National Education Center
Exhibitions & Programs
Defining Courage Exhibition
Exhibitions
TRAVELING: Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American WWII Experience
From July of 2017 to early 2020, GFBNEC launched its traveling exhibition entitled, Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American World War II Experience, in partnership with 14 communities across the United States and funded through a Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant.
Portraits of Courage: Photographs by Shane Sato
ONLINE: On the Front Lines of Health: Japanese American Health Care Workers During WWII
During WWII, Japanese American men and women served and protected the health of their fellow Americans in the military as doctors, nurses and medics.
PAST EXHIBITION: Called to Serve: Japanese American Women in the US Military During WWII
7.19.2019 – 10.13.2019
PAST: Fire for Effect: Journey of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion
6.7.2019 – 8.25.2019
PAST: Nikkei Samurai: Japanese Swords and the Military Intelligence Service
7.24.2018 – 8.26.2018
Funded by the Aratani Foundation, Portraits of Courage debuted in May 2018 at GFBNEC’s exhibition space in Los Angeles. The twelve large portraits within the exhibition are designed to travel and tell the story of the brave Japanese Americans veterans of WWII.
These Americans of Japanese ancestry came from remote prison camps or the plantations of Hawai’i to fight for their county. Taken over eighteen years, Sato’s intimate portraits chronicle the heroes of the most highly decorated military unit in American history and offer a rare glimpse into each veteran’s personal story.
Programs
Hawai'i Curriculum
A full instructional unit about the sociopolitical effects of Pearl Harbor bombing and the history of Japanese American WWII soldiers
Student Scholarships
Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) supports the legacy of Japanese American WWII veterans who served their country at a time when the United States denied their civil rights. Join us in advocating for civil liberties and equality, the cornerstone of our American democracy, by applying for the Go For Broke Legacy Scholarships.
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