2015 Manzanar At Dusk: Sharing The Japanese American Incarceration Experience Among Different Generations, Diverse Groups

PILGRIMAGE: Second bus from Downtown Los Angeles to 46th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage added due to popular demand. LOS ANGELES — Sharing stories and experiences from the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II will be the focus of the 2015 Manzanar At Dusk program, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, scheduled... Continue Reading →

April 8, 2015 14

UCLA Kyodo Taiko To Perform At 46th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage

LOS ANGELES — UCLA Kyodo Taiko will perform at the 46th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 25, 2015, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on US Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine and Independence, approximately 230 miles... Continue Reading →

March 23, 2015 5

Educator, Filmmaker Dr. Satsuki Ina To Keynote 46th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage

PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation from Los Angeles still available, but seats are going fast. LOS ANGELES — Satsuki Ina, Ph.D will be the keynote speaker at the 46th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, scheduled for noon PDT on Saturday, April 25, 2015, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395... Continue Reading →

February 22, 2015 30

Manzanar Committee Hails Creation of Honouliuli National Monument

LOS ANGELES — On February 20, the Manzanar Committee hailed the declaration of the site of the Honouliuli Internment Camp as a National Historic Monument by President Barack Obama on February 19. Honouliuli (pronounced ho-no-ooo-li-ooo-li), located in Kunia, Hawai’i (island of Oahu), has long been an “overgrown gulch” on privately owned land. But during World... Continue Reading →

February 20, 2015 0

46th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage Set for April 25, 2015

PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation from Los Angeles also announced. LOS ANGELES — Watashi wa Manzanar: Continuing Our Civil Rights Legacy is the theme for the 46th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 25, 2015, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in... Continue Reading →

February 4, 2015 0

Manzanar Committee Renews Its Call On Inyo County To Protect Manzanar, Owens Valley From Large Scale Renewable Energy Development

LOS ANGELES — On February 3, the Manzanar Committee reiterated its opposition to any large-scale, industrial renewable energy development in the Owens Valley, especially that which would intrude upon the viewshed of the Manzanar National Historic Site. Further, the Committee renewed their call on the Inyo County Board of Supervisors to protect Manzanar and the... Continue Reading →

February 3, 2015 1

Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2015: E.O. 9066 and the [In]Justice System Today

LOS ANGELES — The 2015 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance (DOR) program will be held on Saturday, February 21, at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. The DOR continues to be dedicated to commemorating the impact of E.O. 9066 on the Issei, Nisei and subsequent generations of Japanese Americans. It... Continue Reading →

February 2, 2015 2

Manzanar Cemetery Monument Restored – In Photos

In recent days, the National Park Service began work on restoring and painting the cemetery monument at Manzanar National Historic Site, and they shared photos of their work, now completed. The famous white obelisk, the Soul Consoling Tower, is one of the few remaining structures from the Manzanar concentration camp and the cemetery it marks... Continue Reading →

October 29, 2014 3

Tule Lake Committee Files Suit To Stop The Fence on the Tule Lake Concentration Camp Site

The following is a press release from the Tule Lake Committee. On July 28, the Tule Lake Committee filed suit in Modoc County Superior Court to stop Modoc County and the City of Tulelake from consideration of leasing and fencing the Tulelake Airport until conducting a public environmental review process. State law requires study and... Continue Reading →

July 28, 2014 0