Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis: The Japanese Americans Experience

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Application Details and Online Application

Application Deadlines: The application period will be open from now until March 1, 2022. Applicants will be notified of acceptance status on March 25, 2022. Successful applicants will have until April 8, 2022, to accept or decline.

Eligibility Requirements

While this program is open to all K-12 educators, the sessions and materials are designed primarily for 5-12 educators.

Landmarks programs are designed for a national audience of full- or part-time K-12 educators who teach in public, charter, independent, and religiously affiliated schools, or as homeschooling educators. Museum educators and other K-12 school system personnel— such as, but not limited to, administrators, substitute teachers, and curriculum supervisors—are also eligible to participate. At least three spaces per workshop session or six spaces total for the entire program must be reserved for teachers who are new to the profession (five or fewer years teaching experience). Participants must be United States citizens, residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have been residing in the United States or its territories for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. U.S. citizens teaching abroad at U.S. chartered institutions are also eligible to participate. Foreign nationals teaching abroad are not eligible to participate.

Individuals may not apply to participate in a Landmarks workshop whose director is a family member, who is affiliated with the same institution, who has served as an instructor or academic advisor to the applicant, or who has led a previous NEH-funded Institute or Landmarks program attended by the applicant.

Participants may not be delinquent in the repayment of federal debt (e.g. taxes, student loans, child support payments, and delinquent payroll taxes for household or other employees). Individuals may not apply to participate in a Landmarks workshop if they have been debarred or suspended by any federal department or agency.

Participant Expectations

Once an applicant has accepted an offer to attend any NEH Summer Program (Seminar, Institute, or Landmark), they may not accept an additional offer or withdraw in order to accept a different offer.

Project applicants who accept an offer to participate are expected to remain during the entire period of the program and to participate in its work on a full-time basis. If a participant is obliged through special circumstances to depart before the end of the program, it shall be the recipient institution’s responsibility to see that only a pro-rata share of the stipend is received or that the appropriate pro-rata share of the stipend is returned if the participant has already received the full stipend.

At the end of the program, participants will be required to submit a program evaluation.

Stipend

Each participant will receive a $1,300 stipend. This stipend is intended to help cover travel, housing, meals, and basic academic expenses. Stipends are determined according to the format and duration of the summer program and are taxable as income. Half will be paid at the beginning of the program, and half at the end.

Friendly Reminder: Your stipend is considered taxable income. Scholarship/fellowship payments issued to support independent study or research are self-reported per IRS publication 970. Because your expenses during the workshop may be deductible, we encourage you to keep your receipts. We suggest you consult a tax advisor with any specific tax-related questions. You will not receive a tax form from JACL. NEH welcomes comments, concerns, or suggestions on these principles at questions@neh.gov. 

COVID Guidelines

As of November 2022, the County of Los Angeles will require proof of vaccination (or a negative COVID Test taken no later than 72 hours prior for those with religious exemptions) in order to enter most indoor establishments, which include dining, shopping, and entertainment venues. These include many of the locations where our program will be taking place. As such, at the time of these applications opening, all participants will be required to adhere to local county and city guidelines, which will require all participants to bring with them proof of vaccination to show at all locations, wearing a mask in any indoor spaces, and participating in social distancing. These guidelines are still subject to change depending on the state of the ongoing pandemic and the rules put in place by the different sites which we will be visiting including the Japanese American National Museum, Santa Anita Park, and Manzanar National Historic Site.

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Principles of Civility for NEH Professional Development Programs

NEH Seminars, Institutes, and Landmarks programs are intended to extend and deepen knowledge and understanding of the humanities by focusing on significant topics, texts, and issues; contribute to the intellectual vitality and professional development of participants; and foster a community of inquiry that provides models of excellence in scholarship and teaching. 

NEH expects that project directors will take responsibility for encouraging an ethos of openness and respect, upholding the basic norms of civil discourse. Seminar, Institute, and Landmarks presentations and discussions should be: 

1. firmly grounded in rigorous scholarship, and thoughtful analysis;

2. conducted without partisan advocacy;

3. respectful of divergent views;

4. free of ad hominem commentary; and

5. devoid of ethnic, religious, gender, disability, or racial bias.

NEH welcomes comments, concerns, or suggestions on these principles at questions@neh.gov. 

Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age. For further information, write to the Equal Opportunity Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. TDD: 202-606-8282 (this is a special telephone device for the Deaf).

Have any questions or concerns? Feel free to contact us at: neh2022@jacl.org!