Ozaki, Rebecca (3/16/2023)

Ozaki, Rebecca (3/16/2023)

Rebecca Ozaki, a yonsei born and raised in Chicago, discusses her parents' and grandparents' legacy and the impact of their activism and community involvement on her life. She shares memories of her grandparents and her own experiences learning about their incarceration and their role in the redress movement. She reflects on her grandfather, Sam Ozaki's, testimony at the CWRIC hearings at NEIU andrecalls the power of his voice then and in later years. Connecting her family's legacy to her own training as a social worker, her experiences supporting healing circles for isolated aging adults during the pandemic, and her participation in the Japanese American Citizens League and pan-Asian groups such as OCA and Asian American's Advancing Justice, she shares the many ways in which her family has inspired her to engage in community organizing, elder care, and intergenerational healing efforts. Living in what was her grandparents' house and contemplating the future as a new mother, she expresses gratitude for the work of previous generations and hope for future generations.

2023-03-16

video

Doi, Mary

Nagasawa, Katherine

Ozaki, Rebecca

Yonsei

Japanese American Citizens League

JACL Chicago chapter

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians

Northeastern Illinois University

CWRIC Hearings

Community organizing

Kansha project

Intergenerational trauma

Healing

Repair

Mixed-race identity

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