On June 2, 2021, Jonathan Hirabayashi (the Topaz Stories exhibit designer) and I were interviewed for a podcast produced by the Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. It was part of a series on Utah history and culture called “Speak Your Piece.”
Brad Westwood, our host, along with Max Chang, has been instrumental in helping our Topaz Stories Project team get permission to exhibit stories in the Utah State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City. (We are currently talking about rescheduling the postponed exhibit for the summer of 2022. Will keep you updated…)
The 48-minute podcast covers questions such as why this project and why now? and our own family connections to the WWII incarceration. In addition, we read several pieces from the collection.
Image: Unidentified man with Topaz barracks in background. Courtesy of the Peoples of Utah Collection, Utah Division of State History.
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