Location
The National Museum of Wildlife Art

Program                            
7:00pm: Steven Okazaki’s, Academy Award-winning film “All We Could Carry “
7:30pm: Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and Former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson share their story

Overview of Program
The Grand Teton Office and the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation are hosting a community event in Jackson Hole, to create awareness and build support for the protection and preservation of the Heart Mountain Japanese Internment Camp.  This program will tell the important story of the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII at the Heart Mountain camp, located the windswept plains between Cody and Powell. This story will be shared through film, original artwork created in the camp, and through storytelling, with the goal of highlighting the need to preserve this important site as a critical piece of Wyoming’s culture and history.  This project is the first time that the Jackson community has had the opportunity to share the Heart Mountain story.

This free public event will feature Steven Okazaki’s, Academy Award-winning film, “All We Could Carry”.  Steven is the son of a Heart Mountain internee, and his documentary provides a unique opportunity for people to learn about Heart Mountain, and empathize with the hardship and shame that Japanese Americans endured during their confinement during WWII.

In conjunction with the film, honorary guest Norman Mineta, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, and a camp internee, will co-present with former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson.  The two will share their story of an unbreakable and lifelong friendship formed at Heart Mountain that has endured through adulthood, and forged their strong commitment to protect and preserve the camp and the legacy of the Japanese Americans who had their lives irreparably altered by their experiences at Heart Mountain.