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by Wendi Yamashita Over the January 15, 2022 weekend, the students who will be organizing the Manzanar At Dusk program participated in our Katari Program. Katari, which means “to tell stories” in Japanese, is two days of intensive, experiential, place-based learning about the unjust incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee congratulates and extends its best wishes to Bernadette Johnson, Superintendent, Manzanar National Historic Site, upon her retirement from the National Park Service on November 8. Johnson, who served as Superintendent at Manzanar beginning in June 2014, is finishing her career after 31 years of federal service. She has previously... Continue Reading →
following is a press release from the Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association. The Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association (ESIA) is seeking to raise $40,000 to help move an original War Relocation Authority administration apartment building back to the Manzanar National Historic Site. The apartment building, once part of what the Japanese American incarcerees called “Beverly Hills,” will... Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: The 2020-21 Katari program, which is usually held in early November at the Manzanar National Historic Site, had to be moved to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the loss of the extremely important placed-based learning component of the program, by all accounts, it seems that we were able to... Continue Reading →
As is our tradition, we always have a printed program for the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, chock full of articles, information about our speakers and performers, what's going on at the Manzanar National Historic Site, and much more, and even though our Pilgrimage is virtual once again this year, you can view a printable program for... Continue Reading →
The 52nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, unlike normal years where thousands of people would gather at the Manzanar National Historic Site on the last Saturday in April, has been made available via YouTube, like last year’s Pilgrimage, due to restrictions that are in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic. You can watch the 2021 Pilgrimage here:... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Rob Bonta, Attorney General appointee, State of California, and activist Jim Matsuoka will be the featured speakers for the 52nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which will be held online on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 12:00 PM PDT on the Manzanar Committee’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/manzanarcommittee. The theme of this year’s Pilgrimage is Upholding... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Community activists Kathy Masaoka and traci-kato kiriyama will be the featured panelists during the 2021 Manzanar At Dusk program, part of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, scheduled from 5:00 PM PDT to 8:00 PM on Saturday, April 24, 2021, live and online via Zoom. The Manzanar At Dusk program follows the 52nd Annual... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Connecting the injustices of the past with similar injustices of the present will be the focus of the 2021 Manzanar At Dusk program, part of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which is scheduled from 5:00 PM PDT to 8:00 PM on Saturday, April 24, 2021, live and online via Zoom. The Manzanar At... Continue Reading →
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