| Since 1969, Japanese Americans have been organizing pilgrimages to internment camps as a way to revisit history, reclaim their identities, advocate for redress, and share their stories. Since the redress movement, organizers shifted their goals for the pilgrimage to Tule Lake internment camp to facilitate healing by providing opportunities for former internees to share their stories. Drawing from research and anecdotal accounts, this workshop will explore ways in which the Tule Lake Pilgrimage tries to achieve this goal as well as its limitations. We will look at the cultural factors that influenced the pilgrimage’s program. Given the intergenerational transmission of trauma from survivors to their descendents, the workshop will include a discussion about the significance of the pilgrimage for children of internees. In addition, we will examine how researchers and practitioners from various disciplines contribute to this process. |