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  • Occidental College’s Inadequate Response to Anti-Asian Hate Speech on Campus

    Feb 15, 2022

    LOS ANGELES – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is gravely concerned by Occidental College’s woefully inadequate response to a student’s anti-Asian hate speech. This student sent text messages to another classmate in late 2020 that read: “all [A]sian people need to die,” “out of all the people on the planet[,] Asian people seem to piss me off the most,” and “they are responsible for the pandemic so they ne...

  • JANM 30th Anniversary Digital Film Festival—Sincerely Miné Okubo

    Feb 12, 2022

    FREE Join us virtually for this special screening and Q&A! Presented in response to the new short film “Sincerely Miné Okubo,” join scholars and family of Miné Okubo for a dynamic discussion on her art, humor, and legacy. Maymanah Farhat, Phil Tajitsu Nash, Seiko Buckingham, and Miya Franks will explore elements of Okubo’s life that are often overlooked, in conversation with the filmmakers Yuka Murakami and ...

  • Kalief Browder: The Box

    Feb 11, 2022 - May 25, 2022

    The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum (NCPD@JANM) is proud to host Coby Kennedy’s Kalief Browder: The Box to commemorate Black History Month in Los Angeles. By replicating the dimensions of a solitary confinement cell, this steel and glass work critiques the abuses of civil liberties in American incarceration systems, introduces viewers to the impacts of mass i...

  • Virtual Artist Talk—Inspired by Miné

    Jan 29, 2022

    EVENT UPDATE Due to the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, this program will now be held virtually. The safety of our community is of paramount importance to us, as is our obligation as a public institution to do our part to support efforts to inhibit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We will continue to monitor public health guidelines and reassess a...

  • Imagine Little Tokyo 2022 Writing Workshop

    Jan 27, 2022

    FREE Join award winning author Naomi Hirahara and Little Tokyo Historical Society leader Mike Okamura for a virtual interactive story writing workshop! Participants will learn tips and get advice for writing short stories that they can submit to the 9th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest. Presented by Little Tokyo Historic Society in partnership with Discover Nikkei, the purpose of the Imagine Litt...

  • Virtual Educator Workshop—Using Miné Okubo’s “Citizen 13660” in the Classroom

    Jan 27, 2022

    FREE Join the JANM Education Unit for this virtual workshop on using the art of Miné Okubo’s Citizen 13660 in the classroom. Published in 1946, Citizen 13660 was the first book-length acount of America’s concentration camps from the perspective of a former incarceree. Through a series of nearly 200 illustrations, each accompanied by a caption, Okubo documented how World War II and the subsequent incarceration upen...

  • THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM’S DISCOVER NIKKEI PROJECT ANNOUNCES “WHAT IS NIKKEI FOOD?” PROGRAM

    Jan 25, 2022

    LOS ANGELES - Discover Nikkei, a web-based project of The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) focused on promoting connections and understanding among the global Japanese diaspora partners with Junior Chamber International (JCI) Brazil-Japan and Nikkei Australia for a free virtual program, “What is Nikkei Food?,” that will explore Nikkei food and the role that it plays in families and communities around the worl...

  • POSTPONED: Conversation on Beyond the Betrayal with Arthur Hansen & Lawson Inada

    Jan 22, 2022

    EVENT UPDATE Due to the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, this program is postponed until further notice. All those who have already RSVPed will be contacted when a new date is set. The safety of our community is of paramount importance to us, as is our obligation as a public institution to do our part to support efforts to inhibit the spread of the ...

  • POSTPONED: Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Arthur Hansen

    Jan 22, 2022

    EVENT UPDATE Due to the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, this program is postponed until further notice. All those who have already RSVPed will be contacted when a new date is set. The safety of our community is of paramount importance to us, as is our obligation as a public institution to do our part to support efforts to inhibit the spread of the ...

  • STATEMENT: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE PASSING OF DR. WARREN N. MINAMI

    Jan 14, 2022

    LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the death of Dr. Warren Nori Minami, 83, who passed away in Bethesda, Maryland on January 9, 2022. A retired senior executive with the International Monetary Fund, Dr. Minami served on JANM’s Board of Governors from 1998 to 2006. He is also the brother of Denny Minami, current JANM Governor. “On behalf of the Trustees, Governors, staff, and voluntee...