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Belonging

As we come into the end of 2024, I wanted to share a piece I wrote as a reflection of the pilgrimag…

Nikkei Progressives +1 • Dec. 19, 2024

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Importance of Place: The Manzanar Pilgrimage and COVID-19

Like so many events these days, the 51st annual Manzanar Pilgrimage was cancelled on Thursday, Apri…

Jonathan van Harmelen • June 19, 2020

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A Young JANM Volunteer Shares Her Impressions of the 2017 Pilgrimage to Manzanar

The Japanese American National Museum recently welcomed Joy Teruko Ormseth to its volunteer ranks…

Carol Cheh • July 6, 2017

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Resistance

Welcome back to this month’s edition of Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column. As we commemorate the 75…

Miya Iwataki +2 • April 20, 2017

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Sue Kunitomi Embrey (January 6, 1923 – May 15, 2006)

Educator, activist, author, and Manzanar Committee Chair Sue Kunitomi Embrey dedicated her life to …

Manzanar Committee • Sept. 16, 2016

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The View From Manzanar

If you don’t want to change your perspective, don’t go to Manzanar. The road to Manzanar is breath…

Mary Adams Urashima • June 9, 2015

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What It Means to Go On a Camp Pilgrimage

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Sharon Yamato • July 28, 2014

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The Harada House of Riverside, California: A Milestone in Japanese American Resistance to Racist Oppression - Part 6 of 6

Read Part 5 >> At the close of our interview, I put this question to Sue. “You said it’s been, or i…

Arthur A. Hansen • March 25, 2013

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The Harada House of Riverside, California: A Milestone in Japanese American Resistance to Racist Oppression - Part 4 of 6

Read Part 3 >> Before I pursue that matter, however, I would like to say a few words about one topi…

Arthur A. Hansen • March 11, 2013

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The Harada House of Riverside, California: A Milestone in Japanese American Resistance to Racist Oppression - Part 3 of 6

Read Part 2 >>My next meeting with Embrey took place on June 5, 1973, in conjunction with her lectu…

Arthur A. Hansen • March 4, 2013

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