Beyond the Blue Badge

Preserving history with Tom Ikeda


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Sharing stories for generations to come

For 26 years, Tom Ikeda has been using digital storytelling to preserve history at Densho, a nonprofit organization that he co-founded in 1996 to preserve and document the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during WWII. In this episode of Beyond the Blue Badge, Tom sits down with host Paul Shoemaker to discuss his family's own experiences during WWII, why he started Densho, why it's crucial to preserve history correctly and how we all need to speak up to spark change on the issues we care about.

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