2012 Manzanar Pilgrimage/Manzanar At Dusk: Passing Down The Importance

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.
(click to view larger image)
Photo: Gann Matsuda

by Carly Lindley

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

College-Age Youth Leading The Way At 2012 Manzanar At Dusk Program

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

Manzanar Committee Statement On The Passing Of Victor H. Shibata, One Of The Founders of the Manzanar Pilgrimage

Victor H. Shibata (foreground left), one of the founders of the Manzanar Pilgrimage,
shown here ondo dancing during a 1970’s Pilgrimage, died on April 17, 2012
(click to view a larger image).
Photo: Karen Ishizuka

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Victor H. Shibata of Los Angeles, who died on April 17 from an apparent heart attack.

Shibata, 67, was one of the founders of the Manzanar Pilgrimage, and of Yellow Brotherhood in the late Sixties, a self-help group based in Los Angeles’ Crenshaw District that helped Asian American youth get off of drugs, and stay out of gangs. Read more of this post

Manzanar NHS Hosts Special Events April 27–29, 2012, For Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage

The following is a press release from the National Park Service.


To download a printable flyer,
click on the image above
(requires Adobe Reader software).

Manzanar National Historic Site invites the public to participate in a weekend of special activities surrounding the Manzanar Committee’s 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the camp’s opening and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Manzanar National Historic Site. Visitors are invited to experience art, music, dance, talks, and more. All events are free.

On Friday, April 27, the Independence Chamber of Commerce and the Friends of Eastern California Museum will host a public reception from 4:00 to 8:00 PM at the Eastern California Museum in Independence. The museum’s exhibits include Shiro and Mary Nomura’s Manzanar collection, a special exhibit Personal Responsibility: The Camp Photographs of Toyo Miyatake, and the Anna and O.K. Kelly Gallery of Native American Life.

Eastern California Museum is located at 155 Grant Street in Independence, and is open daily from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Read more of this post

UCLA Kyodo Taiko To Perform At 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, April 28, 2012

CULTURAL: UCLA Nikkei Student Union Odori group to lead traditional Ondo dancing at 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage

UCLA Kyodo Taiko, shown here during the 42nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, will
perform once again at the 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, April 28, 2012.
Photo: Gann Matsuda

LOS ANGELES — UCLA Kyodo Taiko will perform at the 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 30, 2012, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on US Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine and Independence, approximately 230 miles north of Los Angeles. Read more of this post

MEDIA ADVISORY: 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage/2012 Manzanar At Dusk Program – Credential Information and Media Guidelines

Click on the image above to download the media guidelines for the 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and the 2012 Manzanar At Dusk program (Adobe Reader software required)

The 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage is scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on US Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine and Independence, approximately 230 miles north of Los Angeles.

The popular Manzanar At Dusk (MAD) program follows that same evening, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at the Lone Pine High School gymnasium, located at 538 South Main Street (US Highway 395), in Lone Pine, nine miles south of the Manzanar National Historic Site, across the street from McDonald’s.

For further details on these events, please follow our press releases on our blog, http://blog.manzanarcommittee.org.

For the first time in the history of the Manzanar Pilgrimage and the Manzanar At Dusk programs, credentials will be required for all media, commercial photographers, and film crews. We encourage those covering the events to pre-register via e-mail, so that we can have a credential and media packet ready for you upon arrival. Send e-mail to 43rdmedia@manzanarcommittee.org no later than noon on April 23, 2012, to pre-register. Read more of this post

Open Letter To USC President C.L. Max Nikias Regarding Honorary Degrees To Japanese American Students Forced To Leave Campus During WWII

The following is an open letter to C.L. Max Nikias, President of the University of Southern California. It is published here with permission of the author.


Susanne Norton La Faver

April 6, 2012

 

C.L. Max Nikias
Office of the President
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-4019

Dear President Nikias:

I’m writing as the great granddaughter of USC’s first dean of the College of Liberal Studies, Rev. W.S. Matthew, D.D. He also acted as USC President for a brief time during the 1880s, and raised funds for the fledgling university. Read more of this post

Rose Ochi To Receive 2012 Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award at the 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage

Rose Ochi, shown here during the
40th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, on
April 25, 2009, will receive the 2012
Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award.
Photo: Gann Matsuda

LOS ANGELES — On April 2, the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee announced that Rose Ochi, a key figure in the establishment of the Manzanar National Historic Site, and long-time pro bono legal counsel for the Manzanar Committee, has been chosen as the 2012 recipient of the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award.

The award, named after the late chair of the Manzanar Committee who was one of the founders of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and was the driving force behind the creation of the Manzanar National Historic Site, will be presented at the 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on US Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine and Independence, approximately 230 miles north of Los Angeles.

Ochi, 72, a native of Los Angeles, was three years old when she was shipped off to Rohwer, Arkansas, one of the ten American concentration camps where over 110,000 West Coast Japanese Americans, along with their immigrant parents, were unjustly incarcerated during World War II. Read more of this post

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