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
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 →
Even though we published photographs of the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage shortly after the event was held (April 27, 2019), we’re finally publishing our official photo essay from the event, featuring the stunning photographs by professional photographers Geri Ferguson and Mark Kirchner. Mark and Geri have generously provided photographs of the Manzanar Pilgrimage to us... Continue Reading →
On June 27, 2019, community organizations including East West Players, Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Japanese American National Museum (JANM), Little Tokyo Service Center, Manzanar Committee, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, Nikkei Progressives, Tuesday Night Project, Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition, Vigilant Love, and Visual Communications sponsored a rally at JANM in Los... Continue Reading →
MANZANAR COMMITTEE: supports rally held at Fort Sill on June 22; calls on community to rally in protest in Los Angeles Little Tokyo on June 27. LOS ANGELES — On June 23, the Manzanar Committee, sponsors of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969, the Manzanar At Dusk program since 1997, and the more recent Katari... Continue Reading →
The following is a joint statement from several Los Angeles-based community organizations, including the Manzanar Committee. LOS ANGELES — Representatives of several community organizations located in, or aligned with, Little Tokyo, will protest the White House’s plans to use Fort Sill in Oklahoma as a detention center for immigrant children and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s... Continue Reading →
The following is an announcement from the National Park Service and the Northwest Youth Corporation. The National Park Service, in conjunction with the Northwest Youth Corporation, is seeking applicants for a summer intern position at the Manzanar National Historic Site in California’s Owens Valley. The Visitor Services Intern greets visitors on-site, orients the visitor to... Continue Reading →
The 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage attracted considerably more media attention than usual, in part because it’s been 50 years since the first organized Manzanar Pilgrimage in 1969. But just as important is that people came in protest of the words and deeds of the Trump Administration—an obviously attractive and important angle for the media to... Continue Reading →
The 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage has come and gone. It was certainly a big one, both in numbers, with at least 2,500 in attendance, and in significance. After all, we commemorated the first organized Manzanar Pilgrimage 50 years ago (December 27, 1969). We had some of the people who participated and/organized that first Pilgrimage in... Continue Reading →
