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Call for college students to meet a "desperate need" by serving as group work leaders supporting community activities, arts and recreation, church vacation Bible schools, and boys and girls clubs in either the Gila River or Manzanar Incarceration Camp; flier states that such service would provide the students with the opportunity to "serve significantly in these tragic days"; "come to know these Americans of Japanese descent -- our 'war victims' -- as persons" and to "think and work constructively on the number one question of America and her minorities." Flier mentions supervision by graduate counselors, with "continuous sympathetic help" from War Relocation Authority staff, and the possibility that similar projects may arise in the Topaz, Utah and Poston, Arizona "Relocation Centers." Many non-governmental groups sought redress for Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. This collection contains reports, correspondence, publicity, and other documents issued by the Committee on Resettlement of Japanese Americans, National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play, YMCA, American Friends Service Committee, and Japanese American Citizens League. These groups sought to provide relief and support for incarcerated Japanese Americans.
Activism and involvement Community activities--Associations and organizations Community activities--Associations and organizations--Community and social service organizations Geographic communities--California Geographic communities--Arizona Education World War II--Incarceration camps--Education World War II--Incarceration camps--Arts and literature World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community
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