A big round of applause goes to Victor Jew, lecturer in the Asian American Studies Program.
Jew organized "Reclaiming Our Past: The Untold Stories of Asian America: A Three-Day Series of Arts, Academic Scholarship, and Commemoration."
Through his course on "Asian Americans in the Midwest", Jew introduced students to James Wakasa. Wakasa was a student at UW-Madison in 1916 who was later killed in a Japanese American relocation camp during World War II.
Students became curious about Wakasa's life. This blossomed into several events that lasted for three days, including a memorial service to honor and commemorate Wakasa’s life and acknowledge Wisconsin Asian Americans who had witnessed the internment and related events that resonate with this theme.
The series of events were organized by a dedicated group of students from The Asian Pacific American Law Student
Association/South Asian Law Student Association (APALSA/SALSA), the Association for Asian American Graduate Students (AAAGS) and the Asian American Student Union (AASU).