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  • Nikkei Genealogical Society General Meeting

    Feb 24, 2018

    FREE The Nikkei Genealogical Society (NikkeiGen) promotes, encourages, and shares Nikkei genealogy through education, research, and networking. NikkeiGen’s general meetings are open to anyone who is interested in researching their family trees, learning more about their Japanese roots and heritage, and participating in group discussions and networking. Meetings occur approximately once a month from January to ...

  • "Transpacific Borderlands" Exhibition Tour

    Feb 24, 2018

    Join curator Kris Kuramitsu for a tour of the Los Angeles portion of the exhibition. Limited to 25 participants. $12 general, free for JANM members. Museum admission included.

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Feb 24, 2018

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with JANM docents. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission included. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting. Limited to 20 participants.

  • Film Screening and Discussion—Digital Storytelling Videos

    Feb 17, 2018

    FREE JANM and the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation (HMWF) will co-host a screening of spoken word videos inspired by the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and recorded at the 2017 Heart Mountain Pilgrimage in collaboration with filmmakers Jeff MacIntyre and David Ono. Pilgrimage participants, ranging in age from 16 to 75, were guided by spoken word artist G Yamazawa in bringing their stories...

  • 2018 Day of Remembrance—The Civil Liberties Act of 1988: The Victory and the Unfinished Business

    Feb 17, 2018

    PAY WHAT YOU WISH JANM is proud to present the 2018 Day of Remembrance in partnership with Go For Broke National Education Center, Japanese American Citizens League–Pacific Southwest District, Manzanar Committee, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, Nikkei Progressives, OCA–Greater Los Angeles, and Progressive Asian Network for Action (PANA). In addition to marking the 76th anniversary of the signing ...

  • Film Screening and Discussion—"Resistance at Tule Lake"

    Feb 10, 2018

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. This new documentary from director/producer Konrad Aderer tells the long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the US government’s program of mass incarceration during World War II. Giving voice to experiences that have been marginalized for over 70 years, the film challenges the nationalist...

  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Konrad Aderer

    Feb 10, 2018

    All members are invited to an exclusive pre-event reception with filmmaker Konrad Aderer prior to the public screening and discussion about his film, Resistance at Tule Lake. Space is limited. RSVP by February 6 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. In the Yuki Family Board Room

  • PROF. SAKAMOTO TO EXPLAIN CULTURAL CONFLICTS FOR JAPANESE AMERICANS AT NATIONAL MUSEUM ON JULY 28

    Jul 17, 2012

    Dr. Arthur Sakamoto, a professor of sociology at the University of Texas-Austin, will discuss the inherent conflicts between aspects of Japanese and American culture and how it has historically affected Japanese Americans in a public program set for Saturday, July 28, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. Professor Sakamoto will lecture on "Japanese and American Aspects of the Japanese Amer...

  • 'A DIVIDED COMMUNITY' DOCUMENTARY ABOUT JA WW II RESISTERS TO BE SCREENED AT JANM ON JULY 21

    Jul 11, 2012

    A new documentary by Momo Yashima, "A Divided Community: 3 Personal Stories of Resistance", which highlights the struggles of three Japanese American World War II resisters, will be screened on Saturday, July 21, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, with a panel discussion to follow. This documentary, presented in collaboration with the George and Sakaye Aratani Endowed Chair, Asian Americ...

  • KRISTINA MCMORRIS, AUTHOR OF 'BRIDGE OF SCARLET LEAVES' TO SPEAK AT JANM ON JULY 14

    Jul 06, 2012

    Kristina McMorris, author of the novel Bridge of Scarlet Leaves, will read from her book and speak at a public program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, July 14, beginning at 2 p.m. Bridge of Scarlet Leaves begins in 1941 when young Maddie Kern secretly elopes with her Japanese American boy friend, Lane Moritomo. Besides the turmoil created in both families over the inter-racial union (whi...