Our Communities Our Neighbors Series

Executive Order 9066: All Persons of Japanese Ancestry

2026-07-23T13:28:00+00:00

Funded in part by grants from Tacoma Creates, CRPF launched its new video series "Our Communities, Our Neighbors." The first video follows Merilee Tanbara, a third generation Japanese-American, as she writes a historical fiction novel that begins in the 1910s with [...]

Executive Order 9066: All Persons of Japanese Ancestry2026-07-23T13:28:00+00:00

Our Communities, Our Neighbors – Preserving Tacoma’s Stories on Film

2026-07-23T19:52:24+00:00

Written by Lila Wright; edited by Ben Everett. The Our Communities, Our Neighbors film series extends the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation’s (CRPF) reach through documentary storytelling, capturing the voices and experiences of Tacoma’s diverse communities and leaders, and preserving these histories [...]

Our Communities, Our Neighbors – Preserving Tacoma’s Stories on Film2026-07-23T19:52:24+00:00

Lyle Quasim: Show Up, Suit Up, and Engage!

2026-07-22T17:14:54+00:00

Co-directed by Joanne Lisosky and Derek Nunn, this film is the latest in a series titled Our Communities, Our Neighbors, produced by the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation with funding from Tacoma Creates. Film Description: This film spotlights the monumental civil rights [...]

Lyle Quasim: Show Up, Suit Up, and Engage!2026-07-22T17:14:54+00:00

Bang the Drum: Taiko in Tacoma

2026-07-22T20:41:58+00:00

Directed by Joanne Lisosky, this film is the latest in a series titled "Our Communities, Our Neighbors" produced by the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation with funding from Tacoma Creates. The film can be watched at this link. Wendy Hamai, 74, dreamed [...]

Bang the Drum: Taiko in Tacoma2026-07-22T20:41:58+00:00

Culture Over Killing Fields: One Woman’s Journey

2026-07-22T21:21:49+00:00

“Culture Over Killing Fields: One Woman’s Journey”  is a short film by Tacoma filmmaker Joanne Lisosky that tells the story of how Tacoma educator Rady Oum survived the Cambodian genocide in the 1970s and lived to share the richness of her [...]

Culture Over Killing Fields: One Woman’s Journey2026-07-22T21:21:49+00:00

Tacoma Method: How the City of Destiny Reconciles Its Racist Past

2026-07-22T21:11:18+00:00

In this film the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation turns the spotlight on itself and the 30-year project to “reconcile” with the history of the expulsion of Tacoma’s Chinese population in 1885 through the creation of the Chinese Reconciliation Park, the annual [...]

Tacoma Method: How the City of Destiny Reconciles Its Racist Past2026-07-22T21:11:18+00:00

Horizon Identities: A UWT Experience

2026-07-22T21:50:51+00:00

Horizon Identities: AAPI at UWT Directed by UWT alumnus Nuk Suwanchote and Minh Le UWT Alumnus and filmmaker Nuk Suwanchote revisited his alma mater to explore the growing community of Asia Pacific Island students, staff and faculty on the Tacoma campus. [...]

Horizon Identities: A UWT Experience2026-07-22T21:50:51+00:00

The Resting Place

2026-07-22T21:27:28+00:00

THE RESTING PLACE DIRECTOR: Kate Hoyt, Hallie Harper, Tina A. Huynh The Resting Place tells the story of how the Vietnamese community in Tacoma came together to establish a shared cemetery to honor members who have passed. Through the establishment of the [...]

The Resting Place2026-07-22T21:27:28+00:00
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