Some Recent Programs:
"Invigorating Inclusive Classrooms with The Oregon Encyclopedia" (with Rick Hardt), Oregon Council of Teachers of English Fall Conference (with Oregon Council of Social Studies & Oregon State Literacy Association), Parkrose High School, Nov. 2023
"Righting our Wrongs - Together," (with Eric Ballinger, Dick Tobiason & Mia Ballinger), Deschutes County Museum & Oregon State University Cascade, Bend, OR, Sept. 2023
"Japanese Railroad Workers," Headwaters podcast, Glacier National Park, 2023
"Heroes Unheralded: Stories from Nisei Veterans & Their Families," Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, May 2023
(in conjunction with "What If Heroes Were Not Welcome Home?" traveling exhibit, Oregon Historical Society)
"Passing It On: The Yasui Family & Japanese Americans in Hood River," moderator, Oregon Historical Society, Hood River, April 2023
"Moving Forward From Community Secrets" (with Carl Casey & Dennis Leonard, Hood River Post 22 American Legion), Japanese American Museum of Oregon, Portland, March 2023
“The Unheralded Heroes Among Us," Mary's Woods, Lake Oswego, Nov. 2022
Veterans Day program, Hood River, Nov. 2022
Oregon Episcopal Diocesan Working Group for Racial Justice, Nov. 2022
Dedication of Oregon Nisei Veterans World War II Memorial Highway, Hood River, Aug. 2022
Testimony for Senate Bill 1509, Oregon Senate and House Committees on Veterans, Feb. 2022
"Honoring 'Heroes Unheralded,'" panelist, "Japanese Americans: Naming, Memorializing & Moving Forward," American Historical Association Conference, Portland, OR, Aug. 2022
"But Where Are You Really From?" State of Oregon Employees, Oregon Administrative Services, AAPI Month, May 2022
"Being Inclusive," Oregon Department of Consumer & Business Services, May 2022
Dedication of Peace Trees, Oregon Department of Forestry, Hood River, April 2022
"Fighting for America While Their Families Were Incarcerated," Willamette University, March 2022
"Finding Our Voices," Chemeketa Community College, Salem, Oct. 2021
"Righting the Wrongs," Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, Oct. 2021
"Japanese American Forced Incarceration, Nisei WWII Military Service & the Building of American Lives," panel member, University of Southern California Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions & Culture, Oct. 2021
"Using The Oregon Encyclopedia in the Inclusive Classroom," Oregon Council of Teachers of English Fall Conference, Oct. 2021
Holocaust Education Seminar for teachers, The Olga Lengyel Institute, Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education, Portland, Aug. 2021
"Grace, Grit & Gaman: Generations of Japanese American Women," moderator for panel discussion & co-curator of exhibit, Japanese American Museum of Oregon, May - December 2021
Oregon dedication of the "Go For Broke Japanese American Soldiers of World War II" Forever Stamp, Chair, Oregon Historical Society, June 14, 2021, stampourstory.org
"Art Interrupted: Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559," Oregon Children's Theatre, March -May 2021
"But, Where Are You Really From?" Davis, Wright, Tremaine, May 2021
"BACK TO THE FUTURE: Lessons for NOW from the Japanese American World War II Experience," Oregon Council of Teachers of English Virtual Spring Conference, April 2021
"Oregon's History of African American & Japanese Timber Workers," Oregon Timber Culture" webinar, Beyond Toxics, March 2021
"Using Oral Histories to Gain Community Stories," Willamette University, Nov. 2020
Panelist, "Stories from the Long History of Suffrage," Nevertheless They Persisted, Women's Suffrage Centennial, Oregon Historical Society webinar, July 2020
Panelist, "Harvest" post-monologue discussion, The -Ism Project, Vanport Mosaic Festival (on-line), May 2020
"From Stumps & Seedlings to Barbed Wire & Back," webinar to introduce postponed Oregon Environmental Justice Pathways Summit, April 2020
Panelist for post-play discussion, dramaturg and education consultant, "Diary of Ben Uchida," Oregon Children's Theatre, Portland, OR, Jan. - March 2020
"Beyond the Barbed Wire: WWII Lessons From My Mom," Deschutes Public Library, Sisters Public Library, The Ackerly (Beaverton), Feb. - March 5, 2020
"Issei and Nisei in the Pacific Northwest," Tokyo International University of America, Salem, OR, Oct. 2019
Panelist, The -Ism Project (3 monologues on intersections of race, gender, orientation and nationality), Hillsboro, OR, Sept. 2019
"Teaching about Japanese Americans," Teachers' Seminar, Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies, Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education, June 2019
"Oregon's Japanese Americans: Beyond the Wire" documentary screening, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Q & A respondent, Portland, April 2019
"Three Immigrant & Refugee Stories," Theatre Diaspora, panel participant, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, April 2019
"Camps during World War II," Tomodachi-Kai, Japan America Society of Oregon, April 2019
"Confronting Incarceration: Past, Present & Future," panel member, Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education, Jan. 2019
"Growing Up Japanese American: How Race & Culture Shaped My Education, Professional Opportunities & Choices in Life," Equity Seminar, Northwest Regional Education Service District, Nov. 2018
"Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest," Washington State University, Vancouver, WA, Oct. 2018
"Issei & Nisei in the Pacific Northwest," Tokyo International University of America, Salem, Oct. 2018
"Lessons from World War II Secrets," B-17 Alliance Foundation, Salem, July 2018
Teachers' Seminar, Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies, University of Oregon, June 2018
Lake Oswego United Methodist Church, May 2018
Oregon 2020 kickoff for 100th anniversary, Nineteenth Amendment, State Capitol, Salem, March 2018
"What Justice Looks Like," moderator, Lewis & Clark College/Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, Lewis & Clark College, March 2018
"Issei & Nisei in the Pacific Northwest," Tokyo International University of America, Salem, OR, Oct. 2017
"Inquiry into the WWII Experience of Japanese Americans," Willamette University, Salem, OR, Oct. 2017
"Being Better Neighbors in Times of Crisis: Honoring the Relationship Between the Japanese American & Muslim Communities," Muslim Education Trust, Tigard, OR, Sept. 2017
Teachers' Seminar, Holocaust Educators Network, University of Oregon, Eugene, July 2017
Emcee/narrator, "Train of Tears," 75th anniversary commemoration of Japanese Americans' forced removal from Hood River, Hood River Train Depot, May 2017
http://www.hoodrivernews.com/news/2017/may/17/never-again-community-remembers-1942-internment/
"Geno and the Professor Show," KNCP Radio with Kevin McDaniel, Gene Bowman & Grant Norlin, LaPine, OR, May 2017
Post-film panel member for world premiere screening of Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice (Part One),
Historic Grand Theater, Salem, OR, March 2017
"Stories of Resistance to Japanese American Incarceration & Discrimination," panel member, History Pub, Oregon Historical Society, Kennedy School, Portland, OR, March 2017
"Think Out Loud," Oregon Public Broadcasting (91.5 FM), March 2017
http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/oregon-japanese-american-internment-wwii-stories-racism/
"A Sense of Honor: How Community Members Supported Japanese Americans during World War II" (with Sydney Blaine, Jack Sheppard & Joan Laurance), A Sense of Place series, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR, Mar. 2017
http://www.hoodrivernews.com/news/2017/mar/22/sense-honor-they-were-people-who-stuck-out-their-n/
"Mom was in Camp & Dad was in the Army: A Daughter's Reflections," High Desert Museum, Bend, OR, Feb. 2017
"Breaking Our Silence: Lessons from World War II," Day of Remembrance, Orange County Agriculture and Nikkei Heritage Museum, Cal State Fullerton, Feb. 2017 (in cooperation with "What If Heroes Were Not Welcome Home?"
traveling exhibit)
"Issei & Nisei in the Pacific Northwest," Tokyo International University of American, Salem, OR, Oct. 2016
"Vision & Vigilance: Minoru Yasui," community dialogue facilitator, Portland & Hood River, Oct. 2016
"We Hold These Truths" (play about Gordon Hirabayashi), post-film discussion, Oct. 2016
"Cats of Mirikitani," film discussant, End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Oregon City, OR, Sept. 2016
"Breaking My Silence," Eugene Rotary, Eugene, OR, July 2016
Moderator, "Breaking the Silence: Stories of Courage from our Elders," Oregon Nikkei Endowment and Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, May 2016
http://www.ojmche.org/experience/2016-05-03-breaking-the-silence
"Oregon Stories" with Portland Jazz Composers' Ensemble, Hood River, OR; Astoria, OR; Portland, OR, April 2016
http://pjce.org/oregon-stories-project/
"Beyond the Fence: Challenging the Narrative of the Japanese American Wartime Experience," National Council on Public History Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2016
"Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence & Local Community Heroes," South Waterfront Writers, Portland, OR, March 2016
"World War II & Japanese Americans: 'We Persevered'," Touchmark at Fairway Village, Vancouver, WA, Jan. 2016
"'A Different Kind of Courage': The Discipline Barrack Boys of WWII," Japanese American National Museum/Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 2015
"Oregon Transformed," Oregon Historical Society panel, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, OR, Aug. 2015; Ross Runkel Theatre, Klamath Falls, OR, Sept. 2015
"Mom was in Camp and Dad was in the Army: Reflections from a Sansei Daughter," Willamette Heritage Center, Salem, OR, July 2015
South Waterfront Writers, Portland, OR, June 2015
"Proud of My Heritage - Now," Salem Rotary, Salem, OR, June 2015
"On Paper Wings," film discussion, AARP/Oregon Historical Society, Hollywood Theater, Portland, OR, May 2015
“What If Heroes Were Not Welcome Home?” Willamette View Manor, Milwaukie, OR, May 2015; Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, OR, March 2015; Crescent Park Senior Living, Eugene, OR, February 2015; Lane County Historical Museum, Eugene, OR, December 2014; McMenamins Old St. Francis School, Bend, OR, September 2014; Klamath County Museum, Klamath Falls, OR, July 2014; Magic Valley Arts Council, Twin Falls, ID, May 2014; Seattle Nisei Veterans Center, Seattle, WA, March 2014; United Church of Christ, Forest Grove, OR, Jan. 2014; History Museum of Hood River, Hood River, OR, Jan. 2014; Hillside Retirement Center, McMinnville, OR, Oct. 2013; Bowman Museum, Prineville, OR, Oct. 2013; Institute for Continued Learning, Willamette University, Salem, OR, Sept. 2013; Portland State University, Portland, OR, March 2013; Heritage House, Seattle, WA, March 2013; Columbia Gorge Community College, March 2013; Oregon State Library, Salem, OR, Feb. 2013; Terwilliger Plaza, Portland, OR, Jan. 2013; Oregon Historical Society, Jan. 2013; Oregon Encyclopedia History Night, Edgefield Manor, Troutdale, OR, Jan. 2013; Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA, Dec. 2012; Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 2012
"Lessons from Our Nisei," Nisei Appreciation Banquet, Portland JACL/Japanese Ancestral Society, Portland, OR, Feb. 2015
"Proud to be Asian American - Now," Eugene City Club, Eugene, OR, Feb. 2015
"Honor Bound," Shaw Museum, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR, April 2014
"Unlikely Liberators of World War II: Nisei of the 522nd,” Temple Beth Israel, Eugene, OR, Nov. 2013
“Dear Dad,” Spirit of ’45 Event (honoring WWII veterans), Salem, OR, Aug. 2013
“East of the Exclusion Zone,” panelist, “Speaking Up!" Democracy, Justice, Dignity Conference, Japanese American National Museum, Seattle, WA, July 2013
“Day of Remembrance,” 25th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, moderator, Portland State University, Portland, OR, Feb. 2013
“Civil Rights: Through the Eyes of a Sansei Teacher,” luncheon address, Minidoka Civil Rights Symposium, Boise, ID, June 2012
“Inquiry into the World War II Experience of Japanese Americans,” workshop for Evergreen/Washougal history teachers, Washougal, WA, May 2012
“’Shot From Ahead and Behind’: Nisei in the South Pacific during World War II,” Tokyo International University, Kawagoe, Japan, Nov. 2010
“Remembering Monroe Sweetland” (retired state senator and author of national bilingual education act), celebration of life, Portland State University, Portland, OR, Sept. 2006
"Ironic Heroes: ‘The Enemy’s Our Cousin,’” banquet speaker, Pacific Northwest History Conference, Boise, ID, April 2005
“Together We’re Different,” Oregon-National Association for Multicultural Education conference, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR, Feb. 2005
“War Stories: Overcoming Battles on the Home Front,” keynote, Oral History Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR, Oct. 2004
"Invigorating Inclusive Classrooms with The Oregon Encyclopedia" (with Rick Hardt), Oregon Council of Teachers of English Fall Conference (with Oregon Council of Social Studies & Oregon State Literacy Association), Parkrose High School, Nov. 2023
"Righting our Wrongs - Together," (with Eric Ballinger, Dick Tobiason & Mia Ballinger), Deschutes County Museum & Oregon State University Cascade, Bend, OR, Sept. 2023
"Japanese Railroad Workers," Headwaters podcast, Glacier National Park, 2023
"Heroes Unheralded: Stories from Nisei Veterans & Their Families," Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, May 2023
(in conjunction with "What If Heroes Were Not Welcome Home?" traveling exhibit, Oregon Historical Society)
"Passing It On: The Yasui Family & Japanese Americans in Hood River," moderator, Oregon Historical Society, Hood River, April 2023
"Moving Forward From Community Secrets" (with Carl Casey & Dennis Leonard, Hood River Post 22 American Legion), Japanese American Museum of Oregon, Portland, March 2023
“The Unheralded Heroes Among Us," Mary's Woods, Lake Oswego, Nov. 2022
Veterans Day program, Hood River, Nov. 2022
Oregon Episcopal Diocesan Working Group for Racial Justice, Nov. 2022
Dedication of Oregon Nisei Veterans World War II Memorial Highway, Hood River, Aug. 2022
Testimony for Senate Bill 1509, Oregon Senate and House Committees on Veterans, Feb. 2022
"Honoring 'Heroes Unheralded,'" panelist, "Japanese Americans: Naming, Memorializing & Moving Forward," American Historical Association Conference, Portland, OR, Aug. 2022
"But Where Are You Really From?" State of Oregon Employees, Oregon Administrative Services, AAPI Month, May 2022
"Being Inclusive," Oregon Department of Consumer & Business Services, May 2022
Dedication of Peace Trees, Oregon Department of Forestry, Hood River, April 2022
"Fighting for America While Their Families Were Incarcerated," Willamette University, March 2022
"Finding Our Voices," Chemeketa Community College, Salem, Oct. 2021
"Righting the Wrongs," Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, Oct. 2021
"Japanese American Forced Incarceration, Nisei WWII Military Service & the Building of American Lives," panel member, University of Southern California Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions & Culture, Oct. 2021
"Using The Oregon Encyclopedia in the Inclusive Classroom," Oregon Council of Teachers of English Fall Conference, Oct. 2021
Holocaust Education Seminar for teachers, The Olga Lengyel Institute, Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education, Portland, Aug. 2021
"Grace, Grit & Gaman: Generations of Japanese American Women," moderator for panel discussion & co-curator of exhibit, Japanese American Museum of Oregon, May - December 2021
Oregon dedication of the "Go For Broke Japanese American Soldiers of World War II" Forever Stamp, Chair, Oregon Historical Society, June 14, 2021, stampourstory.org
"Art Interrupted: Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559," Oregon Children's Theatre, March -May 2021
"But, Where Are You Really From?" Davis, Wright, Tremaine, May 2021
"BACK TO THE FUTURE: Lessons for NOW from the Japanese American World War II Experience," Oregon Council of Teachers of English Virtual Spring Conference, April 2021
"Oregon's History of African American & Japanese Timber Workers," Oregon Timber Culture" webinar, Beyond Toxics, March 2021
"Using Oral Histories to Gain Community Stories," Willamette University, Nov. 2020
Panelist, "Stories from the Long History of Suffrage," Nevertheless They Persisted, Women's Suffrage Centennial, Oregon Historical Society webinar, July 2020
Panelist, "Harvest" post-monologue discussion, The -Ism Project, Vanport Mosaic Festival (on-line), May 2020
"From Stumps & Seedlings to Barbed Wire & Back," webinar to introduce postponed Oregon Environmental Justice Pathways Summit, April 2020
Panelist for post-play discussion, dramaturg and education consultant, "Diary of Ben Uchida," Oregon Children's Theatre, Portland, OR, Jan. - March 2020
"Beyond the Barbed Wire: WWII Lessons From My Mom," Deschutes Public Library, Sisters Public Library, The Ackerly (Beaverton), Feb. - March 5, 2020
"Issei and Nisei in the Pacific Northwest," Tokyo International University of America, Salem, OR, Oct. 2019
Panelist, The -Ism Project (3 monologues on intersections of race, gender, orientation and nationality), Hillsboro, OR, Sept. 2019
"Teaching about Japanese Americans," Teachers' Seminar, Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies, Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education, June 2019
"Oregon's Japanese Americans: Beyond the Wire" documentary screening, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Q & A respondent, Portland, April 2019
"Three Immigrant & Refugee Stories," Theatre Diaspora, panel participant, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, April 2019
"Camps during World War II," Tomodachi-Kai, Japan America Society of Oregon, April 2019
"Confronting Incarceration: Past, Present & Future," panel member, Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education, Jan. 2019
"Growing Up Japanese American: How Race & Culture Shaped My Education, Professional Opportunities & Choices in Life," Equity Seminar, Northwest Regional Education Service District, Nov. 2018
"Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest," Washington State University, Vancouver, WA, Oct. 2018
"Issei & Nisei in the Pacific Northwest," Tokyo International University of America, Salem, Oct. 2018
"Lessons from World War II Secrets," B-17 Alliance Foundation, Salem, July 2018
Teachers' Seminar, Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies, University of Oregon, June 2018
Lake Oswego United Methodist Church, May 2018
Oregon 2020 kickoff for 100th anniversary, Nineteenth Amendment, State Capitol, Salem, March 2018
"What Justice Looks Like," moderator, Lewis & Clark College/Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, Lewis & Clark College, March 2018
"Issei & Nisei in the Pacific Northwest," Tokyo International University of America, Salem, OR, Oct. 2017
"Inquiry into the WWII Experience of Japanese Americans," Willamette University, Salem, OR, Oct. 2017
"Being Better Neighbors in Times of Crisis: Honoring the Relationship Between the Japanese American & Muslim Communities," Muslim Education Trust, Tigard, OR, Sept. 2017
Teachers' Seminar, Holocaust Educators Network, University of Oregon, Eugene, July 2017
Emcee/narrator, "Train of Tears," 75th anniversary commemoration of Japanese Americans' forced removal from Hood River, Hood River Train Depot, May 2017
http://www.hoodrivernews.com/news/2017/may/17/never-again-community-remembers-1942-internment/
"Geno and the Professor Show," KNCP Radio with Kevin McDaniel, Gene Bowman & Grant Norlin, LaPine, OR, May 2017
Post-film panel member for world premiere screening of Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice (Part One),
Historic Grand Theater, Salem, OR, March 2017
"Stories of Resistance to Japanese American Incarceration & Discrimination," panel member, History Pub, Oregon Historical Society, Kennedy School, Portland, OR, March 2017
"Think Out Loud," Oregon Public Broadcasting (91.5 FM), March 2017
http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/oregon-japanese-american-internment-wwii-stories-racism/
"A Sense of Honor: How Community Members Supported Japanese Americans during World War II" (with Sydney Blaine, Jack Sheppard & Joan Laurance), A Sense of Place series, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR, Mar. 2017
http://www.hoodrivernews.com/news/2017/mar/22/sense-honor-they-were-people-who-stuck-out-their-n/
"Mom was in Camp & Dad was in the Army: A Daughter's Reflections," High Desert Museum, Bend, OR, Feb. 2017
"Breaking Our Silence: Lessons from World War II," Day of Remembrance, Orange County Agriculture and Nikkei Heritage Museum, Cal State Fullerton, Feb. 2017 (in cooperation with "What If Heroes Were Not Welcome Home?"
traveling exhibit)
"Issei & Nisei in the Pacific Northwest," Tokyo International University of American, Salem, OR, Oct. 2016
"Vision & Vigilance: Minoru Yasui," community dialogue facilitator, Portland & Hood River, Oct. 2016
"We Hold These Truths" (play about Gordon Hirabayashi), post-film discussion, Oct. 2016
"Cats of Mirikitani," film discussant, End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Oregon City, OR, Sept. 2016
"Breaking My Silence," Eugene Rotary, Eugene, OR, July 2016
Moderator, "Breaking the Silence: Stories of Courage from our Elders," Oregon Nikkei Endowment and Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, May 2016
http://www.ojmche.org/experience/2016-05-03-breaking-the-silence
"Oregon Stories" with Portland Jazz Composers' Ensemble, Hood River, OR; Astoria, OR; Portland, OR, April 2016
http://pjce.org/oregon-stories-project/
"Beyond the Fence: Challenging the Narrative of the Japanese American Wartime Experience," National Council on Public History Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2016
"Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence & Local Community Heroes," South Waterfront Writers, Portland, OR, March 2016
"World War II & Japanese Americans: 'We Persevered'," Touchmark at Fairway Village, Vancouver, WA, Jan. 2016
"'A Different Kind of Courage': The Discipline Barrack Boys of WWII," Japanese American National Museum/Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 2015
"Oregon Transformed," Oregon Historical Society panel, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, OR, Aug. 2015; Ross Runkel Theatre, Klamath Falls, OR, Sept. 2015
"Mom was in Camp and Dad was in the Army: Reflections from a Sansei Daughter," Willamette Heritage Center, Salem, OR, July 2015
South Waterfront Writers, Portland, OR, June 2015
"Proud of My Heritage - Now," Salem Rotary, Salem, OR, June 2015
"On Paper Wings," film discussion, AARP/Oregon Historical Society, Hollywood Theater, Portland, OR, May 2015
“What If Heroes Were Not Welcome Home?” Willamette View Manor, Milwaukie, OR, May 2015; Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, OR, March 2015; Crescent Park Senior Living, Eugene, OR, February 2015; Lane County Historical Museum, Eugene, OR, December 2014; McMenamins Old St. Francis School, Bend, OR, September 2014; Klamath County Museum, Klamath Falls, OR, July 2014; Magic Valley Arts Council, Twin Falls, ID, May 2014; Seattle Nisei Veterans Center, Seattle, WA, March 2014; United Church of Christ, Forest Grove, OR, Jan. 2014; History Museum of Hood River, Hood River, OR, Jan. 2014; Hillside Retirement Center, McMinnville, OR, Oct. 2013; Bowman Museum, Prineville, OR, Oct. 2013; Institute for Continued Learning, Willamette University, Salem, OR, Sept. 2013; Portland State University, Portland, OR, March 2013; Heritage House, Seattle, WA, March 2013; Columbia Gorge Community College, March 2013; Oregon State Library, Salem, OR, Feb. 2013; Terwilliger Plaza, Portland, OR, Jan. 2013; Oregon Historical Society, Jan. 2013; Oregon Encyclopedia History Night, Edgefield Manor, Troutdale, OR, Jan. 2013; Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA, Dec. 2012; Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 2012
"Lessons from Our Nisei," Nisei Appreciation Banquet, Portland JACL/Japanese Ancestral Society, Portland, OR, Feb. 2015
"Proud to be Asian American - Now," Eugene City Club, Eugene, OR, Feb. 2015
"Honor Bound," Shaw Museum, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR, April 2014
"Unlikely Liberators of World War II: Nisei of the 522nd,” Temple Beth Israel, Eugene, OR, Nov. 2013
“Dear Dad,” Spirit of ’45 Event (honoring WWII veterans), Salem, OR, Aug. 2013
“East of the Exclusion Zone,” panelist, “Speaking Up!" Democracy, Justice, Dignity Conference, Japanese American National Museum, Seattle, WA, July 2013
“Day of Remembrance,” 25th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, moderator, Portland State University, Portland, OR, Feb. 2013
“Civil Rights: Through the Eyes of a Sansei Teacher,” luncheon address, Minidoka Civil Rights Symposium, Boise, ID, June 2012
“Inquiry into the World War II Experience of Japanese Americans,” workshop for Evergreen/Washougal history teachers, Washougal, WA, May 2012
“’Shot From Ahead and Behind’: Nisei in the South Pacific during World War II,” Tokyo International University, Kawagoe, Japan, Nov. 2010
“Remembering Monroe Sweetland” (retired state senator and author of national bilingual education act), celebration of life, Portland State University, Portland, OR, Sept. 2006
"Ironic Heroes: ‘The Enemy’s Our Cousin,’” banquet speaker, Pacific Northwest History Conference, Boise, ID, April 2005
“Together We’re Different,” Oregon-National Association for Multicultural Education conference, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR, Feb. 2005
“War Stories: Overcoming Battles on the Home Front,” keynote, Oral History Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR, Oct. 2004