Major support for this project has been generously provided, in part, by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Aratani Foundation.
IMLS Update
"Enduring Communities delivers fresh take on Japanese American experience to history classes"
Additional support has also been provided by The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation, Manabi & Sumi Hirasaki, and Knapp Foundation.
About the Project
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The Enduring Communities project is a collaborative effort not only with our five anchor partners, but also with educators, business and civic leaders, and community organizations from each of the project’s five states—Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. Through its initial research phase to the 2008 National Conference and the development of new curricula, the National Museum is working closely with its project partners to examine the issues of civil rights and diversity in both historical and contemporary contexts within each state.
Anchor Institutions
- Arizona State University’s Asian Pacific American Studies Program
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- University of New Mexico
- UTSA’s Institute of Texan Cultures
- Davis School District, Utah
Honorary Advisory Committee*
- Robert Austin, Social Studies Specialist, Utah State Office of Education
- Peggy Blackwell, Dean of Education, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
- Carol Boigon, Council Member, Denver City Council
- Bryan Bowles, Superintendent of Schools, Davis School District
- Terry Cherry, President, Texas Council for Social Studies
- Ann Claunch, Director of Curriculum, National History Day
- Pat Concannon , New Mexico Public Education Agency
- John Davis, Executive Director ad interim, UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures
- Patricia Diaz Dennis, Chair, National Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of the USA
- Rick Garcia, Council Member, Denver City Council, District 1
- Phil Gordon, Mayor, City of Phoenix
- Raul Grijalva, U.S. Representative, State of Arizona
- Sybil Jordan Hampton, President Emeritus, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
- John W. Hickenlooper, Mayor, City/County of Denver
- Daniel K. Inouye, U.S. Senator, State of Hawai'i
- Hassan Jaber, Executive Director, ACCESS
- Eddie Bernice Johnson, U.S. Representative, State of Texas
- Paul D. López, Council Member, Denver City Council, District 3
- Doris Matsui, U.S. Representative, State of California
- Norman Mineta, Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
- Federico Peña, Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
- G.P. "Bud" Peterson, Chancellor, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Ken Salazar, U.S. Senator, State of Colorado
- David Schmidly, President, University of New Mexico
- Cynthia Stevenson, Superintendent, Jeffco Public Schools
- * partial listing
Supporting Organizations*
- AARP - Colorado
- ACCESS
- Amache Preservation Society
- Arab American National Museum
- Asian American Journalists Association
- Asian American Student Services - University of Colorado, Denver and Auraria Library
- Asian Chamber of Commerce
- Brighton Japanese American Association
- Colorado Council for the Social Studies
- Colorado Historical Society
- Consulate General of Japan in Denver
- Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
- Facing History and Ourselves
- Fort Lupton JACL
- Friends of Amache
- Friends of Manzanar
- Go for Broke National Education Center
- JACL Arizona Chapter
- Japan America Society of Colorado
- Japan-America Society of Southern Colorado
- Japanese American Bar Association of Greater Los Angeles (JABA)
- Japanese American Citizens League
- Japanese American Community Graduation Program
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose
- Japanese American National Heritage Coalition
- Japanese American National Library
- Japanese Association of Colorado
- Japanese Firms Association of Colorado
- Mile-Hi Chapter, Japanese American Citizens League
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- National Japanese American Historical Society
- The National Japanese American Memorial Foundation
- National Park Service, Intermountain Region
- National Trust for Historic Preservation, Mountains/Plains Office
- New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League
- Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress
- Simpson United Methodist Church
- Town of Granada, Colorado
- Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple
- University of Denver
- * partial listing