The final Topaz Community Outreach meeting was held virtually on August 30. The format of the meeting was changed from breakout groups to a town hall style meeting where all participants were allowed one minute to speak. This short amount of speaking time caused at least three Topaz survivors to be muted as they were talking. One camp survivor noted afterwards that it was reminiscent of the CWRIC hearings from the early 1980s when testimony was limited to five minutes before the person's microphone was turned off. 

The Wakasa Memorial Committee will be holding their own community meeting on September 9th at JCCCNC in San Francisco. It will also be livestreamed starting at 2p HT / 5p PT / 8p ET.

If you would like to attend in person, click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/WakasaRegistration . There are a limited number of seats available. 

If you cannot attend in person, the live stream will be available to view here: https://tinyurl.com/WakasaTownHall .

We encourage anyone who would like to ask questions about James Wakasa, the Wakasa Monument, or the controversy, to submit a question anonymously in advance: https://tinyurl.com/WakasaQuestions .

The Topaz Museum Board, Friends of Topaz, and Dana Shew were personally invited by the Wakasa Committee last week.

Please join us for the town hall discussion either in person or virtually!