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LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is seeking nominations for thirty young people under age 30, in their community or professional life to improve, advocate, or educate about the Japanese American experience.
These “30 Changemakers Under 30” will be recognized at JANM’s 30th Anniversary benefit on April 30, 2022.
The Children’s Courtyard is a permanent installation of individual names of children 21 years and younger. Names are inscribed on stone pavers (one name per line in columns) in the Children’s Courtyard at the entrance to the Museum Pavilion. Placement of each name is determined by the date received. Names received by April 30th will be engraved by August of that year; after April 30th names will be engraved the following year.
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For more information about the 30th Anniversary Benefit, e-mail specialevents@janm.org, or call 213.830.5646.
LOS ANGELES - The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum (NCPD@JANM) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice–Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) have selected two artists who will develop new art projects that will explore the theme of anti-Asian hate and racism.
In celebration of the opening of the Historic Building in 1992, JANM’s 30th Anniversary offers us a chance to reflect on all we’ve accomplished in our first three decades and the timeliness and timelessness of our mission as we continue to illuminate the Japanese American experience and promote g
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LOS ANGELES - On this National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) honors the memory of the World War II heroes who died on December 7,1941 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. This 80th anniversary is also a stark reminder of the fragility of American civil rights after 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry – most of them US citizens – who were unjustly removed from their homes and incarcerated in remote concentration camps across the nation.