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by Barbara Takei The first book I read about Japanese American history was Roger Daniels’ book, The Politics of Prejudice: The Anti-Japanese Movement in California and the Struggle for Japanese Exclusion. It was 1966, and in my research as a college freshman it was the rare book on Japanese American history, one that began Roger’s... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES – On December 4, the Manzanar Committee announced their Eighth Annual Sue Kunitomi Embrey Student Awards Program, a creative works program in which K-12 students may submit essays, short stories, poetry, works of art, including drawings, collages, posters, and works involving technology, including animation, podcasts, movies, or videos. The awards program, named after... Continue Reading →
During the November 12-13, 2022 weekend, 13 college students from six different Nikkei Student Unions participated in our annual Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive youth educational program. A joint program of the Manzanar Committee and the National Park Service staff at the Manzanar National Historic Site, Katari, which means “to tell stories” in Japanese,... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee extends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Jim Matsuoka, long-time social justice activist, and a founder of the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations (NCRR; now known as Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress), who passed away on October 21, 2022, at the age of 86,... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — On October 18, the Manzanar Committee announced that their annual Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive program for college students, a partnership with the National Park Service staff at Manzanar National Historic Site, will return to a live, in-person program in November 2022, conditions permitting, after being forced to switch to an... Continue Reading →
The following is a press release from the the Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument (VJAMM) Committee and the Manzanar Committee • Applications due January 6, 2023. LOS ANGELES — The Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument (VJAMM) Committee and the Manzanar Committee have announced the Third Annual Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant for 2023. Maeda, who... Continue Reading →
As in 2020 and 2021, this year, the 53rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, our annual Katari program for college students was also forced to be held online the past two years. But this year, as conditions improved a bit, even though there was no live, in-person Pilgrimage... Continue Reading →
As in 2020 and 2021, this year, the 53rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, our annual Katari program for college students was also forced to be held online the past two years. But this year, as conditions improved a bit, even though there was no live, in-person Pilgrimage... Continue Reading →
The following is a press release from the National Park Service. The public is cordially invited to join Manzanar National Historic Site and others over Labor Day Weekend (September 2-6) in preserving Manzanar’s Children’s Village, the only World War II Japanese American incarceration camp orphanage. We will be joined by former Manzanar orphans Karyl Matsumoto... Continue Reading →
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