Exhibit On Muslims Belongs At Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center
August 8, 2012 7 Comments
Muslim Americans, who have been victimized by racial profiling,
violence, and violations of their Constitutional rights since the events of
September 11, 2011, have participated in the Manzanar Pilgrimage and
Manzanar At Dusk programs in significant numbers since 2007
Photo: Gann Matsuda/Manzanar Committee
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This time, Yoshinaga railed against the much-publicized exhibit at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center, Esse Quam Videri: Muslim Self-Portraits.
Since Yoshinaga has proven to be unwilling to, or incapable of, considering other points of view, this piece is aimed at those who might be swayed by Yoshinaga’s ravings, rather than trying to convince a lost cause. Read more of this post
Manzanar Committee Loses Long-Time Leader Tak Yamamoto on November 9, 2012
November 16, 2012 by Gann Matsuda 1 Comment
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Long-time Manzanar Committee leader Tak Yamamoto (second from left), shown here receiving the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award at the 40th Annual
Manzanar Pilgrimage, April 25, 2009, died on November 9, 2012.
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Photo: Gann Matsuda/Manzanar Committee
Yamamoto, 74, died of natural causes, according to long-time partner and Committee supporter Karl Fish.
Growing up in a large family, Yamamoto was among the 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry who were forcibly removed from the West Coast as a result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Read more of this post
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