See Jane Run: Memoir

AGE FOUNDER

Jane Vogel Mantiri (she/her/hers) is an actor, an activist, and a clinical psychologist. She has an extensive history of championing for social justice issues. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Oregon. She served on the Board for the Center for Community Counseling in Eugene, OR for fifteen years, including tenure as Board President. Jane was born in Indonesia, lived in the Netherlands and became a naturalized US citizen in 1967. She recently wrote her memoir entitled See JANE Run: A Primer on Love, Resilience, and the American Indo Dream that is being made into a documentary film. Jane and her husband live in Portland. They have two grown children.

See JANE Run: A Primer on Love, resilience, and the American Indo dream

“We arrived in Milwaukee Wisconsin on a hot August day. The Hintz and Mattner families picked us up from the train station, not on bicycles or with a tuk tuk, but in really big cars, speaking words I didn’t understand. To my amazement, when I opened my first school textbook, there was one word I could read- JANE. See JANE run! I didn’t know what the sentence meant. Maybe it meant I, JANE, am in America.”

Jane Vogel Mantiri, AGE Founder, has written this primer as a legacy to family and friends, memorializing the obstacles, the given circumstances, and the love that has made up the tapestry of her life.

“The Indo culture is rapidly evaporating. This culture gave meaning to my life through tastes, smells, sounds, and relationships which were distinctly Indo. The decolonization of Indonesia after World War II left hundreds of thousands of Indos like my family without a home. Out of this exodus rose strength, resilience, and gratitude. My lifelong search for place and identity transcends culture. It is not unique to me or to Indos. I hope every reader finds something in my memoir that resonates with their experience…

Memoirs are tricky. People may not remember events the same way. The stories I’ve written are based on my recollections, knowing that all memory is selective, subjective, and fluid. Some of the information in my stories came from letters, journals, and notes which I have saved. Some of the names are pseudonyms. Everything in this memoir is my truth…

It has been transformative and healing to write stories which cover seven decades, three continents, and countless adventures. The one thread that runs through each story is love. Love brought me into the world. Love sustained me through the difficult times. Love is the legacy I leave to my family and friends when I exit this world. Love is the beginning, middle, and end of my story.”

Disclosure:

All proceeds from this memoir will be donated to AGE

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See Jane run: aN iNDO STORY

An immigrant refugee returns to her Indonesian motherland to reclaim her vanishing Indo culture, confront ancestral wounds, and find home.

Jane’s memoir and life story have inspired a documentary film crew to create a unique feature film shot in Indoneisa and Portland, OR

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