Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
The following is the text of the Manzanar Committee’s written testimony presented to the House Judiciary Committee on February 17, 2021, in support of House Resolution 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act. by the Manzanar Committee Social Media Committee February 12, 2021 Congressman Jerry Nadler 2132 Rayburn... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Upholding Democracy and Constitutional Rights for All: No More Concentration Camps, is the theme for the 52nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which will be held online on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 12:00 PM. The 2021 Manzanar At Dusk program will also be held online in the hours following the 52nd Annual Manzanar... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee mourns the passing of former Manzanar Committee member Takayo Rose Matsui Ochi on December 13, just two days before she would have turned 82 years old. Ochi, a native of East Los Angeles, was three years old when she, along with her parents and three siblings, were among over... Continue Reading →
The following is an official statement by the Manzanar Committee. LOS ANGELES — President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Representative Debra Haaland (D-New Mexico) to serve as the next Secretary of the Interior. The Japanese American community, especially all of us who are actively working to keep the story of “camp” and the forced removal alive,... Continue Reading →
ALTERNATIVE PILGRIMAGE: Planning is underway for an alternative Manzanar Pilgrimage. LOS ANGELES — On April 16, the Manzanar Committee announced that the 51st Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and the 2020 Manzanar At Dusk program, both scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2020, have been cancelled due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 virus pandemic.... Continue Reading →
The following is a statement from the Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee. The Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee has decided to cancel the 2020 Minidoka Pilgrimage that was scheduled to take place July 9-12, 2020, due to the ongoing health situation created by the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). We take the health and well-being... Continue Reading →
The following is a press release from the Tule Lake Committee. The Tule Lake Pilgrimage Committee has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Tule Lake Pilgrimage. The Pilgrimage was scheduled for July 3-6, 2020. “Our decision to cancel this year’s pilgrimage was a difficult one, motivated by concern over the risks to health and safety... Continue Reading →
The 2020 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance, held at the Japanese American National Museum, has come and gone. The Manzanar Committee is one of the event’s co-sponsors each year. Here is a relative handful of photographs from the program. 2020 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 26 photos.©2020 Gann Matsuda/Manzanar Committee. All rights reserved. Duplication prohibited... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee extends its deepest sympathies to the family, friends, and colleagues of Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, who passed away on July 18 in Torrance, California at the age of 93. Herzig-Yoshinaga, who was one of the 120,000 Japanese/Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated in American concentration camps during World War II, is... Continue Reading →
