Manzanar Committee Receives 2023 Fall Grant from JA Community Foundation for Katari: Keeping Japanese Anerican Stories Alive Project

LOS ANGELES — On September 26, the Manzanar Committee, sponsors of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and Manzanar At Dusk program, announced that they have been selected by the Oakland-based JA Community Foundation as one of the recipients of their 2023 Fall Grants for its youth education project, Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive. Entering its... Continue Reading →

September 26, 2023 1

Watch the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage (2023)/2023 Manzanar At Dusk Here!

If you missed the 2023 Manzanar Pilgrimage (54th Annual), or if you just want to re-live the experience, you can watch the event here via our YouTube channel. Just click on the red arrow in the center of the window of the video (below) that you want to watch! Also available: video clips of each... Continue Reading →

June 25, 2023 0

Manzanar Committee Seeks Community Support for “Manzanar Remembered” Archival Project

LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee seeks community support for its archival history project, “Manzanar Remembered: An Online Archive of Pilgrimages and the Endeavor to Establish the Manzanar National Historic Site.” The project seeks to preserve and digitize material related to the beginnings of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimages, and efforts to create the Manzanar National... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2023 0

MEDIA ADVISORY: 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and 2023 Manzanar at Dusk Program – April 29, 2023

LOS ANGELES — The 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage is scheduled for Saturday, April 29, 2023, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine and Independence, approximately 230 miles north of Los Angeles (see map below). Kyodo Taiko at UCLA will begin the... Continue Reading →

March 30, 2023 0

Kyodo Taiko To Perform at the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage

PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation is still available from Downtown Los Angeles LOS ANGELES — Kyodo Taiko at UCLA will perform at the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, on Saturday, April 29, 2023, starting at 12:00 PM PDT, conditions permitting, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in California’s... Continue Reading →

March 28, 2023 0

Speakers, Bus Transportation Details Announced for 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, April 29, 2023

LOS ANGELES — On March 17, the Manzanar Committee announced that Manjusha Kulkarni and Dr. Arthur A. Hansen, will be among the featured speakers at the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which will be held live and in-person, conditions permitting, at the Manzanar National Historic Site on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at 12:00 PM PDT (see... Continue Reading →

March 17, 2023 4

2022-23 Katari Program: Spiritual, Transformational and Life-Changing

Editor’s Note: Over the last few months, college students who participated in our annual Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive program will share their thoughts here on our web site about their experiences in the two-day, intensive, immersive, place-based learning experience about the unjust incarceration of Japanese/Japanese Americans during World War II, a partnership with... Continue Reading →

February 25, 2023 0

2022-23 Katari Program: Being At Manzanar Made A Big Difference

February 25, 2023 0

2022-23 Katari Program: “Before the Katari Program, Manzanar Was a Place I Only Knew by Name”

February 24, 2023 0

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