The 2nd Vanport Mosaic Festival - Gambatte… Be Strong

Part of the 2nd Vanport Mosaic Festival in May 2017, a staged reading created and directed by Chisao Hata and Nikki Nojima Louis

From Japantown to the Portland Livestock Exposition, from WW II concentration camps to the Vanport flood--the immigrant journey of the Japanese in Oregon is paved with stories of perseverance and courage. Gambatte…Be Strong is an original reading of the little-known stories featuring the return of Japanese Americans to Oregon after their incarceration during WW II.