43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage/2012 Manzanar At Dusk: Strong, Intimate Bonds Between Communities Are Key
June 20, 2012 Leave a comment
Cyndi Tando (center) and Kosuke Kudo (right), are shown here during 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
by Kosuke Kudo
I learned a little about Manzanar through the UCLA Nikkei Student Union, and by visiting the Japanese American National Museum. My image of Manzanar is that is a very isolated and harsh environment. However, I do not really know about Manzanar, or the internment camps.
I heard that there would be chances to talk with people who were actually in the camp, during the Manzanar Pilgrimage and Manzanar At Dusk programs, and I really wanted to listen to their stories. I believe that it is very important for me to be able to gain a deeper understanding of history to visit the actual place, and to listen to people who actually experienced it. I hoped that the trip would be a great opportunity for me to think about the history from different perspectives. Read more of this post
JACL Ratifies Power Of Words Handbook: What Are The Next Steps?
July 15, 2012 by Manzanar Committee PR 3 Comments
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An amazing 86 to 0 unanimous vote of the National Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Council ratified the Power of Words Handbook and Implementation Ideas on July 7, 2012, in Bellevue, Washington. This capped a three-year campaign for truthful and accurate terms, and retiring the misleading euphemisms created by the government to cover up the denial of Constitutional and human rights, the force, oppressive conditions, and racism against 120,000 innocent people of Japanese ancestry locked up in America’s World War II concentration camps.
Former World War II incarceree Mako Nakagawa of Seattle initiated this campaign in 2009. She, the Seattle Power of Words Committee, JACL activists, including eight serving on the Handbook Committee, along with supportive community leaders across the country, fueled this effort.
The Power of Words campaign can now move into an implementation phase to more Read more of this post
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