College-Age Youth Leading The Way At 2012 Manzanar At Dusk Program
April 23, 2012 1 Comment
Small group discussions at the Manzanar At Dusk program are very diverse,
in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation.
Photo: Gann Matsuda
LOS ANGELES — College students will once again take the lead role during this year’s Manzanar At Dusk program, sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, scheduled from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Lone Pine High School gymnasium, located at 538 South Main Street (US Highway 395), in Lone Pine, California, across the street from McDonald’s.
The Manzanar At Dusk (MAD) program follows the 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, scheduled for 12:00 PM that same day, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, between the towns of Lone Pine and Independence, approximately 230 miles north of Los Angeles. Read more of this post
2012 Manzanar Pilgrimage/Manzanar At Dusk: Passing Down The Importance
May 9, 2012 Leave a comment
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Carly Lindley (center), shown here facilitating one of the small group
discussions at the 2012 Manzanar At Dusk program, April 28, 2012,
at Lone Pine High School, Lone Pine, California.
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Photo: Gann Matsuda
Ever since I returned to San Diego from my first Manzanar Pilgrimage in 2010, I have been waiting to go back.
My first experience was extremely eye opening, and it brought to life what my Grandpa Harry had told me about his life there. Seeing the snow capped mountains he saw, walking the dusty paths, I would imagine him walking, and feeling the heat for only a day that he had to Read more of this post
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