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 →
125,000 Paper Cranes to Washington, D.C. in June 2020 for Tsuru for Solidarity’s “National Pilgrimage to Close the Camps”
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 →
2019 Katari Trip to Manzanar Was An Inspiring, Energizing Success – Photos
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 →
