From the LC

Content for the “From the Legacy Center” feature highlighting an artifact from the Archive

Light purple rectangle with photo and text. Photo shows six young adults, wearing masks, clustered around a small red daruma doll. Text reads "Now available online! All six intern projects. Bit.ly/3ApKc29. JASC Legacy Center"

Posted on August 15, 2022 in From the LC

Our 2022 summer interns knocked it out of the park! Check out their short video and podcast projects to experience archival materials in a whole new way. Think you know everything there is to know about JA history? Think again! Click here to access all six projects.

Legacy Center Summer Internship

Posted on March 9, 2022 in From the LC

Now accepting applications! The Legacy Center is offering an 8-week paid internship program this summer. Click here for full details.

Dark purple background with gray text. Text reads "JASC Legacy Center Presents" in upper left, "Uprooted and Reckoning" at center, and "Two new exhibits available online" at bottom right.

New Digital Exhibits Now Available

Posted on September 22, 2021 in From the LC

The JASC Legacy Center announces the public launch of two new interactive, multimedia-based digital exhibits. Inspired by the Legacy Center’s oral history collection, these online experiences bring history to life through a uniquely Japanese American and Midwestern lens.

Left side of graphic has a purple background with mustard yellow portraits of three young adults, one female and two male. Right side has a mustard yellow background with white lettering, text reads "Save the date, 09.13.2921, 7:00 PM 7:00 PM CDT, https://youtu.be/i0Bc2sHeH68, Transforming Oral Histories: Harnessing the Power of Chicago's Japanese American Voices, Join us for the unveiling of two new interactive, multimedia experiences produced for JASC by Katherine Nagasawa. This program is part of both Tadaima 2021 and Journey Chicago."

Transforming Oral Histories: Harnessing the Power of Chicago’s Japanese American Voices

Posted on August 31, 2021 in From the LC

Tune in on September 13th to learn how a joint JASC/Chicago Japanese American Historical Society (CJAHS) project used oral histories to form the backbone of “Uprooted” and “Reckoning,” two interactive web experiences that teach Japanese American history at a secondary school level and through a distinctly midwestern lens.

Full Spectrum Features Seeking Cast/Crew for New Project

Posted on July 2, 2021 in From the LC

Our friends at Full Spectrum Features, a Chicago-based nonprofit film production company, are working on an exciting new project rooted in Japanese American resettlement history. They are looking for community members who may be interested in participating either as actors or crew. Professional acting experience is not required! They are particularly interested in hiring Asian […]

Oral History Project – Call for Participants

Posted on January 5, 2021 in From the LC

The JASC Legacy Center is reviving its effort to record and preserve oral history interviews with members of the Chicagoland Japanese American community. Our goal is to record at least 20 more interviews in the first half of 2021. If you have ever considered sitting for an interview, but hesitated because you thought, “nobody would be interested in my story” or “I don’t remember much” or “I’m not who they have in mind for that project” – now is the time to re-consider!

New JASC Online Bookshop

Posted on November 11, 2020 in Feature, From the LC

Visit our new bookshop HERE! As we head into the winter holiday season, we have a great new tool to help you find gifts for the book lovers on your list! Check out the brand new JASC Bookshop, where you can select from lists of recommended titles for children, young adults, and adults on a […]