A big round of applause for the Endo Family Reunion which was held in Reno
This was the twelfth biennial reunion of the Endo, Hirano, Iwamoto, Sugiyama, and Tachiki families. More than 230 attended. If that were not impressive enough, for a Saturday workshop to discuss Vanished and the importance of recording family histories it was expected that maybe twenty might attend.
To the organizers’ surprise the room was jammed with fifty people interested in the topic.
John McReynolds told stories about assembling Vanished, then offered guidelines that anyone can use to conduct an interview with a family member. After demonstrating, he helped the group to divide into eight or nine subsets to conduct brief interviews. After overcoming their hesitancy, the sub-groups could barely stop talking when it was time to close and give reports.
“We learned so much we didn’t know, just in a few minutes,” exclaimed one group reporter. "I hope we can do more of this back home."
Many thanks for the invitation.
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