Project Grant P23AP02102

Award Date 9/13/23
Completion Date 3/19/25
Dollars Obligated $192K
Federal Agency
Intermountain Region
Federal Grant Program
15.933
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
California, USA
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: P23AS00031 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS TEXT: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES (JACS) GRANT PROGRAM (PUBLIC LAW 109-441, 120 STAT. 3288) PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES WORKING TO PRESERVE HISTORIC JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES AND THEIR HISTORY, INCLUDING: PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES, FOR THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF U.S. CONFINEMENT SITES WHERE JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE DETAINED DURING WORLD WAR II. REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL AGREEMENTS: OVERARCHING GOAL. TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE HISTORY AND IMPACTS OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WORLD WAR II. OBJECTIVES. TO COMPLETE PLANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VISITOR CENTER TO SHARE THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II. SUMMARY OF PROJECT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES:COMMUNITY PARTNERS WILL PARTNER WITH VIGILANT LOVE TO HOST THE SOLIDARITY ARTS FELLOWSHIP, A SIX-MONTH PROGRAM FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN AND MUSLIM AMERICAN COLLEGE-AGED YOUTH. THE PROGRAMS 2024 COHORT WILL LEARN FROM SHARED HISTORIES OF INCARCERATION, SURVEILLANCE, AND RESISTANCE GROW SKILLS THROUGH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTS AND HEALING TRAININGS BUILD TRANSFORMATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND ORGANIZE TO DISMANTLE ISLAMOPHOBIA AND WHITE SUPREMACY. THE SELECTED GROUP WILL VISIT MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE AND TUNA CANYON DETENTION STATION TO REFLECT ON THE PARALLELS BETWEEN THE NATIONS TREATMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS BEFORE AND DURING WORLD WAR II AND THE CURRENT TARGETING OF IMMIGRANT, REFUGEE, AND MUSLIM POPULATIONS. BY BUILDING SOLIDARITY BETWEEN MUSLIM AMERICAN AND JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, THE FELLOWSHIP SEEKS TO BUILD EMPATHY AND PATHS TO HEALING. PERFORMANCE GOALS INCLUDING MILESTONES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES:DEVELOPMENT OF DIVERSE COHORT, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTS TRAINING, CREATIVE WORKSHOPS, AND CURRICULUM. BENEFICIARIES:THE PUBLIC EDUCATORS NPS JACS SITES ORGANIZATIONS PRESERVING JACS SITES AND HISTORY

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