According to Brad Westwood, Utah Department of Culture & Community Engagement, there were 240 attendees and six media agencies present at last Friday’s Topaz Stories exhibit reception in the Utah State Capitol.
Listen to KCPW’s “In the Hive” podcast with Roger McDonough. The Topaz Stories segment is about 14 minutes and includes interviews clips with Ann Tamaki Dion, Jeanie Kashima, Joseph Nishimura and Jonathan Hirabayashi.
Wendy Ogata wrote an article for the Department of Culture & Community Engagement titled, “Topaz Stories: Voices rise from the dust.”
Relisting two articles that were included in our previous post:
“How a Utah exhibit about Topaz Camp looks to find empathy in ‘an ugly stain on American history’ “| by Carter Williams of KSL.com.
Topaz survivors tell their stories (abc4 news segment)
In our next post we’ll share some fun photos of friends and supporters who attended the event!