Thursday, November 12
2:00 pm Check-in and Introduction @ Nisei Veterans Committee Hall, Seattle
(1212 South King St., Seattle, WA 98144)
3:00 pm Presentation: Sam Mitsui on Internment of Japanese-Americans in WWII
Video: Going For Glory, Going For Broke
4:00 pm Tour NVC Hall museum
5:30 pm Dinner & Debrief at Japanese Cultural & Community Center
(1414 S. Weller St., Seattle, WA 98144)
9:00 pm Travel to host homes
Overnight in Seattle area—Seattle/Tacoma participants host out-of-towners
Friday, November 13
7:30 am Gather at Kent Covenant Church to load the bus.
(12010 SE 240th St., Kent, WA 98031)
7:45 am Travel from Kent Covenant to Tacoma, WA (1/2 hr)
8:30 am City of Rain Covenant Church, Tacoma, WA (824 MLK Jr Way)
Video: Dying to Live or Gospel Without Borders
Presentation: Allison Sanford
Testimony: Esperanza Viva
11:30 am Lunch
12:00 pm Site Visit: Northwest Detention Center
(1623 E. “J” St., Tacoma, WA 98427)
12:30 Travel to Portland, Ore. (3 hrs)
Video: The Color of Fear
Video: Local Color
3:30 pm Site Visit – Vanport (2579 N. Broadcre St., Portland, OR)
4:00 pm Speaker(s): Rev Dr. T. Allen Bethel, Maranatha Church; Albina Ministerial Alliance
(4222 NE 12th Ave, Portland, OR)
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Group debrief
9:30 pm Overnight: Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, PDX
(7025 NE Alderwood Rd., Portland, OR 97218)
Saturday, November 14
8:00 a.m. Breakfast at the hotel (included)
8:30 am Bus departs from the hotel. Please be on the bus by 8:30 a.m.
Travel from Portland, OR to Toppenish WA. (3 hours + rest stop)
Video: Residential Schools
Video: Two Rivers
Noon Lunch stop at El Charrito Restaurant (120 E. Toppenish Ave., Toppenish, WA)
1:30 pm Site Visit: Yakama Nation Museum & Cultural Center - 14 Tribes Room
(100 Spiel-Yi Loop, Toppenish, WA 98948)
Video: Hawaii’s Last Queen
Speaker: Jim Sequeira
3:00 pm 14 Tribes Room
Speakers: Corey and Gina Greaves, Mending Wings Ministries
5:00 pm Dinner at 14 Tribes Room
6:00 pm Pow wow Preparation – History, protocol, Q&A and Travel to Pow wow
7:00 pm Site visit: Veterans Pow wow @ White Swan
9:00 pm Depart for Oxford Suites, Yakima
(1701 E Yakima Ave, Yakima, WA 98901)
9:30 pm Debrief @ hotel
Sunday, November 15
6:15 am Breakfast at hotel
6:45 am Travel from Yakima to Renton (2 ½ hrs)
Please be on the bus and ready to roll at 7:00 a.m.
Video: Race: The Power of an Illusion
9:30 am Worship at Radiant Covenant Church
(419 S. 2nd St. Renton, WA 98057)
11:30 am Lunch and Time with Radiant Leaders
Closing group time/Communion
2:00 pm Travel to Kent Covenant Church