Reflections, insights, and stories on America’s longstanding history of racial hierarchy, inequitable treatment, and deliberate use of division and blame. Affirming hope, opportunities, and resilience.

Dr. Cheryl Grills is a Clinical Psychologist with a emphasis in Community Psychology.
She is a President’s Professor, Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychological
Science, Director of the Loyola Marymont University’s Psychology Applied Research Center,
and a national Past President of The Association of Black Psychologists. She was a Governor
appointee to the California Reparations Task Force. She is also a commissioner on the
National African American Reparations Commission, a commissioner on the Department of
the Interior’s 400 Years of African American History Commission and Acting Deputy
Secretary General of the Governing Council of the Global Pan African Movement.

Don Tamaki is a Senior Counsel at Minami Tamaki LLP, and he has spent decades working with
AAPI legal services programs. In the 1980’s, he participated in the Japanese American reparations
movement and served on the pro bono legal team that reopened the landmark 1944 Supreme Court
case of Fred Korematsu, overturning his criminal conviction for defying the incarceration of 125,000
Japanese Americans. He served on the California Reparations Task Force. Currently, Don is part of
the core leadership of the Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation and Truth (ARRT), a statewide
campaign advancing systemic change, and making the case that Black reparations is about fundamental
justice long overdue.

Admission Prices

$15 General admission

Free admission for college students

Free for children 18 and under

$3 Flat Rate Parking Available at 1500 10th St. (cash only)

After registration you will receive a confirmation email which includes information on how to pay for your tickets.

Sponsorship: To become a sponsor, please click ‘Be a Sponsor’ on top right.

For questions, contact Nancy Whiteside at [email protected] or (916) 508-6587

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TIME OF REMEMBRANCE (NCTOR) CHAPTERS

• Florin JACL hyperlink to: https://www.florinjacl.com/
• Lodi JACL hyperlink to: https://jacl.org/
• Placer JACL hyperlink to:  http://www.placerjacl.org/
• Sacramento JACL hyperlink to:  https://www.facebook.com/sacjacl/

 EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS

The educational partners have continued to provide support in facilitating the program activities that provide students from throughout Northern California with first-hand accounts of the Japanese American experience during World War II, so participants can explore concepts of citizenship, constitutionality, and redress.

• THE CALIFORNIA MUSEUM:  For the past 21 years, the Museum has hosted the program, where more than 5,000 students from throughout northern California hear first-hand accounts from Japanese American survivors and others about the importance of valuing and speaking up for the rights of themselves and others.

• ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT: For the past 40 years, the only California School Education Board to pass a Resolution to commemorate the Time of Remembrance program, sponsor teacher training, develop curriculum, and provide student education with the Florin JACL and other community partners.
• CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO, LIBRARY, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.  With contributions from the community, volunteers and fundraising, the library has preserved thousands of documents and artifacts, sponsored exhibits and educated countless students and scholars both online and in the library.  Many of the artifacts in the California Museum exhibit “Uprooted! An American Story” come from the Special Collections.

Thank you for supporting the Northern California Time of Remembrance (NCTOR) program and the docent-led tours for school students of the California Museum’s longest-running and redesigned exhibit, “Uprooted! An American Story.”

Your event registration fees, sponsorships, and donations will ensure that these programs continue. We welcome donations in any amount.

When you press the donate button, your payment will be processed through the Florin JACL and its Pay Pal account.

Please note that event registration fees are not tax-deductible. For donations, our tax identification number is 94-6102630.