Japan Center 50 Years Exhibit in the Peace Gallery
CA, United StatesWhere: 1684 Post St, San Francisco CA 94115 Time: 12:00 PM to 5:00 Pm from Monday to Friday
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Traveling Exhibit- Then They Came for Me
Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans During WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties January 18 - May 27, 2019 Download info here WHEN: January 18 - May 27, 2019 Public Reception: January 18, 2018, 7-9 p.m. Visiting hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Admission is free and open to…
Bay Area Day of Remembrance 2019
Join us for the 40th Anniversary of DOR - "Bridging Borders - Carry the Light of Justice" Date: Sunday, February 17, 2019 Time: 2pm - 4pm Location: AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres Japantown San Francisco $8 Suggested donation & All are welcome! PROGRAM This year, the community will commemorate 40 years since the first Bay Area…
Day of Remembrance 40th Anniversary 1979 to 1998 An Exhibit Retrospective
Exhibit Opening Reception featuring art of Rich Tokeshi, Leland Wong, Gail Aratani, Wes Senzaki, Paul Kagawa, Rich Szeto and Chester Yoshida Day of Remembrance 40th Anniversary 1979 to 1998 An Exhibit Retrospective Party (Pot Luck) on March 2, 2019 from 1 - 5PM In the winter of…
NJAHS Annual Award Tribute
Making Waves Learning from the past, influence the future Date & Time: Saturday, May 4, 2019, 5:00 PM Location: The open square-Future Without Violence Building (100 Montgomery, Presidio of San Francisco CA 94129) Emcee: Jane Katsuyama 2019 Honorees Keynote: Dr. Satsuki Ina, Child Psychologist/Activist & Lane Nishikawa, Actor/Producer/Director Community Recognition: JA Student Alumni of San…
TEACHER WORKSHOPS-for Grades 4-12
Join us for a workshop WE ARE ALL AMERICANS that provides a backdrop to the special exhibition Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties (https://thentheycame.org/). The exhibition examines a terrifying time in U.S. history when the federal government scapegoated and indefinitely detained 120,000 people of…
May 4, 2019 Annual Awards Tribute Pictures
The Open Square, Futures Without Violence Building, 100 Montgomery, Main Post, Presidio of San Francisco 100 Montgomery, in the Presidio of San Francisco, San FranciscoMaking Waves: Learning from the Past, Influencing the Future Date & Time: Saturday, May 4, 2019, 5:00 PM - 9PM Location: The open square-Future Without Violence Building (100 Montgomery St, Presidio of San Francisco CA 94129) Emcee: Jane Katsuyama, FOX-TV Honorees: Dr. Satsuki Ina, Psychotherapist/Activist Lane Nishikawa, Actor/Producer/Director Community Recognition: Student Alumni of San Francisco State…
SF Premiere Film Screening: Our Lost Years by Lane Nishikawa- May 4
The Open Square, Futures Without Violence Building, 100 Montgomery, Main Post, Presidio of San Francisco 100 Montgomery, in the Presidio of San Francisco, San FranciscoSaturday, May 4, 2019, 7PM Screening at NJAHS 2019 Annual Tribute, SF Presidio Actor, Producer, Director Lane Nishikawa returns to San Francisco for an evening honoring his lifetime achievements. For just one-night, we'll present the SF Premiere Film Screening of Our Lost Years Trailer - Our Lost Years This Film screening presentation is in conjunction with Then They…
NJAHS Annual Members Meeting
Join us on our annual member meeting. All are welcome! Date & Time: June 22 at 11:00am-3:00pm Location: 640 Mason St San Francisco CA 94129 (Presidio of S.F.) Featuring guest speaker: Sharon Yamato New exhibit: What happened at Wyoming’s Heart Mountain concentration camp when hundreds of barracks built to house 11,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry…
Moving Walls: The Barracks of America’s Concentration Camps
Location: MIS Historic Learning Center Building 640, 640 Mason St San Francisco CA 94129 Time & Date: Sat. & Sun. 12PM-5PM ENDS September 30, 2019
National Japanese American Historical Society & Nihonmachi Street Fair Presents
FREE Movie Night at the Peace Plaza SATURDAY, August 3, 2019 from 8:15pm (sun down) - 10:00pm “MIRAI” a lm by Mamoro Hosoda ★ 91st Academy Awards Nominee Best Animated Film ★ Golden Globe Awards Nominee Best Motion Picture - Animated www.nihonmachisf.org
TRIBUTE TO ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN VETERANS 2019
On behalf of our Veterans Day Event committee, we are writing to you to invite you to “TRIBUTE TO ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN VETERANS 2019” our annual Veterans Day weekend ceremony and concert featuring Anthony Brown and Janice Mirikitani. On Saturday, November 9, 2019, 10 – 12 noon, followed by a private lunch reception…
Genealogy Series 2
#2 WWII CAMP RECORDS Sunday, December 15, 2019, 2- 4PM NJAHS Gallery 1684 Post Street San Francisco CA 94115 NJAHS Executive Director Rosalyn Tonai will speak about accessing your family's Japanese American camp records for War Relocation Authority centers and "Enemy Alien" Internment sites available at the National…
NEW! DISLOCATION & DIVERGENCE: E. O. 9066 at the MIS Historic Learning Center
NEW INSTALLATION- Dislocation & Divergence: Causes & Consequences of E.O. 9066 at the MIS Historic Learning Center 2020 NJAHS presents 3 new wall-installations capturing 5 episodes of World War II: War Clouds Brewing, America Enters the War, Exclusion & Removal, Hidden Truths, Hidden Treasures This completes a two & a half year exhibition project funded…
THE SUITCASE PROJECT at the NJAHS Peace Gallery- Due to Covid-19 our office is closed
National Japanese Historical Society 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesTHE SUITCASE PROJECT By Kayla Isomura What would you pack if forcibly removed from your home today? The Suitcase Project is a multimedia exhibition asking yonsei and gosei (fourth and fifth generation) Japanese Canadians and Americans what they would pack if uprooted from their homes in a moment’s notice. While these descendants of the internment…
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Census Day
TODAY IS CENSUS DAY! For the first time ever, The Census can be completed online at 2020census.gov! Check out our video below on how responding to the Census will benefit your community. Do you need assistance completing your Census questionnaire online? Please contact us at njahs@njahs.org or melissa@njahs.org with your questions. We are here to help. …
Virtual Broadcasts: Kayla Isomura of The Suitcase Project – In the Era of Covid-19
Click here to watch SPECIAL ZOOM BROADCAST EVENT Friday, May 22, at 6PM -7:00PM Pacific Standard Time An International Conversation with Yonsei Canadian curator /photographer Kayla Isomura of The Suitcase Project - In the Era of Covid-19. FREE. Click here to REGISTER for the ZOOM Broadcast The Suitcase Project, photographed by Kayla Isomura, made its…
Virtual Broadcasts: NJAHS Annual Members Meeting
Click here to watch Join us Saturday for a late afternoon broadcast Date & Time: Sat, June 27, 2020 from 3:30 Pm - 5:00 PM Pacific time (5:30CT, 6:30 ET) Location: Online broadcast Annual Members Meeting -Update & Elections NJAHS Virtual Gallery Tour Poetry Reading- The Journey Continues- Peter Yamamoto Click here to register for…
Virtual Broadcasts: ANNUAL AWARDS TRIBUTE 2020 LIVESTREAM SEPT. 5
Futures Without Violence 100 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesClick here to watch For the first time ever, NJAHS will Livestream the Annual Awards Tribute on Sat. September 5, 2020 at 5PM. Go to our Givebutter page to WATCH the Annual Awards Tribute and DONATE in real time to contribute to our Event Campaign! REFLECTING BACK Moving Forward JOIN US AS WE HONOR THOSE…
Virtual Broadcasts: Takato Hamai’s handmade crutches
Date / Time Sat. Oct. 17, 11 a.m. - noon Those with physical disabilities were not exempt from being imprisoned. These crutches, made by hand at Gila River, Arizona, are testimony to the hardships endured by the maker, Takato Hamai. This story is the first of four “objects of survival” which 50 Objects will introduce…