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Democracy and AI

2024年10月25日

In an era where AI is transforming everything from how we communicate to how we vote, this program brings together Dave Lesher, cofounder of CalMatters; Ted Schilowitz, a noted futurist; John Bwarie of Stratiscope; and artist Michelle Woo from For Freedoms for a conversation about the intersection of democracy and AI. The panel will dive into burning questions, examine whether governments should take legislative act...

The Japanese American National Museum Denounces Racist Remarks from the Chancellor of Purdue University Northwest

2022年12月22日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is gravely concerned by the offensive tropes designed to mock Asian languages that Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon uttered during a commencement ceremony on December 10, 2022. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee released a letter demanding Keon’s resignation and has yet to hear from him. “As the public face and leader of the unive...

MOURNING THE LOSS OF JANM VOLUNTEER RICHARD “BABE” KARASAWA

2020年12月16日

Los Angeles, CA–I am personally saddened to share the loss of Richard “Babe” Karasawa, a JANM volunteer for over 30 years, who passed away on December 8, 2020. Babe and his wife Mary were fixtures at JANM, becoming volunteers in 1989 before the opening of the Historic Building in 1992. As with so many of our core volunteers, the Karasawas embraced the challenge of sharing the Japanese American experience with...

#LITinCOLOR: Celebrating Writers of Color

2016年03月29日

FREE #LITinCOLOR will celebrate the invention and imagination of writers of color who seek to represent realities that lie outside of the mainstream imagination, be it the lasting impact of American concentration camps or the navigation of racially profiled notions of sexuality. Poets and novelists from various communities and generations will come together to honor the ways in which writers of color have...

Target Free Family Saturdays: Take Me Out to the Ball Game

2014年05月10日

FREE ALL DAY! Bring out the whole family for baseball-themed fun that will sure to be a home run! In celebration for the new Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game exhibition. Schedule: •11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m.: Join Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game curators, Mark Langill (Dodgers Publications Editor & Team Historian) and Koji Steven Sakai (JANM Programs Manager) on a family-friendly gallery tour. Sign up early! 30 par...

Community Day of Remembrance

2012年02月18日

Pay-What-You-Can! 2012 Day of Remembrance will mark the 70th Anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 which led to the unlawful forced removal of thousands of Americans of Japanese ancestry and the unconstitutional mass incarceration of 120,000 individuals in domestic concentration camps. The 2012 Day of Remembrance program will explore the theme, “70 Years After E.O. 9066: Defending Our Civil Liberti...

STORY OF RECOVERY OF HT. MOUNTAIN BARRACKS BUILDING TO BE TOLD AUGUST 7, 2010

2010年07月16日

The Japanese American National Museum will hold a public program, "16 Years Later: The Heart Mountain Barracks", reflecting on the project that brought to Los Angeles for display a fragment of an original barracks building used to house Japanese Americans as part of their unconstitutional incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II, on Saturday, Aug. 7, beginning at 2 p.m. In 1994, National Museum sta...

Bringing the Circle Together: Waterbuster

2010年06月19日

Free Screening of Waterbuster Waterbuster is a documentary chronicling the dislocation and relocation of the Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara Nation of North Dakota due to a dam that inundated their homeland along the banks of the Missouri River. It is also the personal story of the director’s family, whose life choices were influenced by this powerful reshaping of the landscape. The film examines the events that led up to ...

Screening of "The Killing of a Chinese Cookie"

2009年12月10日

Join us for a special one-night event! Come sample fortune cookie-inspired desserts from the best and brightest of LA-based culinary schools followed by a special free screening of the documentary"The Killing of a Chinese Cookie." 6:30 PM Doors open/tasting 7:30 PM Film begins There will be a Q&A after the screening with writer/director Derek Shimoda. Space is limited on a first-come, first-serve basi...

Objects And Stories From September 11 Tragedies Presented In Smithsonian Memorial Exhibition On View At The Japanese American National Museum July 1 - August 15, 2004

2004年04月16日

In its only California presentation, the acclaimed exhibition September 11: Bearing Witness to History opens at the Japanese American National Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate, on July 1, 2004. Originally organized by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the traveling exhibition evokes the memories and experiences of September 11 through images, 45 carefully selected objects, and poignant stories f...