$250 Middle School Certificate of Excellence, Grade 8
Teacher: Sandra Hutton (2023-2024 Ambassador)
School: St. Mildred’s-Lightbourn School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: "Lots of virtues are demonstrated by Mitsuye Endo, such as courage, justice, and reliability...This courage gave her the support to be the one that faced and challenged anti-Japanese sentiment directly, and free Japanese Americans from the internment camps."
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