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  • JACSC 2021 Education Conference

    Oct 29, 2021 - Oct 30, 2021

    Please join the Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium (JACSC) for the second virtual education conference to be held October 29th-30th, 2021! Save the dates for a special event in person at JANM and virtually anywhere the evening of Friday, October 29th and virtual educational sessions throughout the day on Saturday, October 30th. Founded on the idea that we are stronger together than on our own, JACSC ai...

  • Family Education Tour

    Jul 19, 2014

    All Members are invited to accompany their child(ren) or grandchild(ren) on a guided tour of Common Ground: The Heart of Community. This interactive and intergenerational tour will prompt discussion of what it was really like to be in America’s concentration camps. It will conclude with an activity and a visit to the Hirasaki National Resource Center, so that you can look up your family’s camp and immigration records...

  • Family Education Tour

    Jul 18, 2014

    All Members are invited to accompany their child(ren) or grandchild(ren) on a guided tour of Common Ground: The Heart of Community. This interactive and intergenerational tour will prompt discussion of what it was really like to be in America’s concentration camps. It will conclude with an activity and a visit to the Hirasaki National Resource Center, so that you can look up your family’s camp and immigration records...

  • Understanding and Writing Memoir Workshop, Taught by Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker Loren Stephens

    Jan 22, 2011

    This one-day workshop explores the memoir genre and gives you the tools and techniques to begin writing by examining excerpts from well known memoirs including Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Frank McCourt’s ‘Tis, and Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle, among others. The workshop will also include an examination of the memoir format and the key elements that make up a compelling memoir: depth of fe...

  • Members Appreciation Day!

    Nov 29, 2009

    Members Appreciation Day is in its 7th year! It's one of two times of year when several of the Southland's cultural institutions reward their members with free admission and 20%* discount at each institution's gift store. And if you are a JANM member your membership card will get you these member privileges at a host of partnering museums, libraries, and other cultural sites. Make sure you have a current membership ...

  • Members Appreciation Day!

    Nov 28, 2009

    Members Appreciation Day is in its 7th year! It's one of two times of year when several of the Southland's cultural institutions reward their members with free admission and 20%* discount at each institution's gift store. And if you are a JANM member your membership card will get you these member privileges at a host of partnering museums, libraries, and other cultural sites. Make sure you have a current membership ...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Be Animated!

    Feb 14, 2009

    FREE ALL DAY! Enjoy a day of family fun with anime and comic book activities and workshops. Keeping checking back for program schedule! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. All day craft activities: Put your drawings in motion by creating your own flipbook. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s YO...

  • "We Do, Too": APIs and the Marriage Equality Debate

    May 17, 2007

    A panel of experts discuss the historical, political, religious, and legal implications of the debate on equal marriage rights for lesbians and gays. Presenters include Reverend Mark Nakagawa, senior minister of Centenary United Methodist Church in Little Tokyo, attorney Karin Wang of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, and author/activist Helen Zia, who in 2005 married her long-time partner in San Francisco. Mo...

  • Kinnara Taiko

    Jul 28, 2005

    Since its founding in 1969 by members of Senshin Buddhist Temple, Kinnara Taiko has delighted audiences around the world with its powerful presence, stunning artistry, and exquisite collection of handcrafted percussion instruments. Come early for a 6:30 DJ set of world music by some of the city's best. Food from Mama's Hot Tamales Cafe and a no-host bar will also be available. This series is presented in associ...

  • Capturing History: Incarceration Narratives in Fiction and Nonfiction

    May 15, 1997

    Two generations of writers have struggled to recover and present stories of the Japanese American incarceration; their work in history and in fiction has been at the core of the movement for redress. A panel of distinguished novelists and historians of the incarceration experience share their work, discuss their sources for materials, and address questions of how they used or interpreted these materials. Join us fo...