POSTON PRESERVATION PROJECT UPDATES: ABOUT US

...OUR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS...

George Takei

George Takei was a child when he was incarcerated with his family at an American concentration camp during World War II. He is primarily known for playing the role of Mr. Sulu in the television series, "Star Trek", and a varied career acting in television, feature films, live theater, and radio. He also is a successful writer and community activist.

James Ishii

James Ishii, a descendant of Poston concentration camp I, block 5, is an Entertainment-Media Technology and IP Executive, and develops entertainment, media and internet projects, as well as entertainment technology applications. His past employers/clients: Universal Studios, Walt Disney Company, Lucasfilm Ltd., Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, and Dentsu Advertising. He consults on live shows and special events, motion picture and television projects and mentors the up and coming creative artist and business development principals.

...OUR BOARD MEMBERS...
Last update: 3/10/18

Marlene Shigekawa

Marlene Shigekawa, a documentary film producer, screenwriter, and book author of several children's books--Blue Jay in the Desert and Welcome Home Swallows, focuses on the incarceration experience. She was born in captivity and spent the first few months of her life in the Poston, Arizona, concentration camp I, block 21.She is currently the Project Director for the Poston Community Alliance projects and resides in the Bay Area.

Dianne Kiyomoto

Dianne Kiyomoto, a descendant of Poston concentration camp III, block 305, grew up in Reedley, California. She is the Manager of the Poston Blog sites, family history researcher and author of the Poston, Arizona Block Book series, and acting Archivist. She resides in Central California.

Bob Shintaku

Bob Shintaku, a veteran, assistant judo instructor, newsletter editor, member of the Pinedale Assembly Center Memorial and the Fresno Assembly Center Memorial Committees, past president of the Salinas and Fresno J.A.C.L., and past Central California District J.A.C.L. Govenor. He was born in captivity at the Poston, Arizona concentration camp, where he lived the first 2 years of his life at camp II, block 219. He resides in Central California.

Roberta Barton

Roberta Barton, descendant of Poston concentration camp II, block 222, former member of the Pinedale Assembly Center Memorial and Fresno Assembly Center Memorial Committees, and past Information Officer for the Fresno County Public Library System. She is the Central California District J.A.C.L Govenor and grew up in Monterey, California. She resides in Central California.

Don Aoki

Don Aoki, a private investor, Silicon Valley executive, and descendant of Poston concentration camp II, block 208. He grew up in Southern California and resides in the Bay Area.

Margie Namba

Margie Namba, a Business Developer for the Granite Construction Company, is the descendant of Poston camp II. She resides in the Sacramento area.

...Our Consultants...

Caitlin K. Hawks

Caitlin K. Hawks, a member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association and a descendant of Poston concentration camp I. She resides in the state of Washington.

Daryl Brown

Daryl Brown, president and founder of Abbott+Taylor LLC, a Scottsdale Arizona based architectural firm, and descendant of Poston concentration camp I. He resides in Arizona.

Nancy A. Takahashi

Nancy A. Takahashi, ASLA, Distinguished Lecturer of Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia, School of Architecture, is the descendant of Poston concentration camp I. She resides in Virginia.

...OUR FOUNDER...

Ruth Y. Okimoto, PhD, emeritus

Ruth Y. Okimoto, PhD, was incarcerated as a little girl with her family at Poston camp 3 block 327. Many years later, she revisited her incarceration and researched at the National Archives and uncovered the evidence which lead to the Office of Indian Affairs' decision to offer Poston, Arizona as one of 10 desolate areas for the "relocation" sites, following President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. Her report was the driving force for the preservation efforts of the Poston, Arizona concentration camp site. She resides in the Bay Area.

OUR MISSION:

To preserve some of the Poston, Arizona confinement site's remaining historic structures (located on the Colorado Indian River Tribes Reservation) for the purpose of creating a Visitor's Center to tell the stories of the Japanese Americans and their concentration camp experience during World War II.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Mailing address:
Poston Restoration Project
956 Hawthorne Drive
Lafayette, CA 94549

Email: postonpilgrimage(at) gmail(dot) com

This site belongs to:
the Poston Community Alliance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit group.

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