From: Amanda Kim
To: Council, City
Subject: Public Comments: Monday, April 21, 2025, Special Order of the Day, President"s Volunteer Service Awards Date: Sunday, April 20, 2025 11:34:27 PM
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Please accept my public comments.
Thank you for acknowledging the youth who contribute so much to our society today and into the future. The Kansha History Project is honored to have youth volunteer Ellen Kim, who helps us document the farms and lives of Japanese American farmers, including 340 from Santa Clara County, who lost their homes and livelihoods when they were unjustly incarcerated during World War II. Her careful, thoughtful volunteer work is breathing new life into this shared and often, unspoken, history.
Amanda Mei Kim
Lead and Founder
www.KanshaHistory.org
“Unless we know ourselves and our history, and other people and their history, there is really no way that we can really have positive kinds of interaction where there is real understanding.” Yuri Kochiyama