A non-profit organization that has sponsored the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969, along with other educational programs, the Manzanar Committee has also played a key role in the establishment and continued development of the Manzanar National Historic Site. For more information, call (323) 662-5102 or check our web site at http://www.manzanarcommittee.org and our blog at http://blog.manzanarcommittee.org. You can also follow us on our Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/manzanarcomm and our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Manzanar-Committee/156495385057?ref=nf. The Manzanar Committee is dedicated to educating and raising public awareness about the incarceration and violation of civil rights of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II and to the continuing struggle of all peoples when Constitutional rights are in danger

www.jaccc.org Address: 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles, CA, 90012 Phone: (213) 628-2725 Fax: (213) 617-8576 Email: info@jaccc.org Aratani/Japan America Theatre Box Office: (213) 680-3700 The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center is the largest Asian American cultural center in the U.S. and the preeminent presenter of Japanese and Japanese American arts and culture. Located in Little Tokyo, the historical heart of the Los Angeles Japanese American community, the JACCC was the dream of visionary Issei and Nisei (first and second generation) Japanese American pioneers to create a permanent center for the community and its future generations. Mission: To present, perpetuate, transmit and promote Japanese and Japanese culture to diverse audiences, and to provide a center to enhance community programs.

i want to know more of japan that my grandma left. i want to be part of it.

Sansei, originally from Hawaii

Professor Emeritus of History and Asian American Studies at California State University, Fullerton, where he retired in 2008 as the director of the Center for Oral and Public History. Between 2001 and 2005, he served as Senior Historian at the Japanese American National Museum.