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Transit Equity Day
Feb 04, 2024
Celebrate Transit Equity Day on February 4, 2024 with Metro and SoCal Museums to embark on a cultural journey through LA County’s vibrant museums and receive perks with your TAP card! Transit Equity Day highlights the right of all people to affordable public transportation and honors the birthday of Rosa Parks, who took a stand to create a more equitable transportation system for everyone, by offering free rides ...
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Inaugural Norman Y. Mineta Distinguished Lecture
Jan 26, 2024
The Democracy Center presents the inaugural lecture in the Norman Y. Mineta Distinguished Lecture Series. Our special guest speaker will be Mitch Landrieu, former Senior Advisor to the President and former Mayor of New Orleans. The Norman Y. Mineta Distinguished Lecture Series is a Democracy Center signature series centered on the leadership values and principles inspired by Secretary Mineta (1931–2022), includin...
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Okaeri 2023 Conference
Nov 10, 2023 - Nov 12, 2023
Okaeri’s 5th Biennial Conference on November 10-12, 2023 is a gathering that centers the Japanese and Japanese American LGBTQ+ experience. The conference seeks to: build community educate provide support foster understanding and inclusion for the Japanese and Japanese American LGBTQ+ community While conference content centers the specific interests, issues, and concerns of the Japanese and Japanes...
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Book Launch — THE GOLDEN SCREEN: The Movies that Made Asian America
Nov 02, 2023
Join New York Times bestselling author, Jeff Yang, and other special guests for the launch of Yang’s newest book, The Golden Screen: The Movies that Made Asian America. The past decade has been a groundbreaking era for Asian-centric storytelling in Hollywood films. The Golden Screen celebrates and examines the history of Asian Americans on the big screen, exploring how iconic films have shaped Hollywood, representati...
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JANM’s “Our Promise” Comprehensive Campaign Virtual Briefing
Oct 19, 2023
The Japanese American National Museum is amplifying its powerful voice. Our campus and programs showcase how Japanese Americans’ lives, experiences, and culture intersect and resonate with the experiences of marginalized communities in the United States. Our story is an American story. Our founders promised that the Museum would stand as a beacon of civil rights to ensure that what happened to Japanese Americans i...
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Teacher Workshop: Santa Anita during World War II
Jul 20, 2023
Teacher Workshop: Santa Anita Race Track and Temporary Detention Centers during World War II Join us for this special teacher workshop focused on the temporary detention centers many Japanese Americans were first sent to upon being forcibly removed from their home in 1942. These so-called “Assembly Centers” served as temporary prisons while America’s more permanent concentration camps were constructed. This wo...
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Sansei Rocker: Behind the Curtain—June 4
Jun 04, 2023
Available tickets are sold out. Please click the following link to sign up for the waitlist and we will notify you if space becomes available. Waitlist Travel back in time to the Sansei Dance Party Era in Los Angeles during the ’60s and ’70s through live music and storytelling! Written and produced by Harry Manaka, author of Chronicles of a Sansei Rocker, former owner of the Baby Lion Supper Club, and leader ...
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Member Appreciation Days—May 2023
May 12, 2023 - May 14, 2023
We appreciate the support of JANM members and are thankful for your patronage! This year, eight museums and institutions, including JANM, are offering reciprocal 20% discount and free museum admission from May 12 through May 14!* Participating museums and institutions: Autry Museum of the American West, California Science Center, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Japanese American National Museum, The Library Store at Centra...
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Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game - Store
JANM members receive a 10% discount! Join or renew now