LOS ANGELES — The 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2019, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine and Independence, approximately 230 miles north of Los Angeles (see map below). UCLA Kyodo Taiko begins the Pilgrimage program... Continue Reading →
Jim Matsuoka To Receive 2019 Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award at the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation to the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage is still available from Gardena, California. LOS ANGELES — On March 21, the Manzanar Committee announced that long-time community and redress activist Jim Matsuoka has been named as the recipient of the 2019 Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award. The award, named after the late chair of... Continue Reading →
Volunteers Invited To Join Public Archeology Project At Manzanar, March 27 – April 1, 2019
The following is a press release from the National Park Service. INDEPENDENCE, CA — Manzanar National Historic Site’s award-winning public archeology program provides exceptional opportunities to learn about the past and help preserve the site and its stories for the future. From March 27 – April 1, 2019, volunteers will have the unique opportunity to... Continue Reading →
UCLA Kyodo Taiko To Perform at the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation available from Downtown Los Angeles and Gardena LOS ANGELES — UCLA Kyodo Taiko will perform at the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, Saturday, April 27, 2019, starting at 11:30 AM PDT, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between the... Continue Reading →
Some Thoughts on the 77th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066
February 19, 2019 marks the 77th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forced removal and unjust incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans in ten American concentration camps, and other confinement sites, during World War II, one of the worst violations of civil rights in our nation’s history, and... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2019 – In Photos
The Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2019 was held on February 16, 2019, at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. The George & Sakaye Aratani Central Hall at JANM was filled to capacity once again for the annual Day of Remembrance, held to commemtorate the signing of Executive Order 9066, which... Continue Reading →
Dale Minami, Karen Korematsu To Be Featured Speakers at the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
LOS ANGELES — On February 12, the Manzanar Committee announced that attorney Dale Minami, Senior Counsel of Minami and Lew, L.L.P. and Karen Korematsu, Founder and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, will be the featured speakers at the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, scheduled for 11:30 PM PDT, Saturday, April 27, 2019, at... Continue Reading →
Behind Barbed Wire: Keeping Children Safe and Families Together: Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2019
LOS ANGELES — Behind Barbed Wire: Keeping Children Safe and Families Together is the theme for the Los Angeles Day of Remembrance (DOR) 2019, a program supporting civil rights for everyone, scheduled for Saturday, February 16, 2019, from 2:00 - 4:00 PM at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. The... Continue Reading →
2019 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance Set for February 16
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2019, a program supporting civil rights for everyone, will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2019, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. The Day of Remembrance is held annually to commemorate President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s... Continue Reading →
