Mission
THE NISEI STUDENT RELOCATION COMMEMORATIVE FUND (NSRCF) IS A NON-PROFIT, CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN NEW ENGLAND THAT ANNUALLY AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION. THE NSRCF WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1980 BY SECOND GENERATION JAPANESE AMERICANS, NISEI, IN GRATITUDE TO THE NATIONAL JAPANESE AMERICAN STUDENT RELOCATION COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE NISEI TO LEAVE THE WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT CAMPS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE NSRCF ENCOURAGES INTER-ETHNIC COLLABORATION AND PROMOTES PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE FORCED REMOVAL AND UNJUST IMPRISONMENT OF 120,000 PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY DURING WORLD WAR II.