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DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nApril 1\, 2008\n\nContact:\nGann Matsud
 a\n(310) 825-2488\npublicrelations-at-manzanarcommittee-dot-org\n\n\n39th 
 ANNUAL MANZANAR PILGRIMAGE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 26\nBUS TRANSPORTATION AVAI
 LABLE FROM LOS ANGELES\n\n\n“Continuing The Legacy” is the theme for t
 he 39th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage\, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee\,
  which will be held on Saturday\, April 26\, 2008 at the Manzanar National
  Historic Site\, located on US Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley\
 , between the towns of Lone Pine and Independence\, California\, approxima
 tely 230 miles north of Los Angeles.\n\nEach year\, hundreds of students\,
  teachers\, community members\, clergy and former internees attend the Pil
 grimage. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the passage of the C
 ivil Liberties Act of 1988\, which provided an official government apology
  and reparations to thousands of Japanese Americans imprisoned without due
  process in ten concentration camps located in the most desolate\, isolate
 d regions of the United States. Manzanar was the first of these camps to b
 e established.\n\nThe afternoon program begins at noon at the Manzanar cem
 etery site\, with a performance by UCLA Kyodo Taiko.\n\nFeatured speakers 
 are Dr. Arthur A. Hansen\, Professor of History\, California State Univers
 ity\, Fullerton and co-author of Manzanar Martyr\, Bruce Kaji\, a former M
 anzanar internee and Mickie Okamoto\, President of the Nikkei Student Unio
 n at UCLA.\n\nThe afternoon program will conclude with the traditional int
 erfaith service and Ondo dancing.\n\nIn addition to the daytime program\, 
 the popular Manzanar At Dusk (MAD) program is scheduled from 4:00 PM to 7:
 30 PM with a screening of “Music Man of Manzanar\,” a short documentar
 y film by Brian Maeda. The filmmaker\, along with original members of the 
 “Jive Bombers” will be in attendance for a brief question and answer p
 eriod following the screening.\n\nMAD participants will then have the oppo
 rtunity to interact with former internees in attendance to hear their pers
 onal stories and discuss the relevance of the concentration camp experienc
 e to present-day events and issues.\n\nFurther details about the daytime p
 rogram and Manzanar At Dusk will be announced at a later date.\n\n“This 
 is an opportunity for the public to hear and see first-hand\, how executiv
 e decisions and public hysteria can undermine the basic liberties we take 
 for granted\,” said Kerry Cababa\, Co-Chair of the Manzanar Committee. 
 “When people come to the Pilgrimage\, they are hit with the reality that
  this really happened and if we don’t remain vigilant\, it will happen a
 gain.”\n\nThe Manzanar Committee has also announced that bus transportat
 ion to the Pilgrimage will be available from Los Angeles.\n\nTwo air-condi
 tioned buses will depart from in front of the Japanese American National 
 Museum in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo (369 East First Street\, between Ala
 meda Street and Central Avenue) at 7:00 AM on April 26. All-day parking is
  available for $6.00 across from the departure point.\n\nOne bus will leav
 e Manzanar at 4:00 PM\, arriving in Los Angeles at approximately 8:30 PM. 
 The other bus will leave Manzanar at 7:30 PM\, arriving in Los Angeles at 
 midnight.\n\nBoth buses will also take participants to the Interpretive Ce
 nter at the Manzanar National Historic Site. Those wishing to participate 
 in the Manzanar At Dusk program should make reservations on the bus leavin
 g Manzanar at 7:30 PM.\n\nReservations are now being accepted from members
  of the general public on a first-come\, first-served basis by sending e-m
 ail to manzcomm@yahoo.com or by calling (323) 662-5102. The non-refundabl
 e fare is $40.00 per seat if reserved before April 21 or $50.00 after that
  date.\n\nPilgrimage participants are advised bring their own lunch\, drin
 k and snacks as there are no facilities to purchase food at the Manzanar N
 ational Historic Site (restaurants and fast food outlets are located in ne
 arby towns). Water will be provided at the site.\n\nFor more information a
 bout the Pilgrimage events\, please contact the Manzanar Committee at (310
 ) 532-7562 or (310) 908-7508\, check their web site at http://www.manzanar
 committee.org or send e-mail to info-at-manzanarcommittee-dot-org.\n\n-30-
SUMMARY:39th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
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