We help to reconnect and uplift the Japanese American community.
The Redman-Hirahara House in Watsonville is a rare and irreplaceable witness to Japanese American and agricultural history in the Pajaro Valley. We are creating a documentary to preserve its powerful stories of immigrant farmers, WWII incarceration, and resilience. Built in 1897, the house was recently delisted from the National Register and now faces demolition, making it urgent to capture its voices, images, and memories before they are lost forever.
The documentary will be shared with schools, historical societies, and cultural institutions.
Through JAMP's Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage, I visited my birthplace and connected with "camp" stories I grew up hearing. Stories of American concentration camps are a sad part of our history and must be told repeatedly so they never happen again.
Carel Kaneko, Jerome/Rohwer Survivor, Live Oak, 81
