The Manzanar Committee is a proud partner/endorsing organization of Tsuru for Solidarity. Tsuru for Solidarity is working to end detention sites and support front-line immigrant and refugee communities who are experiencing injustice and oppression under the current U.S. administration. We are an all-volunteer organization. Please join us and support our second $25,000 match, thanks to... Continue Reading →
125,000 Paper Cranes to Washington, D.C. in June 2020 for Tsuru for Solidarity’s “National Pilgrimage to Close the Camps”
The following is a press release from Tsuru for Solidarity. The Manzanar Committee is a partner/endorsing organization. Japanese Americans from across the country will gather next spring in Washington, D.C., June 5-7, 2020, for a National Pilgrimage to Close the Camps. We plan to bring 125,000 paper cranes, or tsuru, as expressions of solidarity with... Continue Reading →
Statement by Satsuki Ina on Federal Regulation to Permit Indefinite Detention of Migrant Children
The following is a statement by Satsuki Ina, co-leader of Tsuru for Solidarity. “The Trump Administration announced new regulations...that would remove the Flores settlement’s protections for child welfare, permitting indefinite detention of migrant children and families with minimal oversight,” said Satsuki Ina, co-leader of Tsuru for Solidarity. “The administration claims that stripping away the current... Continue Reading →
Manzanar Committee Denounces Plans to Incarcerate Immigrants at Fort Sill in Oklahoma
MANZANAR COMMITTEE: supports rally held at Fort Sill on June 22; calls on community to rally in protest in Los Angeles Little Tokyo on June 27. LOS ANGELES — On June 23, the Manzanar Committee, sponsors of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969, the Manzanar At Dusk program since 1997, and the more recent Katari... Continue Reading →
