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Dinner is served at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, where close to 14,000 internees were imprisoned during World War II. with respect for basic civil rights.” The center features exhibits and interactive displays that capture the harsh realities of prison life at Heart Mountain, including a replica of the barracks where families struggled to maintain routines while living behind barbed wire fences and being guarded by soldiers in nine watchtowers. Exhibits also highlight the challenges these Japanese Americans faced when rebuilding their lives after the war. Like Higuchi, speakers Simpson and Mineta have powerful connections to Heart Mountain. Mineta was interned there as a child and became friends with Simpson — who grew up in nearby Cody, Wyo. — when Simpson’s Boy Scout troop visited the children imprisoned at Heart Mountain. The two men later reunited as members of Congress and worked to pass the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which established reparations for Japanese American internees. In his opening ceremony remarks, Brokaw reflected on how Japanese Americans such as Mineta went on to serve rather than turn their backs on a country that mistreated them. In his 1998 book “The Greatest Generation,” Brokaw describes the n ov e M b e r 2 0 1 1 • M o n i to r o n p s yc h o l o g y removing of Japanese Americans from their homes and placing them in internment camps as “one of the most shameful acts in American history.” Vasquez echoed his comments, noting that more research on Japanese Americans’ resilience during that time could inform work on modern-day discrimination against Muslim Americans. The Heart Mountain learning center is encouraging such scholarship, says Higuchi. She and her fellow board members plan to host researchers from law, psychology and other disciplines who are interested in furthering work on discrimination, coping and constitutional and civil rights. “We are viewing this as far more than a museum,” she says. “Our goal is to make this a think tank on cutting-edge issues that affect communities in wartime and other crises.” n To see more photos of the opening of the Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center, click here. 23 bettmann/CorbiS

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - November 2011

Monitor on Psychology - November 2011
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
Guest Column
‘Grand Challenges’ offers blueprint for mental health research
Documentary seeks to reach parents of LGBT kids
Treating veterans will cost at least $5 billion by 2020
Selfless volunteering might lengthen your life
Combat and stress up among U.S. military in Afghanistan
South Africa to host international psychology conference
Study uncovers a reason behind sex differences in mental illness
Navy psychologist gives a voice to combat trauma
In Brief
Psychologist suicide
On Your Behalf
Journey back to Heart Mountain
Psychology is key to pain management, report finds
ACT goes international
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
Time Capsule
Questionnaire
Science Watch
Behavior change in 15-minute sessions?
Health-care reform 2.0
Perspective on Practice
Giving a heads up on concussion
Practice Profile
Searching for meaning
Inspiring young researchers
Aging, with grace
Public Interest
Thank you!
APA News
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
The man who gave Head Start a start
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - November 2011