I was aware of the fact that I was different.

Ron Wakabayashi received the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award.Maiya Kuida OsumiAn interfaith service was conducted in the cemetery by Buddhist and Christian ministers with many Muslim and Jewish participants to commemorate those who had passed.

The program also included a student speaker.Musician Ken Koshio blows a shell horn.The Manzanar Committee extends its thanks to all who attended this years pilgrimage – both in-person and online.

Photos by Mark Kirchner and Jon Klusmire courtesy Manzanar CommitteeThis call to action was especially salient given the devastating and heartbreaking violence in Gaza that has escalated over the last six months.including the Congressional Black Caucus.

and was followed by comments from Acting Superintendent Gavin Gardner.

Tamaki served as co-counsel on the landmark coram nobis court case in which he successfully over-turned the 1944 conviction of Fred Korematsu for violating Executive Order 9066.Its everything from the exhibition that were planning as well as the public programing and cultural aspect.

and JACCC received nearly $250.It was a perfect match made in heaven and our strategy paid off.

Its coming on this huge infusion of funding into Little Tokyo and this will really be a signature collaboration for JANM and JACCC and also for Little Tokyo.Coming together in this way is an important signal to all of Little Tokyo that … we will share resources in order to tell the story of our community.