Manzanar Committee Announces 6th Annual Sue Kunitomi Embrey Student Awards Program
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Winners of the fifth annual Manzanar Committee Student Awards Program. (Photo by Jason Fujii/Manzanar Committee)
On Feb. 15, the Manzanar Committee announced its sixth annual Sue Kunitomi Embrey Student Awards Program, a creative works program in which K-12 students may submit essays, short stories, poetry, works of art, including drawings, collages, posters, and works involving technology, including animation, podcasts, movies, or videos.
The program, which was previously known as the Manzanar Committee Student Awards Program, was renamed for Sue Kunitomi Embrey, a founding member of the Manzanar Committee who was an educator, community activist, labor union organizer, and writer. She also fought tirelessly to establish Manzanar as a National Historic Site, and was instrumental in organizing the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage (now in its 52nd year) to ensure that this dark chapter of Ameri
52nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage/2021 Manzanar at Dusk to Be Held Online
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Crowd shot looking west towards the Manzanar cemetery and the Eastern Sierras during the 48th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, April 29, 2017, at the Manzanar National Historic Site. (Photo by Gann Matsuda/Manzanar Committee)
“Upholding Democracy and Constitutional Rights for All: No More Concentration Camps” is the theme for the 52nd annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which will be held online on Saturday, April 24, at 12 p.m.
The 2021 Manzanar at Dusk program will also be held online in the hours following the Manzanar Pilgrimage.
Manzanar was the first of the American concentration camps in which more than 120,000 Japanese Americans and their immigrant parents were unjustly incarcerated during World War II.