Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation

Funding Opportunity Number P21AS00034FUNDING Opportunity Goals Text the Japanese American Confinement Sites Jacs Grant Program Public Law 109 441, 120 Stat 3288 Provides Financial Assistance to Organizations and Entities Working to Preserve Historic Japanese American Confinement Sites and Their History, Including Private Nonprofit Organizations Educational Institutions State, Local, and Tribal Governments and Other Public Entities, for the Preservation and Interpretation of U S Confinement Sites Where Japanese Americans Were Detained During World War Ii Requirements for All Agreementspurpose of Award Summary of the Goals and Objectives of the Project Overarching Goal to Preserve and Interpret the History and Impacts of Japanese American Incarceration During World War Ii Objectives to Produce a 14 Minute Animated Short Based on the Children S Book Hello Maggie by Heart Mountain Incarceree Shig Yabu Summary of Project Specific Activities Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation Will Produce an Animated Short Featuring Author Shig Yabu, Incarcerated at Heart Mountain and Illustrator Willie Ito, Incarcerated at Topaz Yabu and Ito Are Co Creators of a Picture Book That Tells the Story of Shig and His Constant Camp Companion, a Magpie Named Maggie the Nemo Academy of Digital Arts in Florence, Italy, Students at Sheridan College in Toronto, Canada, and an International Team of Animators Will Work With Ito to Realize His Dream to Turn the Book Into an Animated Short Using Modern Technology and Classic Hand Drawings the Film and Accompanying Elementary Curriculum Will Be Available to the Public Following Its Premiere at the Heart Mountain Pilgrimage Performance Goals Including Milestones and Expected Outcomes Complete Film and Make Available Free of Charge for Educational Use to Schools and Other Organizations and Confinement Sites That Interpret Japanese American History Develop a Curriculum Around the Film for Elementary Grade Students Beneficiaries the Public Educators NPS Jacs Sites Organizations Preserving Jacs Sites and History