The Enemy Alien Files:ABOUT THE ENEMY ALIEN FILES CONSORTIUM
“The Enemy Alien Files” Consortium is a unique collaboration among the Japanese, German and Italian American communities which initially came together in 2000 to develop the groundbreaking traveling exhibit, "The Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World War II.” The EAF Consortium continues to organize educational projects and promote public dialogue about the WWII experiences of immigrants of German, Italian and Japanese ancestry and their families in the U.S. and from Latin America, and lessons which may be applicable to current national and world events.
EAF Consortium Member Organizations:
American Italian Historical Association--Western Regional Chapter (AIHA-WRC) is part of a national organization, founded in 1966, committed to exploring the history and culture of Italians in America. This Chapter provides research and educational programs, including its traveling exhibit, UNA STORIA SEGRETA: When Italians were ‘Enemy Aliens.’
German American Internee Coalition (GAIC), formed in 2005, is dedicated to making public the little- known United States World War II policies that led to internment, repatriation and exchange of civilians of German ethnicity, both in the United States and Latin America.
Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project (JPOHP) was formed in 1991 by former Japanese Peruvian internees and their families to document and preserve family oral histories and to promote public education and dialogue about the Japanese Latin American experience during World War II and efforts to secure redress for wartime human rights violations.
National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS), founded in 1980, is a non-profit membership supported organization dedicated to the collection, preservation, and interpretation of the Japanese American experience for the diverse broader national community. NJAHS develops and presents exhibitions, publications, videos, interactive multimedia and public education and cultural programs.
EAF Consortium Partners:
Since 2001, the EAF Consortium has developed educational materials and organized exhibit shows, educational programs and events, video screenings and cultural presentations in partnership with numerous community organizations and institutions across the US.
Partners for the 2008 Educational Resource Initiative Project, funded by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program are:
American Muslim Voice (AMV), founded in 2003, is a grassroots, nonviolent, inclusive, civil, immigrant and human rights organization building genuine partnerships with like-minded groups and individuals to protect and preserve civil liberties and constitutional rights for ALL. Our goal is to build bridges with and unite all communities under the umbrella of our common humanity.
Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), formerly ADC-SF, works to make real changes for the Arab community in the Bay Area through political action, immigrant legal services, anti-discrimination advocacy, leadership development and education.
Campaign for Justice: Redress for Japanese Latin American Internees!
Campaign for Justice was founded in 1996 as a collaborative effort by individuals and organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (formerly known as the National Coalition for Redress/Reparations), and the Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project.
Campaign for Justice has two primary goals. First, it continues to help former Japanese Latin American internees secure proper redress. Second, it works to educate the public about the wartime and redress experiences of the Japanese Latin Americans.
Council on American-Islamic Relations—No. California (San Francisco Bay Area)
(CAIR-No. Cal), founded in 1994, is part of a national, grassroots civil rights and advocacy group whose mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) is a national alliance of local coalitions and immigrant, refugee, community, religious, civil rights and labor organizations and activists. The National Network advocates for a just immigration and refugee policy in the United States and works to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status.