Below is a chronological collection of news and articles
featuring the work of our Only What We Can Carry Project.
Watch: Authentically Teaching Bainbridge History: Delegation to Manzanar
A panel discussion on the history of the OWWCC Project, featuring Katy Curtis, Jon Garfunkel, Lilly Kodama, Bill Covert and Alisa Lynch, that took place via Zoom on April 13, 2022. Hosted by Bainbridge Island History Museum & Bainbridge Island Senior Center
OWWCC Makes Spring ’16 Delegation to Manzanar
OWWCC Provides Resources for Seattle Opera Production, August 2015
Remembering Frank Kitamoto – A Pillar and Mentor for OWWCC
New Documentary Chronicles OWWCC’s Delegation to Manzanar
“Leaving Our Island” Day at Sakai
Remembering Legendary Farmer Akio Suyematsu, 1921-2012
Carrying a Message
Bainbridge Island Review, March 22, 2012
What would you carry with you – if you only had six days to pack a bag for yourself and your family, headed to a remote location, for an unknown period of time? What would you bring? (Read more)
Then and Now: From Bainbridge to Manzanar (Part One) Rafu Shimpo, April 23, 2011
Only What They Could Carry (Part Two) Rafu Shimpo, April 26, 2011
OWWCC Delegation story featured in Winter 2009 BIJAC Newsletter
Community Recognition & Community Leadership Award
2011 WASA Community Awards
L-R: Katy Curtis, Jon Garfunkel, Mary Woodward (OWWCC Board) , Kay Nakao (OWWCC Board), Julie Goldsmith (BISD Asst Superintendent), Pam Keyes (BISD Director of Communications), and Faith Chapel (BISD Superintendent)
May 2011…Global Source Education was honored by the Bainbridge Island School District with a Community Recognition Award and presented the Community Leadership Award by the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) for “outstanding community leadership and contributions to the improvement of public education.” We are grateful for such meaningful recognition of our two locally grown projects centered on Bainbridge Island: EduCulture and Only What We Can Carry.