Kansha History 2026 Progress Report

Dear Kansha History Community, Families, Volunteers, Supporters, Champions, and Event Attendees!

Please join us for a progress update on outreach, learnings from families, privacy and programming policies, partnerships, and what's next (new records, more descendants, and deeper community research).

We'll celebrate our volunteers, families, and community advocates; and share the exciting work ahead.

Speakers to include:

John Yoshikawa, Community Champion: MC, welcome, and wrangler

Lynda Takagi Kovach, Coach Volunteer: Update on records and volunteer hours

Nate Jeffords, Coach Volunteer: Update on requests for farm records

Joy Nishida, Event Participant, Descendant: Will reflect on farm record

Yuri Sasaki Woo, Coach Volunteer: Update on event evaluations

Sean Kokuzo, Community Donor who Raised Donation Funds by Working on a Farm

Sherri Inenaga, Data Guidance Committee Member and Volunteer: Will report out on the community wishes for the data and project.

Paul Tamura, Volunteer: Will report out on the digitization project at the Seattle Archive

Julie Kanazawa, Volunteer, Will report out on the digitization project at the San Francisco/San Bruno Archive

We will have a 10-minute Ask Anything! So come with your questions!