Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
If you weren’t part of the more than 2,000 people who attended the 48th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage or the approximately 550 people who attended the 2017 Manzanar At Dusk program on Saturday, April 29, 2017, or even if you were there, you can see the entire Pilgrimage and the opening and open mic portions of... Continue Reading →
As you may know, students from four Southern California universities are the primary organizers of the Manzanar At Dusk program—the Nikkei Student Unions at California Polytechnic University, Pomona, California State University, Long Beach, the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, San Diego. Back in 1997, when the event was first held,... Continue Reading →
On March 28, 2017, the Manzanar Pilgrimage and its origins, along with the Manzanar National Historic Site, was the focus of 99% Invisible, a podcast that. “...is about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about—the unnoticed architecture and design [and history] that shape our world. With 150 million downloads, 99%... Continue Reading →
In 1969, approximately 150 people, mostly Japanese American college students, made the 230-mile trip to the site of the Manzanar concentration camp where 11,070 Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants (who were prevented by racist laws from naturalizing) were unjustly incarcerated during World War II. Their journey was the first organized Manzanar Pilgrimage, which has become... Continue Reading →
During the 46th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on April 25, 2015, we honored the Reverend Paul T. Nakamura, pastor of Lutheran Oriental Church in Torrance, California as the recipient of the 2015 Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award. The award was named after the late chair of the Manzanar Committee who was also one of the founders... Continue Reading →
On September 10, Buzzfeed.com released a video by Jen Ruggirello (whose grandparents were incarcerated during World War II), who, along with four others, including Los Angeles Japanese American activist Sean Miura, visited the Manzanar National Historic Site. They documented their visit, their observations and what they learned in the video, A Trip To Manzanar, which... Continue Reading →
This year, the Manzanar Committee was involved in the 2016 Nisei Week Festival, riding in the parade on August 14 in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo and we were honored by the Nisei Week Foundation, joining Bunkado and the Little Tokyo Public Safety Association as recipients of the Frances K. Hashimoto Community Service Award at the... Continue Reading →
Once again, the Manzanar Committee gets a reminder of why we do the work that we do... Back on April 19, 2016, eleven days before the 47th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, a teacher from a local school brought her students to the Manzanar National Historic Site where they participated in the National Park Service’s Junior Ranger... Continue Reading →
If you missed anything during the 47th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage or the 2016 Manzanar At Dusk program, just want to experience them all over again, or if you missed either event entirely, you can watch the entire speakers/performance portion of the Pilgrimage and the opening and open mic/wrap-up sessions from Manzanar At Dusk. Also available... Continue Reading →
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