Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
The Manzanar Committee is a proud partner/endorsing organization of Tsuru for Solidarity. Tsuru for Solidarity is working to end detention sites and support front-line immigrant and refugee communities who are experiencing injustice and oppression under the current U.S. administration. We are an all-volunteer organization. Please join us and support our second $25,000 match, thanks to... Continue Reading →
Many people are unaware that even orphans were among the more than 120,000 Japanese/Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated in American concentration camps, and other confinement sites, during World War II. Indeed, 101 orphans were rounded up and incarcerated, all of them at Manzanar’s Children’s Village. For one of the students who participated in the... Continue Reading →
We continue with our series of reflection pieces from students who participated in the 2019 edition of Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, November 2-3, 2019, at the Manzanar National Historic Site. In this installment, one of our students shared his perspective on the importance of ensuring that the stories of Japanese American incarcerees are... Continue Reading →
In the sixth installment of reflection pieces written by the students who participated in the 2019 edition of Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, November 2-3, 2019, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, one of our students wrote about how the Katari trip resulted in a sea change in her thinking about how to deal... Continue Reading →
In the fifth installment of reflection pieces written by the students who participated in our project, Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, November 2-3, 2019, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, one of our students shared her thoughts on how her perspective about her community’s history has changed and about the impact that the first-hand... Continue Reading →
We continue here with our series of reflection pieces written by our students who participated in our project, Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, November 2-3, 2019, at the Manzanar National Historic Site. by Megan Matsumoto While I was growing up, my family stopped at Manzanar every year on the way home from Mammoth. From... Continue Reading →
We continue here with our series of reflection pieces written by our students who participated in our project, Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, November 2-3, 2019, at the Manzanar National Historic Site. by Sophia McDaniel When I first came into my position as President of the UCSD Nikkei Student Union, I really did not... Continue Reading →
Back on November 2-3, 2019, 14 students participated in an intensive, experiential, place-based learning opportunity at the Manzanar National Historic Site, a project we call Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive. Each of our Katari students will share their thoughts and feelings about their experience, and our second student reflection is by Sean Gasha of... Continue Reading →
During the weekend of November 2-3, 2019, 14 college students went on a journey that they will likely never forget, as part of our youth education and engagement project, Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, a two-day, intensive, experiential, place-based learning opportunity at the Manzanar National Historic Site. Over the next couple of weeks, each... Continue Reading →
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