Tag: history

Giving Day 2022

In the summer of 2022, OMI launched its inaugural OMI Scholars Program, to support paid summer internship opportunities for undergraduates.  In partnership with the Okinawa Association of America (OAA) in Gardena, California, thirteen OMI Scholars worked to digitize an extensive collection of photographs, conduct oral history interviews, and produce digital media content of our process.  90%…
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OMI Oral History Collection Guide

OMI Archive/Oral History Collection Guide Overview History Organization Usage and Permissions Overview Title: OMI Oral History Collection Location: OMI Collections Collection Number: _________ Creator: Various Etc… History OMI has its roots in the field of oral history. Organization SERIES I SERIES I.A SERIES II SERIES III Usage and Permissions etc… Insert a description here and…
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Photographic Memory

On the heels of a very successful Zoom chat with writer Akemi Johnson, the team at the Okinawa Memories Initiative is excited to kick off a monthly Community Conversation Series.