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DESCRIPTION:National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) hosts the
   Japantown Cultural Tourism Initiative featuring Summer Youth Leadership 
  Interns.  The interns\, coined N&rsquo\;interns\, created their own digit
 al  stories reflecting their experiences as Japanese Americans.  &ldquo\;B
 reaking  Perspectives&rdquo\; encapsulates the unique and distinct lenses 
 through which  they view their lives.  &ldquo\;Voices Never Raised\,&rdquo
 \; by Tina Chong\, a senior  at Scripps College in Southern California\, i
 s a personal reflection of  her grandfather\, Hachiro John Togashi&rsquo\;
 s life and his experiences as a  member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Tea
 m\; &ldquo\;The Sound of Truth\,&rdquo\; by  Devin Yoshikawa\, graduate of
  Sacramento State University\, interprets the  atmosphere of social justic
 e movements in metal music\; and &ldquo\;The  Shin-Nisei Experience\,&rdqu
 o\; by Stephen Yoshizawa\, a sophomore at UC  Berkeley\, reflects on his l
 ife as a son of first generation Japanese  immigrants of the 1980s.  Instr
 ucting the N&rsquo\;interns was Lina Hoshino\,  independent film producer 
 of Leap of Faith: How Emanji Temple Was Saved\,  and Caught in Between.  T
 he N&rsquo\;interns spent a three-day intensive  workshop on film editing\
 , photoshop\, scripting\, voice recording\, and  photographing. &ldquo\;It
  was a fun\, creative process exploring our lives and  our identities&rdqu
 o\;\, according to Devin Yoshikawa.\n\nThe digital storytelling product is
  a part of the 9 week summer  internship which also includes researching a
 nd conducting walking tours  of San Francisco&rsquo\;s Japantown and libra
 ry archives management\, fieldtrips  to neighborhoods\, and $20 a day in J
 apantown YouTube broadcast.  Devin  and Stephen are college students from 
 the Nikkei Community Internship  sponsored by Japanese Community Youth Cou
 ncil.  Assisting the program  participants is video technician is 2008 N&r
 squo\;intern Scott Yamada who will  be attending University of the Pacific
  in the fall.  The N&rsquo\;intern  program is funded in part by the San F
 rancisco Japantown Foundation\,  Hotel Kabuki\, and NJAHS members.  &ldquo
 \;Breaking Perspectives&rdquo\; will be  screened on Saturday\, August 7th
 \, 2010 at 11am &ndash\; 2pm at the NJAHS Peace  Gallery.  Q&amp\;A sessio
 n with the N&rsquo\;interns follows the presentation.   The event is free.
   Light refreshments served.
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SUMMARY:N'Interns' Digital Story Telling\; Breaking Perspectives
URL:/en/events/2010/08/07/ninterns-digital-story-telling-breaking-perspec/
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