the starring role in the NBC medical drama Dr.

Instead of being worried about where we were going.The eighth annual VJAMM Commemoration will take place Thursday.

000 persons of Japanese ancestry would be ordered off the West Coast states of Washington.They each wrote essays about having been inspired by the legacy and lessons of the late Arnold Maeda.Call (310) 396-8783 for reservations at Hama Sushi or to order for take-out.

1942; the 37th year after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988; and 56 years after the first annual Manzanar Pilgrimage in 1969.and funding the Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant.

VCH Westside Youth Academy maintenance volunteers at VJAMM in 2024: Iris.

her grandmiothers extended side being taken to Manzanar from Santa Monica.000 people of Japanese ancestry were sent to the camps.

Thats why we continue to tell Freds story and teach our younger generations the perseverance and determination that has been woven into the Japanese American identity.who resisted the wrongful incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

National Council of Asian Pacific Americans.which would award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Fred Korematsu in recognition of his contributions to civil rights.