Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969 and the more recent Manzanar At Dusk program
Back on November 2-3, 2019, 14 students participated in an intensive, experiential, place-based learning opportunity at the Manzanar National Historic Site, a project we call Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive. Each of our Katari students will share their thoughts and feelings about their experience, and our second student reflection is by Sean Gasha of... Continue Reading →
During the weekend of November 2-3, 2019, 14 college students went on a journey that they will likely never forget, as part of our youth education and engagement project, Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, a two-day, intensive, experiential, place-based learning opportunity at the Manzanar National Historic Site. Over the next couple of weeks, each... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee, sponsors of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage going on 51 years, as well as the Manzanar At Dusk program since 1997, congratulates Manzanar National Historic Site Ranger Rose Masters on being named as one of the recipients of the National Park Service’s (NPS) 2019 regional Freeman Tilden Award. The award,... Continue Reading →
The following is a press release from Tsuru for Solidarity. The Manzanar Committee is a partner/endorsing organization. Japanese Americans from across the country will gather next spring in Washington, D.C., June 5-7, 2020, for a National Pilgrimage to Close the Camps. We plan to bring 125,000 paper cranes, or tsuru, as expressions of solidarity with... Continue Reading →
During the weekend of November 2-3, 2019, 14 college students from the Nikkei Student Unions at California State University (CSU) Fullerton, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CSU Long Beach, the University of California (UC), Los Angeles, UC Riverside and UC San Diego made the trek from Southern California to the Manzanar National Historic Site for two... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — On September 1, the Manzanar Committee launched Phase III of Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, a project aimed at educating college-age youth about the unjust incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II, and providing them with tools to help them teach that critical history to others.... Continue Reading →
The following is a statement by Satsuki Ina, co-leader of Tsuru for Solidarity. “The Trump Administration announced new regulations...that would remove the Flores settlement’s protections for child welfare, permitting indefinite detention of migrant children and families with minimal oversight,” said Satsuki Ina, co-leader of Tsuru for Solidarity. “The administration claims that stripping away the current... Continue Reading →
In case you missed the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, held on April 27, 2019, or if you just want to re-live the experience, we’ve got video of the entire program for you on our YouTube channel! If you just want to see video of the individual speakers, we’ve got you covered, too! We’ve got video... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — On July 15, the Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969, along with the annual Manzanar At Dusk program and the Katari youth education project, announced their support of the proposed Resolution R-3: “Recognition of and Apology to the Tule Lake Resisters” that will be considered during the 2019... Continue Reading →
