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California Civil Liberties Public Education Program
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The California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP) is a State-funded project administered by the California State Library.
Background and Overview
The California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP) was created in 1999 as the result of the passage of the World War II Internment of Japanese Americans: California Civil Liberties Public Education Act (AB1915 pdf, html) in 1998 authored by then Assembly Member Mike Honda, renewed in 2000 (AB1914 pdf, html) by Assembly Member George Nakano, and in 2003, Assembly Member Wilma Chan (D-Oakland) and others led the way for the Legislature to continue the program by removing CCLPEP’s termination date and making it subject to annual budget authorizations, thereby making it a permanent state program.
The purpose of the CCLPEP program is to provide competitive grants for public educational activities and the development of educational materials to ensure that the events surrounding the exclusion, forced removal and incarceration of civilians and permanent resident aliens of Japanese ancestry will be remembered and so that causes and circumstances of this and similar events may be illuminated and understood.
History of the Internment
Prior to World War II, California was the home to more Japanese Americans than any other state. On February 19, 1942, just weeks after the United States entered the Pacific War, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 . This Order gave the Secretary of War the authority and power to exclude any and all persons, citizens and aliens from designated areas in order to provide for security against sabotage and espionage. As a result of this Executive Order, the lives of thousands of Californians were affected.
Over 120,000 United States citizens of Japanese ancestry and permanent resident aliens of Japan were removed by the Army, first to "assembly centers," temporary quarters at racetracks and fairgrounds, and then to "relocation camps," which were bleak barrack camps mostly in desolate areas of the West. Some families spent years living under these conditions, and suffered enormous personal and economic damages and losses.
Advisory Committee
The State Librarian appoints an Advisory Committee to provide community input for the program. A list of members is available online.
FAQs (pdf)
Reporting Materials
FY 2007/2008 grant project reporting requirements
FY 2008/2009 grant project reporting requirements
List of Recipients
Recipient List FY 2008/2009 (PDF)
Recipient List FY 2007/2008 (PDF)
Recipient List FY 2006/2007 (PDF)
Recipient List FY 2005/2006 (PDF)
List of All Past Projects (Available soon.)
contacting CCLPEP:
Phone:
Linda Springer, Library Programs Consultant
916-651-6509Email: CivilLiberties@library.ca.gov
Mailing Address:
California State Library
CCLPEP
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001Physical Address:
California State Library
CCLPEP
900 N Street, Room 155
Sacramento, CA 95814