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A senior Japanese American woman, microphone in hand, stands to address the audience. Behind her is a screen with the title "Topaz Stories," and a photo of row of barracks in the middle of a desert. — ^R^{uth Sasaki, Topaz Stories editor, addresses the audience to provide context for the program and the speakers’ stories. Photo courtesy of Chris Yamashiro.}

Two Japanese women, a decade apart in age, sit in front of a screen that show a photo of the older woman as a young girl. — *^{Sandra Yagi listens as Kaz Iwahashi shares her story, “Questions I Never Asked Mom.” Photo courtesy of Kimi Hill.}*

The event was held in conjunction with the Berkeley Historical Society’s “Roots, Removal and Resistance: Japanese Americans in Berkeley” exhibit, which has been extended through August.

Three senior Japanese American women smile into the camera. Behind them is a wall covered with exhibit posters, and several people are reading the panels or standing around, chatting. — *^{Gay Kaplan, Kaz Iwahashi and Jo Takata reconnected while visiting the “Roots, Removal and Resistance” exhibit at the Berkeley Historical Society. Courtesy of Ruth Sasaki.}*

Three Japanese American women are engaged in lively conversation behind a display case. Behind them are exhibit panels showing historical timelines and old photos of families. — *^{Chris Yamashiro, Kimi Hill and Emily Ushijima catch up at the BHS exhibit. Courtesy of Ruth Sasaki.}*

Many thanks to the Berkeley Historical Society for hosting us (in particular, Jeanine Castillo, Elina Juvonen, and all who were involved in creating the fabulous exhibit). Apologies for the belated sharing of photos from the event!

The Topaz Stories Team

Media Coverage:
Watch “Utah Historians Run Exhibit on Japanese American Internment,” abc4 News, 2/19/2025).
Read “Utah Once Said ‘Never Again’–Do We Mean It? Deseret News, (2/26/2025).
Read “Topaz Stories Exhibition: A Way to Remember the Past.” SUU News, 2/7/2025.
Read ‘Topaz Stories’ exhibit travels Utah showing human side of WWII internment (KSL.com, May 24, 2024)
Read ‘Topaz Stories’ mines the history of a Japanese American internment camp (ParkRecord, May 18, 2024)
Read Remembering Japanese American Internment–Day of Remembrance (Rosie the Riveter Trust blog, March 24, 2024)
Read Internee’s story told with ‘Topaz Collages’ (Wheel of Dharma, Vol. 5, Issue 3, March 2023).
Watch Topaz survivors tell their stories (abc4 News, 4/22/2022)
Listen to the “In the Hive” podcast with interviews with Ann Dion, Jonathan Hirabayashi, and Topaz survivors Jeanie Kashima and Joseph Nishimura (KCPW, 4/28/2022)
Read How a Utah exhibit about Topaz Camp looks to find empathy in ‘an ugly stain on American history (ksl.com, 4/22/2022)
Read “Topaz Stories rise from the dust,” (Department of Culture & Community Engagement, 4/2022)
Listen to KQED Forum, Day of Remembrance interview with Ruth Sasaki, 2/15/2022
Listen to Max Chang and Ruth Sasaki interviewed (KRCL RadioActive, 2/9/2022
Read On Topaz Stories and ‘Authentic Voice’, the Discover Nikkei interview with Ruth Sasaki (10/14/2022)
Listen to Remembering the Japanese American Incarceration, the Topaz Stories podcast with Ruth Sasaki and Jonathan Hirabayashi (6/2/2021)

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