Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
On May 2, it was learned that long-time community activist, poet and educator Al Robles has passed away. Along with Bill Sorro, Robles was a key figure in the eviction protest and the rebuilding of the I-Hotel in San Francisco through the Manilatown Heritage Association. Also with Sorro, Robles brought his Education InAction students from... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Members of the Manzanar Committee have returned to Southern California after a long, hard weekend in the Owens Valley for the 40th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and Manzanar At Dusk programs on Saturday, April 25. We are all very tired and relieved that the events are over. But at the same time, at... Continue Reading →
PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation still available from Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES — UCLA Kyodo Taiko will perform at the 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, which is scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 25, 2009, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on US Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley,... Continue Reading →
PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation from Los Angeles still available. LOS ANGELES — Ron Wakabayashi, Regional Director, United States Department of Justice Community Relations Service, will be the keynote speaker at the 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, scheduled for noon PDT on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at the Manzanar National Historic Site,... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Manzanar - Never Again, a short film by critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, will be screened at the Manzanar At Dusk program, to be held on Saturday, April 25, 2009, at Lone Pine High School gymnasium, starting at 5:00 PM PDT. Manzanar At Dusk follows the traditional Manzanar Pilgrimage program, which... Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: We’re more than a little late with this, we know, but we wanted to get this out because it is one of the unknown stories from Manzanar...the fact that research was done behind the barbed wire by Japanese American scientists who, despite being unjustly incaracerated by their own government, made positive contributions to... Continue Reading →
Updated details about the 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage are available at:Ron Wakabayashi To Keynote 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage Ken Burns Short “Manzanar - Never Again” To Be Screened At Manzanar At Dusk Program LOS ANGELES — The 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, is scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 25,... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — On March 2, the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee announced that it has been selected as the recipient of a $5,000.00 grant from the Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Community Outreach Program Fund, sponsored by the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center For Japanese Studies. This fund is designed to promote deeper... Continue Reading →
by Tom Leatherman When I came to Manzanar National Historic Site in 2005, I thought I was going to work at a site which preserved the history of a World War II Japanese American internment camp. It turned out to be so much more. I was quickly introduced to the talented and dedicated staff and... Continue Reading →
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