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Beyond the Dugout: A Discussion with Japanese American Staff at the Los Angeles Dodgers
2023年07月29日
$25 General, $20 Members Tickets to this program do not include admission to the museum. This dynamic conversation will feature World Series Champion Dave Roberts (Team Manager), Stephen Nelson (Play-by-play Broadcaster), Scott Akasaki (Senior Director of Team Travel), Emilee Fragapane (Director of Integrative Baseball Performance), and Will Ireton (Manager of Performance Operations)—all current Los Angeles...
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Intergenerational Workshop: Telling Our Family Stories
2023年07月15日
$20 per group, includes museum admission / $5 per group for members (Recommended: 2–4 people) Discover how to uncover and record your personal and familial histories with traci kato-kiriyama and Naomi Hirahara. Participants will learn tips and exercises for oral history interviews and have the chance to discuss or record their own stories. Sign up in intergenerational pairings or groupings and explore stories rel...
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Defining Courage
2023年06月07日
ONE NIGHT ONLY! Wednesday, June 7 at 7 p.m. at the Segerstrom Concert Hall. Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier, Americans of Japanese ancestry who served in the segregated military units of the 100th IB, 442nd RCT, MIS, and 522nd FAB. Considered the greatest fighting units in American military history, most have never heard their extraordinary stories. Join Emmy Award-winning f...
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10th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Awards Ceremony
2023年05月20日
Free In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Marvel at the amazing and creative ways that writers can imagine Little Tokyo and expand the fictional boundaries of the Japanese American experience. This year is the 10th anniversary of the Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest and the first time the ceremony will be in person since 2019! The event will be a vibrant celebration of the Little Tokyo, its history and ...
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Girl Scout Day
2023年03月12日
Wear your Girl Scout or Brownie uniforms, sashes, or other regalia to JANM on Girl Scout Day for free admission to see the new exhibition, Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps. This exhibition explores the experiences of Japanese American youth confronting the injustice of being incarcerated during World War II and the activities—including scouting—that showed their resilience and helped ...
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The Japanese American National Museum Decries Proposed Texas Law Barring Citizens from China and Three Other Countries from Buying Property in the State
2023年03月09日
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries Senate Bill 147, proposed legislation that targets citizens of China, North Korea, Iran, and Russia from buying property in the state. The bill’s author, Republican state Senator Lois Kolkurst, asserted that the bill would not apply to US citizens and lawful permanent residents, but given the rise in anti-Asian hate, the proposed legislation echoe...
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Sincerely Miné Okubo at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival
2023年02月25日
Sincerely Miné Okubo will be screening at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival, which will be held from February 23–March 5, 2023. This short biographical film is one of five films that are part of the festival’s program, Through the Generations: Japanese American and Canadian Stories. This film focuses on the artistic span and career of Miné Okubo, a Japanese American artist known for her graphic memoir Citiz...
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The Japanese American National Museum Congratulates the Museum’s Governor, Richard Watanabe, on Being Named a AAAS Fellow
2023年02月14日
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) congratulates Richard Watanabe on being named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow. Watanabe is a professor of population and public health sciences at the USC Keck School of Medicine and is the associate dean for health and population science programs. AAAS fellows are elected by their academic peers, and it is one of t...
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The Japanese American National Museum Decries Florida’s Decision to Block a New Advanced Placement Course on African American Studies
2023年01月25日
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries Florida’s decision to block a new and multidisciplinary Advanced Placement (AP) course on African American studies from being offered in the state’s high schools. The decision was made by Governor Ron DeSantis’s administration. The Florida Department of Education wrote a letter to the College Board stating that the new course is historically inacc...