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  • LGBTQ+ Allyship Symposium

    Sep 17, 2022

    $20 for General $20 for Students, Seniors (60+), and nonprofit workers Okaeri’s 2022 Allyship Symposium, set for September 17th, 2022, is a one-day virtual symposium covering the topic of LGBTQ+ allyship in six areas: family (Japanese speaking), family (English speaking), work, school, faith (Christian), and faith (Buddhist). Each category will host a panel that covers key allyship questions including: Why is i...

  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet: Naomi Hirahara & Sarah Kuhn

    Mar 26, 2022

    FREE for Members All members are invited to this exclusive conversation and Q&A with award winning authors Naomi Hirahara and Sarah Kuhn. Naomi Hirahara is an Edgar Award-winning author of multiple traditional mystery series and noir short stories. Her Mas Arai mysteries, which have been published in Japanese, Korean and French, feature a Los Angeles gardener and Hiroshima survivor who solves crimes. The sevent...

  • Setsuko’s Secret: Transformational Stories

    Oct 21, 2021

    FREE RSVP TO ATTEND IN PERSON CLICK TO WATCH THE LIVESTREAM Please join for an exciting conversation about Setsuko’s Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration. Author Shirley Ann Higuchi, J.D., chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, will share her painful transformational journey researching and writing about her family’s history and the Japanese American incar...

  • Nisei Radicals with Diane Fujino, Ron Fujiyoshi & Miya Sommers

    Jun 05, 2021

    Join author Diane Fujino, activist-minister Ron Fujiyoshi, and community organizer Miya Sommers in a conversation around Fujino’s newest book, Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake. Fujiyoshi, a long time friend of Yasutake, will share on his experiences working alongside Yasutake with a shared “jubilee liberation praxis.” Sommers will provide...

  • Art Break: Clay! with Ako Castuera

    May 25, 2021

    Ako Castuera’s sculptural work is informed by the diverse cultural and environmental features of Southern California, on Tongva Land, where she was born and currently lives. Ako’s sculptural work is a material exploration which draws on mythmaking to give body to personal and global histories, incorporating a variety of mediums including locally gathered and commercial clay, neighborhood yard trimmings, compost, yarn...

  • Question 27, Question 28 by Chay Yew, directed by Jully Lee

    May 08, 2021 - May 21, 2021

    Artists at Play is sharing free theatre for young audiences in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! What were the experiences of Japanese American women during the World War II concentration camps? How did they keep hope alive for themselves, their families and community? Question 27, Question 28 by Chay Yew uses archival interviews and testimonials to tell their stories of hardship, determination, a...

  • Art Break: Zines! (with Rosie Yasukochi)

    Mar 23, 2021

    Join staff designer and artist, Rosie Yasukochi, for a short workshop where you’ll learn how to make your own zine, or self-published booklet. You’ll also learn a bit about the history of newspapers and independent publishing within the Japanese American community. This workshop is part of a new series of free, lunchtime art workshops that you can do with the supplies you have at home called Art Break. Art Break i...

  • Stronger Together: Black Liberation and Asian Solidarity

    Nov 19, 2020

    The USC Pacific Asia Museum, the Chinese American Museum, and the Japanese American National Museum present Stronger Together: Black Liberation and Asian Solidarity. Join a discussion on this historic moment in the movement for Black lives, and the importance of cross-movement solidarity and coalitional consciousness. Panelists include Melina Abdullah, Co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and Professor...

  • Justice Bradley’s Reference to Korematsu is Insensitive and Offensive

    May 08, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA – One of the goals of the Japanese American National Museum is to preserve and share the history of people of Japanese ancestry in the United States. As the Chair of its Board of Trustees, I am usually pleased to hear public figures cite sections of that history to argue a point or draw historic parallels. After the 9/11 attacks, for instance, President George W. Bush warned against profiling Muslims ...

  • TRANSPACIFIC MUSICLANDS OUTDOOR CONCERT SET FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Sep 22, 2017

    Los Angeles, CA—In conjunction with its new Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo exhibition, the Japanese American National Museum will present Transpacific Musiclands, an outdoor concert celebrating cultural exchange between East Los Angeles and Japan on Saturday, October 14, from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tickets for Transpacific Musiclands are on sale no...