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   SOUTHERN CA
The Manzanar Committee
URL: http://www.manzanarcommittee.org/home.html
Contact: - (323) 662-5102 -
What distinguishes our site from other sites about Manzanar is our focus on the over 39-year history of sponsoring the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, and the grassroots efforts of the Manzanar Committee, a small, but dedicated group of volunteers, founded by Sue Kunitomi Embrey in 1969. The Manzanar Committee, which has sponsored the pilgrimage for more than 38 years, is an all-volunteer committee, incorporated under the laws of the State of California as a non-profit educational organization. We invite your support, your energy, and your participation as a Manzanar Committee member. All donations are tax-deductible.
Go For Broke National Education Center
URL: http://www.goforbroke.org
Contact: - (310) 328-0907 -
Go For Broke offers programs to educate students and teachers of the history of Japanese American soldiers of World War II, the Japanese American incarceration, and the civil liberties issues raised by these events. Currently, Go For Broke offers several programs to educate the public on this important time in history, including: An American Story Teacher Training Program, Hanashi Oral History Program, Resource Center, Go For Broke Monument, www.GoForBroke.org, and other media projects, including the documentary "A Tradition of Honor."
JA Historical Society of San Diego
URL: http://www.jahssd.org
Contact: - -
The Japanese American Historical Society of San Dieog (JAHSSD) is dedicated to the collection, identification and preservation of materials related to the Japanese American experience. They wish to identify and celebrate contributions local Nikkei have made to San Diego County. JAHSSD's primary functions are: historical, educational and cultural.
Japanese American Living Legacy
URL: http://www.jalivinglegacy.org/main.cfm?stg=home
Contact: Natalia Yamashiro - (657) 278-4483 - nyamashiro@jalivinglegacy.org
Japanese American Living Legacy is committed to educating the general public about the roles of immigrant Japanese and Americans of Japanese ancestry in American history. Our goal is to use oral histories as the primary means to capture and convey the lives, experiences and memories of these people and to promote the education of all Americans by engaging the general public in community enrichment programs.
Japanese American National Museum
URL: http://www.janm.org
Contact: - (213) 625-0414 -
The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to sharing the experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry. The mission of the Japanese American National Museum is to promote understanding and appreciation of America's ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience.
   CENTRAL CA
Nisei Baseball Research Project
URL: http://www.niseibaseball.com/
Contact: Kerry Yo Nakagawa - (559) 824-3210 - nbrp@comcast.net
The Nisei Baseball Research Project (NBRP) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded by Kerry Yo Nakagawa to preserve the history of Japanese American Baseball. In Cooperstown, they have a saying that Baseball is a game of Dreams and Memories. It is for both those reasons that the Nisei Baseball Research Project was developed.
   NORTHERN CA
California Japantowns
URL: http://www.californiajapantowns.org
Contact: - -
Website dedicated to engage new audiences and educate visitors on the historic legacies of Japantown communities across the state and the vibrant communities of the three remaining Japantowns in California.
California State Library
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/
Contact: - (916) 654-0266 -
The California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP) was created in 1999 as the result of the passage of the World War II Internment of Japanese Americans: California Civil Liberties Public Education Act (AB1915 pdf, html) in 1998 authored by then Assembly Member Mike Honda, renewed in 2000 (AB1914 pdf, html) by Assembly Member George Nakano, and in 2003, Assembly Member Wilma Chan (D-Oakland) and others led the way for the Legislature to continue the program by removing CCLPEP’s termination date and making it subject to annual budget authorizations, thereby making it a permanent state program.
Japanese American History Archives
URL: http://www.amacord.com/fillmore/museum/jt/jaha/jaha.html
Contact: Seizo Oka - (415) 776-0661 -
The Japanese American History Archives is an extensive, growing collection of books, periodicals, documents, maps, photographs, art and film relating to the Japanese experience in the United States from the mid-1800s, when the first Japanese pioneers set foot on American soil, to the present.

The Japanese American History Archives frequently hosts exhibits, open to the public. Topics include the earliest Japanese communities in the U.S. and the World War II evacuation and relocation of people of Japanese heritage. Some of the archival materials have appeared in documentary films produced both in the U.S. and Japan.
Japanese American Museum of San Jose
URL: http://www.jamsj.org/
Contact: - (408) 294-3138 - mail@jamsj.org
The Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj) preserves and disseminates the culture and history of Japanese Americans, with a special focus on the Santa Clara Valley.
National Japanese American Historical Society
URL: http://www.njahs.org
Contact: - (415) 921-5007 - njahs@njahs.org
The National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS), founded in 1980 in San Francisco, is a non-profit membership supported organization dedicated to the collection, preservation, authentic interpretation, and sharing of historical information of the Japanese American experience for the diverse broader national community.
   PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
URL: http://www.densho.org
Contact: - (206) 320-0095 -
Densho's mission is to preserve the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II before their memories are extinguished. Densho offers these irreplaceable firsthand accounts, coupled with historical images and teacher resources, to explore principles of democracy and promote equal justice for all.
Japanese Historical Plaza
URL: http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/plazasite/home/homepage.html
Contact: - -
At Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Burnside in Portland, Oregon stands the Japanese American Historical Plaza. The plaza is a testament to one of the darkest times in American History, the forcible internment of Japanese-Americans during World War Two. The entrance is flanked by two free-standing stones carved with faces. Throughout the garden are cherry trees and other plants, creating a serene picture. A line of stones, each bearing a poem dealing with the Japanese-American experience, runs through the garden. This memorial garden is one of only two such sites dedicated to the years of internment suffered by the Issei and Nisei during World War Two. It was created by landscape architect Robert Murase.
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
URL: http://www.oregonnikkei.org/
Contact: - (503) 224-1458 - info@oregonnikkei.org
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center is a focal point for the preservation and sharing of the history and culture of the Japanese American community. The Legacy Center opened the doors to its current home in September of 2004. The museum now has a larger exhibit space, with exhibits that highlight Issei immigration and early life in Oregon, Nihonmachi (Japantown), and life after Executive Order 9066, including the Portland Assembly Center and contemporary Nikkei life.
Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee
URL: http://www.seattlenvc.org/aboutus/CapitalCampaigns.asp
Contact: - (206) 322-1122 - info@seattlenvc.org
In order to address the declining proportion of veterans within this organization, maintain veteran related activities, and maintain its not-for-profit tax status, the NVC Foundation has been created. This is a parallel support organization that will coexist alongside the NVC Veterans organization.

All current members of the NVC will become members of the NVC Foundation. The existing NVC Executive Council will also act as the NVC Foundation's Board of Directors. Only veteran members will also retain their membership in the NVC Veterans organization. The NVC Veterans organization will continue to be governed by the existing Constitution and By-Laws (in accordance with IRS Tax Codes). The only non-veterans allowed membership within the NVC Veterans organization will be those non-veterans holding a position on the NVC Executive Council/NVC Foundation Board of Directors.
   MID-WEST
Chicago Japanese American Historical Society
URL: http://www.cjahs.org/cjahs/
Contact: - -
The Chicago Japanese American Historical Society is a grassroots organization founded in the early 1990s. Our mission is to preserve, promote, and present the history of Japanese Americans in the Chicagoland area.
Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation
URL: http://heartmountain.us
Contact: - (307) 754-2689 -
Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation is a non-profit organization established to memorialize and to educate the public about the significance of the historical events surrounding the tragic and illegal internment of Japanese Americans at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center near Powell, Wyoming, between 1942 and 1945.
   EAST COAST
Japanese American Veterans Association
URL: http://www.javadc.org/main.htm
Contact: - (703) 503-3431 - admin@javadc.org
JAVA is a fraternal, patriotic, educational and historical organization with the purposes of preserving and strengthening comradeship among its members, perpetuating the memory and history of our departed comrades, maintaining true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, upholding its Constitution and Laws, and maintaining and extending the institutions of American freedom, and independently and in concert with other veterans organizations, striving to obtain for veterans, reservists, active duty military personnel and their families full benefit of their rightful entitlements as veterans.
National Japanese American Memorial
URL: http://njamf.com/
Contact: - (202) 530-0015 - info@njam.org
The National Japanese American Memorial stands in our nation's capitol as a Memorial to Patriotism. Our vision is to remember forever the Japanese American history of patriotism and perseverance for posterity. We respectfully invite you to join us in carrying out our mission.
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