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Protecting Immigrant Students (Part I): What Japanese American Incarceration Teaches Us About Educator Responsibility
In this two-part series, Densho’s Education and Public Programs Manager, Courtney Wai, reflects on how her experiences as a classroom teacher working with immigrant students shaped her understanding of immigration…
Protecting Immigrant Students (Part II): Resources and Strategies for Creating Safer Classrooms
This piece concludes our two-part series on how educators can support immigrant students. In the first installment, Courtney Wai, Densho’s Education & Public Programs Manager, shares how her experience teaching and…
Building the Densho Digital Repository: Three Decades of Digital Preservation
How did Densho’s digital archives begin, and how have they evolved over nearly three decades? Densho Archives Director Caitlin Oiye Coon traces the journey from the creation of Densho’s first…
Uncovering Lost Histories in “Safe Passage”: A Preview of Evelyn Iritani’s New Book
Evelyn Iritani’s new book, Safe Passage: The Untold Story of Diplomatic Intrigue, Betrayal, and the Exchange of American and Japanese Civilians by Sea During World War II, uncovers a little-known…
Guidelines for Choosing Children’s Books on Japanese American Incarceration
In this conversation, Densho’s Senior Development and Communications Manager Jen Noji speaks with Brian Niiya, Content Director, and Courtney Wai, Education and Public Programs Manager, about how to thoughtfully select…
Loni Ding, Godmother of Asian American Documentary Filmmaking
In 2014, Densho received an extensive collection of materials from the family of acclaimed filmmaker Loni Ding. This collection included hundreds of media that were produced by Ding to create…
Japanese American Community Excitement and Opinions about Rachel Maddow’s “Burn Order”
In this collaborative post, Japanese American community members and organizers reflect on the impact, value, and effects of the MS NOW podcast Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order. The podcast, released…
“Burn Order”: The Latest Retelling of the WWII Incarceration Story
The popular MS NOW podcast Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order is the latest retelling of the Japanese American exclusion and incarceration story to draw a large mainstream audience. While a…
Densho Updates
Launching the Densho Public Index of Japanese American Collections on this Day of Remembrance 2026
Each year, February 19th brings us back to a crucial date in 1942. On that day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, a decision that authorized the forced…
30 Years with Densho: Three Decades of Preservation, Education, and Storytelling
As Densho marks its 30th anniversary, Executive Director Naomi Ostwald Kawamura reflects on the organization’s past, present, and future, honoring the community that built Densho and addressing the urgent work…
Introducing the Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films
Last month Densho, in partnership with Internet Archive, launched the Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films—an unprecedented online collection of more than 100 films, spanning 80 years of footage,…