15.933 preservation of japanese american confinement sitesthe program provides for the preservation and interpretation of historic confinement sites where japanese americans were detained during world…

Grant Award Summary

The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded the National Japanese American Historical Society Inc. a $1.52 million Project Grant under CFDA 15.933 (Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites) on September 16, 2025, for implementation through September 16, 2028. The awardee will launch the Fragile Freedoms Project to deliver professional development and educational resources to over 500 classroom educators and confinement site education staff across 12 Japanese American World War II confinement and historically related sites. Key deliverables include professional leadership workshops, teacher-to-teacher networking initiatives, innovative curriculum development, primary and secondary source research, and in-depth field sessions designed to enhance educators' capacity to teach the Japanese American incarceration experience and its historical significance.

The project employs historic inquiry and place-based pedagogy to develop model teaching units that will inform present and future student learning about Japanese American confinement and equal justice principles. Beneficiaries span multiple stakeholder categories, including nonprofit and educational institutions, government entities, research scientists, and the general public. This initiative supports the Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education Grants Program, which was established by Congress under Public Law 117-328 to advance educational understanding of Japanese American incarceration during World War II.

15.933 preservation of japanese american confinement sitesthe program provides for the preservation and interpretation of historic confinement sites where japanese americans were detained during world war II. Congress established the norman Y. Mineta japanese american confinement education (JACE) grants program to support projects that educate about the historical importance of japanese american incarceration during world war II (public law 117-328). The national japanese american historical society will launch the fragile freedoms project to provide classroom educators and confinement site education staff with dynamic regional perspectives on the incarceration of people of japanese ancestry during wwii. This initiative will utilize historic inquiry and place-based pedagogy to produce professional leadership workshops, establish teacher to teacher networks, develop innovative curricula, conduct new research into primary and secondary sources, and facilitate in-depth field sessions for over 500 teachers. Covering 12 confinement and historically related sites, the project aims to enlist and support the next generation of education leaders in creating model teaching units that ensure present and future generations learn about the japanese american confinement experience and the importance of equal justice under the law. Beneficiaries include profit organizations, public nonprofitinstitutions organizations, private nonprofit institutions organizations, non-federal government entities, industry and public decision makers, research scientists, engineers, and the general public.