Manzanar Committee Statement On 2016 Presidential Election and its Aftermath

LOS ANGELES — The 2016 Presidential election has unleashed thoughts, feelings and acts that are antithetical to our democracy. Blatant racism and xenophobia are on the rise, including a dramatic increase in anti-Asian racism, and hundreds of hateful incidents, along with unconstitutional calls to ban or deport immigrants and Muslims—all of this grips our country.... Continue Reading →

November 17, 2016 1

Manzanar Committee at the 2016 Nisei Week Festival – Photos/Video

This year, the Manzanar Committee was involved in the 2016 Nisei Week Festival, riding in the parade on August 14 in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo and we were honored by the Nisei Week Foundation, joining Bunkado and the Little Tokyo Public Safety Association as recipients of the Frances K. Hashimoto Community Service Award at the... Continue Reading →

August 17, 2016 1

VIDEO: 47th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and 2016 Manzanar At Dusk

If you missed anything during the 47th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage or the 2016 Manzanar At Dusk program, just want to experience them all over again, or if you missed either event entirely, you can watch the entire speakers/performance portion of the Pilgrimage and the opening and open mic/wrap-up sessions from Manzanar At Dusk. Also available... Continue Reading →

May 4, 2016 4

Former Inyo County Supervisor Bob Gracey To Receive 2016 Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award

PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation to Pilgrimage from Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo is available, but seats are going fast.LOS ANGELES — On March 31, the Manzanar Committee announced that Owens Valley native Robert W. “Bob” Gracey has been chosen as the 2016 recipient of the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award. The award, named after the late chair... Continue Reading →

March 31, 2016 1

Manzanar Committee Decries Donald Trump’s Recent Remarks On Muslims, Japanese American Incarceration

LOS ANGELES — On December 9, the Manzanar Committee repudiated comments by Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, who called for barring all Muslims from entering the United States, and just one day later, stating that he might have supported the incarceration of over 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry in American concentration camps during World War... Continue Reading →

December 9, 2015 2

Manzanar Committee Condemns Statement By Roanoke, Virginia Mayor David Bowers Regarding Syrian Refugees

LOS ANGELES — On November 18, the Manzanar Committee repudiated statements by David Bowers, Mayor, Roanoke, Virginia, in which he used the unjust incarceration of over 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry as justification for his demand that Syrian refugees be denied asylum in the Roanoke area. In an official statement, Bowers said, “I’m reminded that... Continue Reading →

November 18, 2015 13

Manzanar Committee Calls Ret. General Wesley Clark’s Remarks on “Radicalized” Muslims “Xenophobic”

LOS ANGELES — On July 23, the Manzanar Committee denounced remarks by retired United States Army General and former NATO Supreme Commander Wesley Clark, who called for the incarceration of “disloyal Americans” in camps eerily similar to the American concentration camps in which over 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry were unjustly incarcerated during World War... Continue Reading →

July 23, 2015 0

Personal Approach Helped Stall DWP Solar Project

The following was originally published in the June 2, 2015 edition of the Inyo Register. It is reprinted here with permission. by Jon Klusmire Special to the Inyo Register INDEPENDENCE, CA — A personal approach that tapped into a shared history of past battles and victories was credited with delaying for a decade the industrial... Continue Reading →

June 12, 2015 0

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More Than A Blog Post is Needed From Los Angeles Times Regarding Publication of Unbalanced, Inaccurate Letters About Japanese American Incarceration