Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
This Giving Tuesday we’re asking you to support our Katari program. Katari, which means “to tell stories” in Japanese, is an intensive, educational program for college students culminating in a weekend of place-based learning at Manzanar National Historic Site. College students from Nikkei Student Unions across California learn about the history of the unjust incarceration... Continue Reading →
By Glen Kitayama The Manzanar Committee mourns the loss of Art Hansen, Emeritus Professor of History and Asian American Studies at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). Professor Hansen is best known for his pioneering work in developing the new field of oral history as the founding director of the Japanese American Project of the CSUF... Continue Reading →
On Saturday August 23, 2025, the Manzanar Committee co-sponsored a National Day of Action at the Democracy Plaza in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Over 500 people gathered to take a stand against the Trump administration's attacks on truth, justice and democracy. The program included WWII incarceration survivors, community activists, and allies who shared statements to... Continue Reading →
On Saturday August 23, 2025, the Manzanar Committee co-sponsored the #ProtectEveryPark Day of Action at Manzanar National Historic Site. About 125 people gathered to speak out against the Trump Administration imposed budget cuts and QR codes attempting to erase the history at the site. Speakers drew parallels to the recent raids and detention of communities,... Continue Reading →
https://videopress.com/v/dwgCvu0T?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Former Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland supports the #ProtectEveryPark National Day of Action. Join the Manzanar Committee, NPCA, and local community leaders on Saturday, August 23rd to defend the truth of WWII Japanese American incarceration history. Hear from WWII incarceration survivors, community activists, and allies to honor the people and places that shaped... Continue Reading →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2025 The Manzanar Committee is co-sponsoring the National Park Conservation Association’s (NPCA) #ProtectEveryPark Day of Action on Saturday, August 23, 2025. This nationwide event will take place at numerous National Park Service (NPS) locations to call attention to the crippling DOGE staffing and budget cuts and the QR codes recently... Continue Reading →
Listen in to this powerful statement Bruce Embrey, co-chair of the Manzanar Committee, shared at the 56th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on Saturday, April 26, 2025. https://fb.watch/zvhy7fxcin/
The Manzanar Committee extends our deepest gratitude to Dr. Satsuki Ina for her powerful keynote address at the 56th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on Saturday, April 26, 2025. You can watch her statement here: https://youtu.be/qL4Ea578Qj0?si=WsN_IygLzj33vh-B https://videopress.com/v/JFdhBdzR?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true
A crowd of over 2,500 gathered this year for the 56th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage to call for the defense of Truth, Justice and Democracy. Our day program included power statements from our MCs Glen Kitayama and Seia Watanabe, Jeremiah Joseph of the Lone Pine Paiute Shoshone tribe, Superintendent Jeremy Scheier of the National Park Service,... Continue Reading →
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