May–July 2020

KEET-TV’s first discussion panel for Asian Americans with host Jennifer Fumiko Cahill, Sue Lee Mossman, Malina Syvoravang, Ali Ong Lee.

KEET-TV’s second discussion panel for Asian Americans with host Jennifer Fumiko Cahill, Roger Wang, Shomik Mukhejee, and Pata Vang.

KEET-TV’s third discussion panel for Asian Americans with host Jennifer Fumiko Cahill, Stewart Kwoh (AAJC-LA), Angela Chan, and Alex Ozaki-McNeill.

March–December 2020

A condensed version of the larger HSU Library exhibit “Pieces of Our Lives”. Featured a replica of WWII Japanese American incarceration camp guard watchtower, art and furniture made in camp. Displayed in the Clarke Museum's Gun and Sword vault.

January 2020

Ten 3’x 8’ banners highlight the history of the ten US Japanese American concentration camps and the other incarceration camps holding Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans during World War II.

January–February 2020

Three 90-minute performances of San Jose Taiko's Swingposium on the Road with HSU's Jazz Orchestra, Epic Immersive actors, Humboldt Swing Taiko and community members. A slice of life in a Japanese American concentration camp during WWII seen through the eyes of teenagers involved audience members in a 360 degree immersive experience. SJT Artistic Director interviewed former camp internees in "Talk Story" sessions before the performances.

Additional educational outreach included a stage performance of Swingposium at the Humboldt State University Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties event and two performances for Eurkea, Arcata and McKinleyville High Schools.

January 2020

Photo Courtesy of the Fred T. Korematsu Family / Wikipedia

San Jose Taiko brought their exciting stage performance of Swingposium on the Road to Humboldt State University in commemoration of Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution, with the HSU Jazz Orchestra. A free event provided through a grant from HSU's Office of Diversity and Equity. 10 concentration camp banners displayed in lobby of the HSU Van Duzer auditorium where the performance was held.

January 2020

This pop-up exhibition at the Clarke Museum explored the social and personal impact of the mass incarceration of 120,000 American Japanese during World War II. President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 authorized the mass forced removal of Japanese Americans on the West Coast.

In this exhibition family objects were displayed from the Humboldt County Japanese American Community whose grandparents, mothers, fathers, uncles and aunts were imprisoned in Internment Camps during WWII.

December 2019

Stories of Latinx and Asian Communities

Community gathering, potluck and open discussion about immigration in Humboldt County with Centro del Pueblo and Taiko Swing Humboldt.

October 2019

Major fund-raising event toward bringing San Jose Taiko's "Swingposium On the Road" immersive-experiences to Humboldt County. Offered were various types of ramen in bowls, beverages and sweets, hand-made ceramic bowls, silent auction and Dutch raffle items, free local music entertainment. Held at Bayside Community Hall, Bayside, CA.

October 2019

A Osher Life Learning Institute (OLLI) lecture by Jack Bareilles and Mitch Higa who discussed Humboldt County history during WWII and resistance by Japanese Americans at the Crystal City Detention Center in Texas. Event included a pop-up museum of family objects from WWII Japanese Concentration Camps.

July 2019

Humboldt Swing Taiko was a co-sponsor with Centro del Pueblo in this community event that highlighted the inhumane treatment of conditions faced by border migrants and to foster solidarity for refugees being used in concentration camps at our southern border. Vigils were held nationwide in protest.