From November 28 to December 6, Youth Arts board member Sandy Parker hosted Hiroshima hibakusha Toshiko Tanaka and Shigeko Sasamori in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Two receptions were held for Hibakusha Stories, one at the home of Sandy Parker and the other at the home of George and Rita Singer.

Toshiko Tanaka with Hayato Nakao and Marie Cochrane
The home of our host Sandy Parker
The home of our host Sandy Parker
Maple leaves in the snow
Hibakusha Stories brochures
We were hit with an ice storm
Toshiko Tanaka reads of Hibakusha Stories in the Tulsa World
The home of our host Sandy Parker
The team and the Parker family
Hayato Nakao prepares tomato and carrot aspic
Shigeko Sasamori with the grandchild of Kathy Taylor
The team with Tom and Susie Wallace
Shigeko Sasamori and artist Patrick Gordon
Photos by Robert Croonquist, © 2014 all rights reserved
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