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  • Tea & Letter Writing: letters to ghosts

    Oct 06, 2021

    $10 Suggested Donation Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation in this virtual program! This month we’ll be exploring ghosts, hauntings, and memories. Join traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM, and Mya Worrell, zine maker and writer, for creative zine making and writing. Make yourself a cup of tea, get comfortable, and join us online for thi...

  • Screening and Q&A—KIKAN: The Homecoming

    Oct 02, 2021

    $16 General Admission / FREE for Members Join the cast and crew of KIKAN: The Homecoming for a screening of this film exploring the story of a Japanese American soldier during WWII. The post-screening discussion moderated by Mitch Maki (CEO, Go For Broke National Education Center) will feature writer and Director Kerwin Berk, Director of Photography Ben Arikawa, and actors Ryan Takemiya, Anna Sun, and Kealoha ...

  • THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE PASSING OF PROFESSOR LLOYD INUI WHOSE MENTORSHIP AND KNOWLEDGE WERE INVALUABLE TO THE MUSEUM

    Oct 01, 2021

    LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Lloyd Inui who dedicated his retirement to volunteering at the Museum. He served as a volunteer curator and key advisor on Asian American history. Inui, 91, is remembered as an inspiring mentor, teacher and early pioneer in university-based Asian American studies. He helped establish the Asian and Asian Ameri...

  • 追悼ロイド・イヌイ教授：イヌイ教授の助言と知識は当館にとってかけがえのないものでした。

    Oct 01, 2021

    全米日系人博物館（JANM）は、リタイア後も当館でのボランティア活動に力を注いでくださったロイド・イヌイ（Lloyd Inui）教授の逝去の報に接し、心よりお悔やみ申し上げます。イヌイ教授は、ボランティアの学芸員、またアジア系アメリカ人の歴史に関する重要なアドバイザーとして大きな貢献をしてくださいました。 ロイド・イヌイ教授（享年91歳）は、インスピレーションの宝庫のようなメンターであり、先生であり、大学機関におけるアジア系アメリカ人研究の先駆者でもありました。カリフォルニア州立大学ロングビーチ校（CSULB）のアジア・アジア系アメリカ人研究プログラムの設立に貢献され、1992年には同校の名誉教授に任命されました。 「ロイドは皆から尊敬を集めるJANMの専門家アドバイザーでした。当館のどの部門も彼の学術的な貢献の恩恵を受け、職員も多大な影響を受けました。展示ギャラリーにはロイドの影響があちこちに感じられます。...

  • THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF DEMOCRACY AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM AND ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE-LOS ANGELES ANNOUNCE CALL FOR ARTISTS THAT WILL ADDRESS ANTI-ASIAN HATE AND RACISM

    Sep 27, 2021

    LOS ANGELES - The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum (NCPD@JANM) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles (AAAJ-LA) have announced a call for two artists who will develop new art projects that will explore the theme of anti-Asian hate and racism. The program is funded by the national Artists At Work (AAW) initiative developed by THE OFFICE performing...

  • ナショナル・センター・フォー・ザ・プリザベーション・オブ・デモクラシーとアジアンアメリカン・アドバンシング・ジャスティス-ロサンゼルスがアジア系に対するヘイトとレイシズムの問題をテーマに取り上げるアーティストを募集

    Sep 27, 2021

    全米日系人博物館ナショナル・センター・フォー・ザ・プリザベーション・オブ・デモクラシー（The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum、NCPD@JAN）と アジアンアメリカン・アドバンシング・ジャスティス-ロサンゼルス （AAAJ-LA）はアジア系に対するヘイトとレイシズムをテーマに取り上げた、新しいアートプロジェクトを行うアーティスト２人の募集を発表しました。 このプログラムは、ジ・オフィス・パフォーミング・アーツ+フィルムが全米展開するアーティスト・アット・ワーク（AAW） イニシアティブが資金提供をしているもので、アンドリュー・W・メロン財団からの財政支援を受け、また、ロサンゼルス郡芸術文化局からもサポートを受けています。 このフェローシップは、アーティストに作品制...

  • Discover Nikkei Volunteer Open House

    Sep 25, 2021

    Interested in helping us grow Discover Nikkei? Become a project volunteer! Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. Volunteers help with all aspects of the site as well as related virtual programs and promotion. Language support is needed in English, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese. Volunteer opportunities include: Writing T...

  • Author Discussion—When Can We Go Back to America? with Susan Kamei

    Sep 25, 2021

    $10 General Admission / FREE for JANM & JACL Members In this virtual program, Susan H. Kamei will discuss her new book, When Can We Go Back to America?: Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during WWII, and the lessons that she hopes readers of all ages will take from it. She will be joined in conversation by William A. Darity Jr., Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Duke Univer...

  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Susan H. Kamei

    Sep 25, 2021

    FREE for JANM & JACL Members All members are invited to this exclusive virtual conversation with the author and scholar behind When Can We Go Back to America?: Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during WWII, Susan H. Kamei. The daughter and granddaughter of incarcerees, Susan H. Kamei volunteered in the redress campaign and served as National Deputy Legal Counsel for the JACL Legislative Education Commit...

  • Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival—C3: Manzanar, Convergent

    Sep 24, 2021

    FREE In this polarized moment, how can the acknowledgement of shared histories really bring about steps towards positive change? The answers continue to unfold after the highly anticipated screening of documentary film Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust. Join community leader and activist, traci kato-kiriyama, in a panel conversation with Danelle Bacoch-Gutierrez (Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, ...