Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
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 →
LOS ANGELES — Rob Bonta, Attorney General appointee, State of California, and activist Jim Matsuoka will be the featured speakers for the 52nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which will be held online on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 12:00 PM PDT on the Manzanar Committee’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/manzanarcommittee. The theme of this year’s Pilgrimage is Upholding... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Community activists Kathy Masaoka and traci-kato kiriyama will be the featured panelists during the 2021 Manzanar At Dusk program, part of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, scheduled from 5:00 PM PDT to 8:00 PM on Saturday, April 24, 2021, live and online via Zoom. The Manzanar At Dusk program follows the 52nd Annual... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Connecting the injustices of the past with similar injustices of the present will be the focus of the 2021 Manzanar At Dusk program, part of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which is scheduled from 5:00 PM PDT to 8:00 PM on Saturday, April 24, 2021, live and online via Zoom. The Manzanar At... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Bonbu Stories and UCLA Kyodo Taiko will perform during the 52nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which will be held online on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 12:00 PM PDT on the Manzanar Committee’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/manzanarcommittee. Further details about this year’s Pilgrimage program, including speakers and other participants, will be announced at a... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — On March 29, the Manzanar Committee announced that it has joined leaders from the Paiute, the Shoshone, the Timbisha Shoshone, and the Friends of the Inyo in opposing exploratory drilling and the proposed construction of an open-pit, cyanide heap leach mine at Conglomerate Mesa in Inyo County. The Manzanar Committee’s mission leads... 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 →
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