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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 — 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 →
Since January 2022, the college students who participated in our annual program, Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, have shared their thoughts about this year’s program. Katari, a program of the Manzanar Committee and the Manzanar National Historic Site, is in its fifth year, working to give young people some of the tools they’ll need... Continue Reading →
In the coming weeks, the college students who participated in our annual program, Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, will share their thoughts about this year’s program. Katari, a program of the Manzanar Committee and the Manzanar National Historic Site, is in its fifth year, working to give young people some of the tools they’ll... Continue Reading →
In the coming weeks, the college students who participated in our annual program, Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, will share their thoughts about this year’s program. Katari, a program of the Manzanar Committee and the Manzanar National Historic Site, is in its fifth year, working to give young people some of the tools they’ll... Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note; In the coming weeks, the college students who participated in our annual program, Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, will share their thoughts about this year’s program. Katari, a program of the Manzanar Committee and the Manzanar National Historic Site, is in its fifth year, working to give young people some of the... Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: The 2021-22 Katari program, held this year during the January 15-16, 2022 weekend, is usually held in early November at the Manzanar National Historic Site. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it had to be moved to an online format for the second consecutive year. Despite the loss of the extremely important placed-based... Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: The 2021-22 Katari program, held this year during the January 15-16, 2022 weekend, is usually held in early November at the Manzanar National Historic Site. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it had to be moved to an online format for the second consecutive year. Despite the loss of the extremely important placed-based... Continue Reading →
by Wendi Yamashita Over the January 15, 2022 weekend, the students who will be organizing the Manzanar At Dusk program participated in our Katari Program. Katari, which means “to tell stories” in Japanese, is two days of intensive, experiential, place-based learning about the unjust incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War... Continue Reading →
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