Organizational Background
Okagesama is a community-based project of the San Joaquin County Historical Society & Museum. Our eventual goal is to develop our own 501c(3) entity dedicated to operating the Japanese American Interpretive Center at the Assembly Center Site.
Project Committee
Jim Tabuchi
Chairman
Allyson Aranda
Vice Chairman
Co-Chair Marketing Committee
Phillip Merlo
Co-Chair Marketing Committee
Girlie Hale
Secretary
Janice Takahashi
Treasurer
Layne Imada
Co-Chair Marketing Committee
Janwyn Funamura
Chair Funding Committee
Susan Wong
Co-Chair Historic Committee
Committees
Historical
Phillip Merlo
Co-Chair Marketing Committee
Susan Wong
Co-Chair Historic Committee
Vernon Uyeda
Aeko Yoshikawa
Funding
Janwyn Funamura
Chair Funding Committee
Leslie Edman
Jack Funamura
Dean Komure
Janice Takahashi
Marketing
Allyson Aranda
Co-Chair
Layne Imada
Co-Chair
Steve Sue
To Get Involved
Interested in getting involved with the project? Send us your information below and we’ll get back to you on ways you can help!
Donation Inquiries
To support our mission of creating a Japanese American Interpretive Center we would be pleased to accept your monetary support. When you click on the donate button you will be taken directly to the San Joaquin Historical Museum website. This is our fiscal sponsor who will receive and transfer your donation to Okagesama.