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  • Breakfast & Ballots (Cal Matters)

    Oct 01, 2024

    Do you have questions about the election? How does Prop 5 make it easier for local governments to borrow money? Why would Prop 36 partly roll back another proposition that voters approved in 2014? Join Dan Hu and CalMatters as they analyze and answer your burning questions about this year’s ballot propositions in a conversation around the latest edition of their Voter Guide. This event is free and open to all. Contin...

  • Film Screening—ALTERNATIVE FACTS: The Lies of Executive Order 9066

    Feb 01, 2020

    ALTERNATIVE FACTS: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 is an award-winning documentary feature film about the false information and political influences which led to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. The film exposes the lies used to justify the decision and the cover-up that went all the way to the United States Supreme Court. ALTERNATIVE FACTS also examines the parallels to the current climate of f...

  • THE JAPANESE AMERICAN REDRESS MOVEMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TODAY: THIRTY YEARS OF THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988

    Jul 25, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) today announced new and expanded exhibitions that will explore social justice, due process and the role of Japanese American World War II veterans in the redress movement as the nation marks the 30th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. The landmark Act, signed into law by President Ronald Reaga...

  • Film Screening and Discussion—"Proof of Loyalty: Kazuo Yamane and the Nisei Soldiers of Hawai‘i"

    Mar 31, 2018

    With a population that included a significant percentage of persons of Japanese ancestry, the state of Hawaii did not experience the mass incarcerations that Japanese Americans on the West Coast did following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Only a small percentage of the islands’ Japanese Americans were sent to prison camps, and large numbers of the state’s Nisei volunteered for and served with distinction in the US A...

  • 2015 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Aug 15, 2015

    FREE ALL DAY Our popular annual summer celebration features Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities for the whole family. • Enjoy stimulating performances by Minyo Station, Random Ninjas, and TAIKOPROJECT with Quetzal • Impress the crowd at our Karaoke Open Mic • Take a basic taiko drumming lesson with docent Hal Keimi • Join our community bon odori dance • Participate in...

  • 2013 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Aug 10, 2013

    FREE ALL DAY! This year JANM is excited to be starting a new tradition. Natsumatsuri means “summer festival” in Japanese and we hope you will join us for a day of sharing and learning, as we celebrate old and new traditions with cultural performances, demonstrations, activities, and crafts! Members Only Special perks available for JANM members! Be sure to check in at the front desk to get a member sticker so yo...

  • LEAPS OF FAITH

    Mar 08, 2008 - Mar 09, 2008

    Three special performances: 2 pm, 7 pm on March 8 and 2 pm on March 9. Ten artists of different faiths and spiritual paths boldly jump into the swirling waters of interfaith collaboration in this work-in-progress performance of personal stories, dance, poetry and song. Come witness their plunge into the deep as they question: How can multi-dimensional religious identities live side by side? How do we navi...

  • Community Day of Remembrance

    Feb 16, 2008

    REDRESS REMEMBERED FREE ALL DAY The Day of Remembrance marks President Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which authorized the unconstitutional forced removal of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast and Hawai'i during World War II. On August 10, 1988 President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which legislated monetary reparations and an offical apol...

  • Tokens of Friendship

    Jan 15, 2005

    In honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, this program will explore ways to extend friendship in our diverse community. Join us for storytelling and music, and make a token of friendship -- bracelet, keychain, or necklace -- to share with a friend.

  • 2004 "Oshogatsu": New Year Family Day Festival

    Jan 04, 2004

    1 p.m.–4 p.m. Arts and Crafts Classes for Children of All Ages—Learn about New Year’s symbols and traditions 1 p.m. Oshogatsu Storytelling with the improv troupe Cold Tofu. 1 p.m. New Year’s Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata 2 p.m. Mochitsuki, traditional rice cake pounding performance with Kodama Taiko 3 p.m. Aikido & Iaido Martial Arts demonstration by the Aikido Center of Los Angeles. Aiki...