[Libs-Or] Stream free film NOW for teen Essay Contest - submissions due March 1

[Deborah G]

****please pardon the cross-posting***Reminder: Free Oregon-history
documentary for libraries and teachers to stream, available NOW -- inquire
at info at minoruyasuifilm.org <info at minoruyasuifilm.org>. Help students to
prepare for the Minoru Yasui Day essay contest! Submission deadline March
1.Highlights:* One-hour documentary about a challenge to Oregon’s
Japanese-American internment in WWII* Librarians and educators can have
FREE access to stream the film* Middle and high school teens can win cash
prizes* Director Holly Yasui is available for Skype conversations!* Show at
the library; partner with a classroom; discuss with a TAB or book
groupDetails: MINORU YASUI DAY Essay Contest: March 1 deadlineOregon
middle-school and high-school students have the opportunity to learn about
local civil-rights hero Minoru Yasui and enter an essay contest sponsored
by the Oregon Nikkei Endowment and the Minoru Yasui Tribute Project.
Winners will be awarded cash prizes and a trip to Portland for the Minoru
Yasui Day celebration on March 28. The celebration will include a march
from the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center to Portland Center Stage at 4:00 pm,
followed by the Awards Ceremony, a screening of the film Never Give Up! and
discussion with film producer Holly Yasui and attorney Peggy Nagae.The
essay contest provides young people with the resources to engage in
research about an important piece of Oregon history – the forced removal of
all persons of Japanese ancestry from their homes, and incarceration in
concentration camps – and to reflect upon how the lessons of the past
relate to immigration and national security issues in 2018.The essays can
be from 500-1000 words and the deadline for submission is March 1. For
complete rules, see: www.minoruyasuitribute.org/essaycontest
<http://www.minoruyasuitribute.org/essaycontest>. All Oregon students,
whether in public private or home-schools are encouraged to submit their
work. Finalists will be selected by March 15, and their essays eligible for
publication in the award-winning multicultural magazine Stepping Stones.
“We hope that the essay contest will encourage students to explore the life
and times of an exemplary Oregonian, to form and express their opinions
about important issues today like racial profiling and civil disobedience,”
says Holly Yasui, Minoru Yasui’s daughter. “Getting informed and writing
about civil rights is a first step to preparing young people to become the
leaders of tomorrow.”Thanks to a generous grant from the Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde “Spirit Mountain Community Fund,” Holly Yasui is
offering her recently completed film, Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the
Fight for Justice, free of charge to libraries and schools to help students
to prepare for the essay test.For more information:
minyasui.essaycontest at gmail.com <minyasui.essaycontest at gmail.com> or call
(503) 224-1458 <(503)%20224-1458> (ask for Cynthia).**Posted on behalf of
film director Holly Yasui, who would like to encourage students to
participate in the essay contest.***

-- 
Deborah Gitlitz
*Bilingual Outreach and Youth Services Librarian*
*Early Literacy Trainer*
*Library Youth Services Consultant*
deborah.gitlitz at gmail.com
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