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Day of Remembrance 2017: Unite to Uphold Our Civil Rights

2017年02月18日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. PAY WHAT YOU WISH On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the forced removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II. This year’s Day of Remembrance commemorates the 75th anniversary of this historic miscarri...

Members Only Program and Reception—"Instructions to All Persons"

2017年02月18日

This event has reached capacity. All members are invited to enjoy a continental breakfast and program to mark the opening of Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066. Program will include remarks by Ann Burroughs, JANM Interim President and CEO; Akira Chiba, the Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles; Dr. Matthew Stiffler, Arab American National Museum Research and Content Manager; a...

Exhibition Opening: "Instructions to All Persons"

2017年02月18日

PAY WHAT YOU WISH Public opening of the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066.

Instructions to All Persons

2017年02月18日 - 2017年08月13日

On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the forced removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of this historic miscarriage of justice, the Japanese American National Museum presents Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, an ed...

Comedy InvAsian Live Tapings—Kevin Yee

2017年02月12日

JANM is pleased to host Comedy InvAsian, a new series of one-hour standup comedy performances that will be filmed in front of live audiences in our Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Come be a part of the audience as six of the nation’s most exciting Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) comedians take the stage. Kevin Yee’s original satirical songs have made people laugh across America and beyond. A former membe...

Comedy InvAsian Live Tapings—Atsuko Okatsuka

2017年02月11日

JANM is pleased to host Comedy InvAsian, a new series of one-hour standup comedy performances that will be filmed in front of live audiences in our Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Come be a part of the audience as six of the nation’s most exciting Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) comedians take the stage. Atsuko Okatsuka is a co-founder of Disoriented Comedy, the first-ever all Asian, mostly female standu...

Mottainai Yoga with traci

2017年02月11日

Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect the one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep stretches as well as ...

Comedy InvAsian Live Tapings—Paul "PK" Kim

2017年02月10日

JANM is pleased to host Comedy InvAsian, a new series of one-hour standup comedy performances that will be filmed in front of live audiences in our Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Come be a part of the audience as six of the nation’s most exciting Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) comedians take the stage. Paul "PK" (stands for Paul Kim/Preachers Kid) Kim, winner of the Clyde’s Cup at Uncle Clyde’s Comedy ...

DOCUMENTARY ON PIONEER CONGRESSWOMAN PATSY MINK TO SCREEN OCT. 30

2010年10月23日

"Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority", an award-winning documentary that chronicles the life of pioneer Congresswoman Patsy Mink, will be screened on Saturday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. Mink, the first woman of color to be elected to Congress in 1965, spent her life fighting racial and gender discrimination and left a lasting legacy with her authoring of the Title IX legislation th...

FOUNDING PRESIDENT BRUCE KAJI TO SPEAK AT VENICE JCC OCT. 31

2010年10月22日

Bruce Kaji, the Founding President of the Japanese American National Museum, will relate stories from his autobiography, Jive Bomber: A Sentimental Journey, as part of the National Museum’s Members’ Appreciation Event set for the Venice Japanese Community Center on Sunday, October 31, beginning at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Kaji, who was born in Boyle Heights, was attending Roosevelt High Sch...