FINAL CHANCE to order a brick.....

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ORDER our fundraising brick(s).....

Do you need some ideas?

Photo credit: Janis Hirohama

-Memorialize a loved one...

-Honor someone born in Poston, Arizona.....

-Pay tribute to someone who served in the military....

-Recognize family members incarcerated at Poston, Arizona

-Document family history with name, Poston address & where they came from....

AND get a tax-deduction for your donation...

Two sizes of bricks are available:

4" x 8" brick for $100 donation (14 spaces /line, 3 lines)
8" x 8" brick for $1,000 donation (14 spaces/line, 6 lines)
****Please use spacing to make the brick legible---or WE will alter your inscription for you. ****
                                                        See examples below:

Photo credit: Dianne Kiyomoto

                                                    

The bricks will be installed at the Poston Memorial Monument & Kiosk site on Mohave Road in Poston, Arizona. 

Photo credit: Dianne Kiyomoto

                                                       

DEADLINE: POSTMARKED: SEPT. 1, 2018

....WE WILL NOT ACCEPT LATE ORDERS....
To get your brick order form(s), ACT NOW!
email: postonpilgrimage(at)gmail(dot)com

----Do you know anyone who is NOT "on the computer"?
Please SHARE this message with them.  PRINT out a brick order form & share!

HELP US MEET OUR FUNDING MATCH

PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY!

 The Poston Community Alliance received a $77,701 grant from the National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program to restore the former Poston I Elementary School Library (pictured) for future use as an exhibit space.  

As a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserve the historic structures at the Poston site, the Poston Community Alliance is required by the NPS to match their grant with funding of $38,850.  

Please help us reach our goal of $38,850 and preserving Poston's history.  

Thank you.

https://www.gofundme.com/restoration-of-poston-library

                                 OR: Use Paypal for on-line payment. 

Send payment to: postonalliance1@gmail.com

OR: Write a CHECK 

payable to: 

"POSTON COMMUNITY ALLIANCE "

956 Hawthorne Drive

Lafayette, CA. 94549

             .....DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2018.....

FINAL CALL: POSTON PILGRIMAGE RSVP + PAYMENTS

FINAL DEADLINE

RSVP + PAYMENT to attend the 2018 Poston Pilgrimage is coming up! For details, click below.

https://thepostonpilgrimage.blogspot.com/2018/03/registration-deadline-extended.html

Congratulations to....

Marlene Shigekawa

THIS IS IT! 2018 POSTON PILGRIMAGE

2018 POSTON PILGRIMAGE

 SAVE THIS DATE!

Saturday April 7, 2018

Poston and Parker, Arizona

PLANNED SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

 FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2018

10:00 am brick dedication at the Poston Memorial Monument in Poston, Ariz.

Afternoon: Screening of the film,”For the Sake of the Children” in Parker, Ariz.

Evening: Banquet at the Blue Water Resort & Casino, in Parker, Ariz.

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QUESTION: Where is everyone staying?

- We have a block of rooms reserved in Parker, Arizona.

Follow the instructions carefully.  

Book your own room by telephone.  

Information on how to book your hotel room is posted

at the new “2018 Poston Pilgrimage” blog:

Click here:https://thepostonpilgrimage.blogspot.com/

*Bookmark this page for easy access in the future.

QUESTION: What about the registration forms?

-Registration forms will be coming soon.

It will be on the 2018 Pilgrimage blog.

-Give us your email address and we will email it to you.

Leave your email address on the 2018 Pilgrimage blog.

QUESTION: What about carpooling or charter buses to get to Parker, Arizona?

-Please VOLUNTEER  to take the lead for your community!

-Start a written list of names and contact information.

-Set a deadline.

-Find a VOLUNTEER to check prices.

-Contact us if you more assistance with filling up the seats. (You might be able to pick up others along the way…For example, the Sacramento or Salinas area carpools/chartered bus will probably travel down Freeway 99.  You can pick up people in Fresno, Kingsburg, Visalia, Bakersfield, etc , if needed…..)

-Leave your contact information on the 2018 PILGRIMAGE blog---so others can find you!

FOR NEWS ON THE 2018 PILGRIMAGE, 

REMEMBER TO USE THE NEW 

“2018 Poston Pilgrimage” blog:

 Click here:

https://thepostonpilgrimage.blogspot.com/

The name of this blog has been changed because apparently someone else is using it on YouTube for body-building videos. 

2018 PILGRIMAGE UPDATE

1/31/18

Hoping to be able to make an announcement very soon.

PILGRIMAGE 2018 UPDATE

RE: POSTON PILGRIMAGE 2018

The Blue Water Resort & Casino apparently DOUBLE-booked our reservation.

We now are scrambling to find another location.  Stay tuned for updates............

SAVE THE DATE!

APRIL 7, 2018

10:00 am - 8:00 pm (approx time)

Parker, Arizona

POSTON PILGRIMAGE

...We will dedicate the installation of the new bricks at the Poston Memorial Monument.

...Screening of our new documentary film: "For the Sake of the Children."

....Review our current historical landmark project work 

****Registration forms & details to be posted soon. 

Pictures from our recent Board meeting on 1/15/18

Marlene Shigekawa

Marlene Shigekawa

John Guilday, Jim Namba, and Margie Namba

John Guilday, Jim Namba, and Margie Namba

Bob Shintaku, Roberta Barton, and Dianne Kiyomoto

Bob Shintaku, Roberta Barton, and Dianne Kiyomoto

WHERE IS POSTON?

Have received many email messages from folks asking about how to get to Poston and the location of our historical site.

For a general map, click on the 'MAPS" tab on the homepage. Also included are some photos of the street signs.

Seeking descendants of Shigemi & Chizuko Uyeda...

Updated: 4/21/15 Family relative has been found!

Received this message on Facebook  from our friends 

at the Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee:

 

Apr 19th, 3:16pm

     Was wondering if anyone is familiar with this Poston family.... Shigemi and Chizuko Uyeda [Poston block 19]... They were from Lancaster CA... Son Theodore passed in 1991 in San Diego. Has two daughters names unknown right now... 

     The Rago Auction protest has brought a cool item of of hiding.... A photography trophy from 1925 to who we believe to be Shigemi. It was awarded from Iwata business... I know possessions from prewar times are rare and Shigemi would go on to being a well known early CA Nikkei photographer.... The person who has it would like it returned to the family. Thanks if you can help. Any contact help would be appreciated.

 To read more about the Rago Aution protest:
 Rafu Shimpo Newspaper report
 L A Times report

Great News!

We are please to announce that
 the Poston brick fundraiser....

Please share this message for those 

who do not have internet access.

We need to raise more funds for the

preservation of the 

eroding Poston adobe school structures.

For information on the brick fundraiser and 

to download a copy of the order forms, 

Visit our special blogsite: 

Poston Brick Fundraiser Campaign

(click here)

Share a few extra copies with your friends!

UPDATE: KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN

UPDATE: KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN 

Last update posted 12/30/14

...67 backers...$10,402 pledged of $10,000 goal...36 hours left.....ends Friday, Jan. 2, 2015  12:07 pm PST 

 ....WE REACHED OUR GOAL!!! 

     

    .......WOO HOO!!!

 

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~We of the Poston Community Alliance are well on our way towards reaching our goal of $10,000 for funding our documentary film -- "For the Sake of the Children". 

Please join us in making a small contribution as we continue to raise funds to complete this most important film.... Every dollar counts.....and only a few more days.....

You can find more information about how to make a donation and rewards you will receive at our Kickstarter Campaign website at:Poston Documentary Film Kickstarter Website  (click here)

...Now, 70 years later after World War II, "For the Sake of the Children", explores the legacy of the Japanese American incarceration, its impact on current generations who are descendants of families who were incarcerated and the complex interplay of culture, racial prejudice, history, and intergenerational differences. Rich with interviews with mothers, who gave birth to and raised children while imprisoned in confinement sites, and three generations of descendants, this film will incorporate archival footage, vintage family film clips, children’s book illustrations and contemporary verité footage. Interviews will be filmed throughout the United States.

....."For the Sake of the Children" captures the diverse voices of women who surmounted imprisonment, racial prejudice and displacement and resettlement.....

....."For the Sake of the Children" follows the journeys of a variety of Japanese Americans from four generations in searching for their identity as Americans with a unique Japanese American heritage......

Why We Need Your Help....
     Although we have receive a few grants to fund our film, we need additional funds to complete our project.  The budget is significantly greater than we originally anticipated.  We initially sought to create a short documentary film with funding received in 2011 from the National Park Service's, Confinement Sites Grant Program.   
     Recently in May 2104, we were fortunate and honored to be awarded a grant of $20,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts. To do justice to our narrative structure and premise, we decided to create a feature-length film.   
     We are finding that we have additional costs to cover for travel, shooting in multiple states, production design, sound and distribution. With every penny earned from our Kickstarter campaign, the Poston Community Alliance, a non-profit organization, will apply them to the cost of producing and distributing our film.   
  
   Thank you for your interest and support.
  

Thank you.

Marlene Shigekawa
Board Member/Project Director
Poston Community Alliance
956 Hawthorne Dr.
Lafayette, CA 94549
Email address: Postonalliance1(at) gmail (dot)com