Takemaru received the William Morris Award for Excellence in Teaching from the College of Liberal Arts at UNLV.

and descendants we worked with to secure this designation view Amache as a place of reflection.“What we choose to preserve for future generations is a statement of our values.

Amache is a chilling reminder of the injustices committed against Japanese Americans during World War II.and advocates who kept alive the memory of Americans who were interned there.and several reconstructed and restored structures from the World War II era.

The National Park Service will continue to work with the groups to preserve Amache and expand scholarship and public awareness of its history.Amaches establishment came as the nation prepared for the Day of Remembrance of Japanese American incarceration during World War II.

Ensuring that Amache is preserved so that future generations can visit and learn from those tragic errors is critical to building a better future.

and designated a National Historic Landmark on February 10.a collaborative series of public programs supported by the Smithsonians Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past initiative.

and 17; a Corner Garden Workshop led by teaching artist Maria Guadalupe on Dec.professor and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Rafael Agustin.

In addition to creating content and programming at Smithsonian museums.a screening of the bilingual film Backstreet to the American Dream (2021.