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Virtual Educator Open House—JANM Education on the Go

2024年11月19日

Hear about all the programs and resources available to you and your students while JANM is on the go! As our Pavillion undergoes exciting renovations, learn how you can bring JANM directly into your classroom with a Virtual Visit and with any of our FREE digital resources available through janm.org. Connect with the JANM Education team, get answers to any questions you have, and learn how JANM can support your work a...

Virtual Educator Open House—JANM Education on the Go

2024年11月13日

Hear about all the programs and resources available to you and your students while JANM is on the go! As our Pavillion undergoes exciting renovations, learn how you can bring JANM directly into your classroom with a Virtual Visit and with any of our FREE digital resources available through janm.org. Connect with the JANM Education team, get answers to any questions you have, and learn how JANM can support your work a...

Beyond the Dugout: A Discussion with Japanese American Staff at the Los Angeles Dodgers

2023年07月29日

$25 General, $20 Members Tickets to this program do not include admission to the museum. This dynamic conversation will feature World Series Champion Dave Roberts (Team Manager), Stephen Nelson (Play-by-play Broadcaster), Scott Akasaki (Senior Director of Team Travel), Emilee Fragapane (Director of Integrative Baseball Performance), and Will Ireton (Manager of Performance Operations)—all current Los Angeles...

Sincerely Miné Okubo at the Chicago Asian American Showcase

2023年05月20日

Sincerely Miné Okubo will be screening at the Chicago Asian American Showcase on Saturday, May 20 at 3:30 p.m. (CDT). The 15-minute documentary about the iconic Japanese American artist Miné Okubo will precede the Sundance hit, NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV. This film focuses on the artistic span and career of Miné Okubo, a Japanese American artist known for her graphic memoir Citizen 13660 that chronicled ...

Nima Voices: Episode 12—Kristen Nemoto Jay

2023年04月11日

FREE Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, int...

The Japanese American National Museum Supports a New Executive Order that Addresses Racial Inequity

2023年02月28日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) supports President Biden’s signing of Executive Order 13985. Known as the Executive Order on Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government, the legislation addresses systemic barriers that hold communities of color back from prosperity. The executive order establishes a new annual process requiri...

Nima Voices: Episode 11—Sergio Hernández Galindo

2023年02月07日

FREE [Spanish only] Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but e...

Nikkei Uncovered III: a poetry reading

2022年09月15日

FREE Join us for our third annual virtual poetry reading with a powerful lineup of poets previously featured in Discover Nikkei’s Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column, hosted by traci kato-kiriyama (author of Navigating With(out) Instruments). This year, the poets were chosen to reflect on the theme of gathering. What does it mean to gather in a time of physical and social separation? How can poetry bring us...

Author Discussion—Facing the Mountain with Daniel James Brown

2022年05月14日

Join New York Times bestselling author of The Boys on the Boat, Daniel James Brown, in conversation with Tom Ikeda, Executive Director of Densho, to celebrate the release of the paperback edition of his newest book Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II. About the book: They came from across the continent and Hawaii. Their parents taught them to embrace both their...

Virtual Educator Workshop—Teaching the Japanese American WWII Experience Through Art

2022年04月28日

Free Join the JANM Education Unit for this free virtual educator workshop on using art to teach the Japanese American WWII incarceration experience. JANM’s collection of art includes thousands of individual pieces as well as large bodies of work by artists such as Miné Okubo, Henry Sugimoto, Hisako Hibi, and others. Join educators from across the country to learn about the lived experience of forced removal and in...