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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 →
The follwing is a joint press release from the Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument Committee and the Manzanar Committee. The Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument (VJAMM) Committee and the Manzanar Committee have announced the Second Annual Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant for 2022. Maeda, who passed on September 10, 2020, at the age of 94,... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee mourns the loss of one of its own, member James (Jim) To, 64, who passed away on May 25. To, a product of the University of California, San Diego, where he completed his undergraduate work, and the Asian American Studies Master of Arts program at the University of California,... 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 →
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 →
Featured Photo: A funeral is held on December 21, 1942 for James Ito and Jim Kanagawa, both shot by soldiers as they gathered in a crowd on December 6, 1942 at Manzanar (Nagatomi Family Collection/National Park Service). This past Saturday, April 24, was our virtual 52nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage. As has been our tradition for... 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 →
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