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/
Bruce Embrey Opening Statement at 2025 Manzanar Pilgrimage
56th Annual Pilgrimage draws 2500+ in call for Truth, Justice and Democracy
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. Check out the printed program here.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... Continue Reading →
Irei Project to Present Ireichō Book of Names at 56th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
Los Angeles – The Irei Project, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to memorializing people of Japanese ancestry incarcerated during World War II, will be traveling to the 56th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on Saturday, April 26, 2025. The pilgrimage, organized by the Manzanar Committee, honors the experiences of Japanese and Japanese Americans unjustly detained at the Manzanar... Continue Reading →
56th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage: Truth, Justice and Democracy
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee has announced that the 56th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage is scheduled for Saturday, April 26, 2025, at the Manzanar National Historic Site. The theme of the 2025 Pilgrimage is Truth, Justice, and Democracy. The 2025 Manzanar At Dusk program will also be held following the 56th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage. Bus... Continue Reading →
55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, 2024 Manzanar At Dusk Scheduled for April 27, 2024; Bus Transportation Available from Downtown Los Angeles, Gardena
LOS ANGELES — On February 9, the Manzanar Committee announced that the 55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Manzanar National Historic Site (see map below). The 2024 Manzanar At Dusk program will also be held following the 55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage. The Committee also announced that bus transportation... Continue Reading →
Watch the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage (2023)/2023 Manzanar At Dusk Here!
If you missed the 2023 Manzanar Pilgrimage (54th Annual), or if you just want to re-live the experience, you can watch the event here via our YouTube channel. Just click on the red arrow in the center of the window of the video (below) that you want to watch! Also available: video clips of each... Continue Reading →
Archived Live Stream of the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
Although our videos from the 2023 Manzanar Pilgrimage (54th Annual) and the 2023 Manzanar At Dusk program are still forthcoming, here is an archived recording of the live stream of the Pilgrimage that we broadcast on our Instagram feed (@manzanarcommittee). Please note that due to the loss of our cellular connection, latter portions of the... Continue Reading →
54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage Official Photo Essay
Even though we published photographs of the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage a few days ago, we’re also 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 for several years now and,... Continue Reading →
54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage/2023 Manzanar At Dusk – In Photos
The 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, the first live, in-person Pilgrimage since 2019, when the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down, has come and gone. It was wonderful to return to Manzanar to remember those who were incarcerated there, and those who never left Manzanar, and to celebrate our community. We’ll have photographs from professional photographers Geri... Continue Reading →
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