Manzanar Committee Expresses Grave Concerns Regarding Reports of Persons of Iranian Ancestry Being Detained By CBP

LOS ANGELES — On January 7, the Manzanar Committee, sponsors of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and Manzanar At Dusk programs, along with the Katari youth education/engagement project, expressed grave concerns regarding reports that the United States Customs and Border Patrol agency has detained persons of Iranian ancestry, including American citizens, at our nation’s borders—singling them... Continue Reading →

January 7, 2020 3

Skeletal Remains Found Near Mt. Williamson In Inyo County Positively Identified as Former Manzanar Incarceree Giichi Matsumura

The following is a joint press release from the Manzanar National Historic Site and the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office. INYO COUNTY, CA — On October 7, 2019, two hikers discovered human remains near the far side of the “Williamson Bowl,” above the sixth lake on Mount Williamson. Several attempts were made to recover the remains;... Continue Reading →

January 3, 2020 0

2019 Katari Project: Everything That Rises Must Converge

We end 2019 with the final reflection written by the students who participated in the 2019 edition of Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive. In this story, one of our students, who had a family member who was unjustly incarcerated at Manzanar during World War II, shared his thoughts on how the trip to the... Continue Reading →

December 31, 2019 0

2019 Katari Project: Lost Marbles Aren’t Always a Bad Thing

For the two returning students who participated in the 2019 edition of Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive at the Manzanar National Historic Site, they weren’t just tagging along with the rest of the group, going through the motions after having been through the same experience the previous year. Rather, their challenge was to gain... Continue Reading →

December 30, 2019 0

2019 Katari Project: Learning That Everyone is Connected

We are in the final stretch of publishing reflections from the students who participated in the 2019 edition of Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive. In this piece, one of our students learned that we are all connected, one way or another. by Jordyn Sato I have attended the Manzanar Pilgrimage before and I learned... Continue Reading →

December 28, 2019 0

2019 Katari Project: Making Important Connections to Other Community’s Experiences

Here is another reflection written by the students who participated in the 2019 edition of Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive. In this installment, a student who is not Japanese Americam shares his thoughts about the important connections he made between the experience of Japanese Americans and those of his family and his community. by... Continue Reading →

December 26, 2019 0

2019 Katari Project: For One Student, The Second Time’s The Charm

On Christmas Eve 2019, we continue our series of reflections written by the students who participated in the 2019 edition of Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive. In this installment, we feature the thoughts of a student who attended the Katari trip at the Manzanar National Historic Site for a second time. He described the... Continue Reading →

December 24, 2019 0

Please Support Tsuru for Solidarity’s Second $25,000 Match

The Manzanar Committee is a proud partner/endorsing organization of Tsuru for Solidarity. Tsuru for Solidarity is working to end detention sites and support front-line immigrant and refugee communities who are experiencing injustice and oppression under the current U.S. administration. We are an all-volunteer organization. Please join us and support our second $25,000 match, thanks to... Continue Reading →

December 22, 2019 0

2019 Katari Project: Learning About Manzanar’s Orphanage Hit One Student “Really Hard”

Many people are unaware that even orphans were among the more than 120,000 Japanese/Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated in American concentration camps, and other confinement sites, during World War II. Indeed, 101 orphans were rounded up and incarcerated, all of them at Manzanar’s Children’s Village. For one of the students who participated in the... Continue Reading →

December 21, 2019 0