See Jane Run: An Indo Story

Dr. Jane Vogel Mantiri is a social justice activist, retired child trauma psychologist and professional actor living in Portland, Oregon. Against the backdrop of renewed anti-Asian and anti-refugee rhetoric, Jane embodies the immigrant success story and the fulfillment of her father's all-American dreams. But Jane's story of resilience and triumph is colored by her aunt's brutal murder in Indonesia before she was born and her Indonesian-Dutch parents' subsequent traumatic flight from their beloved homeland during the revolution after WWII. On his death bed, believing Jane was his sister, her father urged her to, "Run!" Now in her golden years, Jane has shared her story in a memoir, at speaking events, and in podcasts. The desire that drives her to cook nasi kuning and lempers also uncovered a longing to return to her motherland to reconnect with family and lay flowers on her aunt's grave. Her pilgrimage leads to a cousin's living room in Jakarta, a university classroom in Jokjyakarta, and a cemetery in Surabaya where she meets a historian who offers answers Jane never realized she needed on her way to defining her family's legacy of love.