Day 1 – July 25
09:00 Japanese students and Alejandra arrived in LOS ANGELES!!
Others would also be coming soon:)
15:30 USC Campus safety orientation (USC: University of Southern California)
and all of us tested negative for the COVID-19 test☻
16:00 Team building activity! We enjoyed a scavenger hunt at Exposition Park Rose Garden,
The California Science Center, and The California African American Museum.
Day 2 – July 26
09:00 Orientation – to the program itself and LA
14:00 Visited Japanese American National Museum
– go to the reflection tab and gallery to see how it was!
17:00 Explored Little Tokyo – Various stores were selling Japanese products!
Day 3 – July 27
09:00 Group discussion – reflection is the key to deepening our learning
10:30 Workshop by Dr. Jean-Paul deGuzman
– “The Afterlives of Executive Order 9066 and The Power of History”
14:00 Explored Little Tokyo (2nd round!)
16:00 Visited Go For Broke National Education Center – and we had dinner together!
– go to the reflection tab and gallery to see how it was!
Day 4 – July 28
09:00 Project Overview
10:30 Workshop by Prof. Hideko Russell and Seamus Gildner- about translation
13:30 Introduction to Manzanar – We will leave LA for a while!
Day 5 – July 29
07:00 Departed LA and go to Manzanar! – It would be 4 hours travel
14:00 Visited Manzanar National Historic Site
– go to the reflection tab and gallery to see how it was!
Day 6 – July 30
10:00 Revisit Manzanar National Historic Site
17:00 Visited Alabama Hills – there was a thunderstorm!
18:00 Watched a documentary film about Go for Broke – the segregated and heroic 442nd
Day 7 – July 31
10:00 Went to Mammoth Lake and had a picnic!!
16:00 Project work time
18:00 Visited Eastern California Museum
Day 8 – Aug 1
09:00 Students separated into two groups; ①Revisit Manzanar ②Project work
10:30 Departed Manzanar and back to LA
16:00 Arrived LA
20:00 Frisbee time and Tacos party – Thank you so much, Maria!!
Day 9 – Aug 2
FREE DAY!!
Ayui, Runa, and Sayaka went to Disney California Adventure Park.
Others headed to Santa Monica☻
Day 10 – Aug 3
10:00 Had a conversation with two camp survivors – It was a very valuable experience.
13:30 Project work time – Struggled to build this website!
Day 11 – Aug 4
Project work day – Our website is now ready!!!
Day 12 – Aug 5
We completed our History in Translation 2022 program!!
Bye to everyone and looking forward to seeing you again someday 😢