese American...
By Nicole Sumida
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Connecting Cultures through Kimono and Sari
By Dean Raffaelli
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Day of Remembrance 2006
By Jean Ikezoe-Halevi
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A list of future, current and past CJAHS events
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  History: (Impetus for CJAHS)

Shortly after the 1980s’ Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWIRC) hearings in Chicago, Yoji Ozaki started discussion groups for Japanese American senior citizen residents at Heiwa Terrace. These watershed hearings gave psychological permission to former internees to finally discuss their camp experiences. As was the case in many other Japanese American communities, these discussions provided a much needed opportunity to come to terms with past traumatic events.

Later, in the early 1990s, Scott La France from the Chicago Historical Society asked the Japanese American community for its help in developing the exhibit “Chicago Goes to War, 1941-45.” Yoji Ozaki responded and the Japanese American relocation story was included in this major exhibit. Following this experience with the community, La France saw a need for formalizing historical documentation and recommended forming a Chicago Japanese American Historical Society.

 
  Board Members 2006
Pat Aiko Amino
Deborah Mieko Burns
Mary Doi
Laurel Fujisawa
Erika Varricchio Hanner
Hiro Mayeda
Kimiyo Naka
Marlynne Nishimura

Officers:
President: Jean Mishima
Secretary: Alice Murata
Treasurer: Jane Hidaka
 
 

Board Members: 2004
Pat Aiko Amino
Deborah Mieko Burns
Mary Doi
Laurel Fujisawa
Erika Varricchio Hanner
Hiro Mayeda
Marlynne Nishimura
Kimiyo Naka
Jennifer Toguri

Volunteers:
Frances Chikahisa
Fay Kadawaki
Ruth Kosaka
Itsuko Mizuno
Erica Mizuuchi
Merry Oya
Agnes Oyama

Officers:
President: Jean Mishima
Secretary: Alice Murata
Treasurer: Bruce Kosaka

 
 

Board Members: 1998
Mary Doi
Hiro Mayeda
Jan Omachi
Sam Ozaki
Yoji Ozaki
Kiyo Yoshimura

President: Jean Mishima
Secretary: Alice Murata
Treasurer: Bruce Kosaka

 
  Board Members: 1992
Mary Doi
Ken Kobukata
Karen Kurasaki
Alice Murata
Jean Mishima
Chiye Tomihiro
Sandra Yamate
Pauline Yoshioka

Officers:
President: Yoji Ozaki 1992 – 1997
Secretary: Alice Murata
Treasurer: Kiyo Yoshimura