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Presented by Aura Sunada Newlin, PhD, Executive Director of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation.
During WWII, some 14,000 people of Japanese ancestry were unjustly incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Located on the original camp site, the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation runs a Smithsonian Affiliate museum and retreat center that is emerging as a hub for discussions about democracy, civil discourse, and the rule of law. In this presentation, Dr. Sunada Newlin will discuss how the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation is converting what was once a place of rupture into a place of connection.
Presenter Bio:
Aura Sunada Newlin is a fourth-generation Wyomingite, fourth-generation Japanese American, and Executive Director for the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation. Her heritage involves intertwined stories of imprisonment at Heart Mountain and Tule Lake; segregated military service; and hardships suffered by railroaders who were fired because of their Japanese ancestry. Aura earned her PhD and MA in anthropology from Case Western Reserve University, and her Bachelor’s Degree in ethnomusicology from the University of Wyoming. Her work has been profiled by the Women in Wyoming podcast and gallery exhibit; the University of Wyoming’s Featured Alumni series; Wyoming PBS, and more.
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