The National Park Service invited the Idaho Japanese Association for the opening of a new visitor center at the Minidoka National Historic site near Jerome, Idaho. The opening, on February 22, included Governor Brad Little and survivors of the Minidoka Internment Camp. Over 200 people were there for the opening. Read more
The board president of Idaho Japanese Association was invited to participate the Day of Remembrance at the Statehouse. Governor Brad Little and JACL president Maki Jackson also serves IJA secretary spoke during this event. This year marks the 78th anniversary of Executive Order 9066. The first DOR in Idaho was Read more
Dates: December 16th – 24th, 2019 Applications Open September 5, 2019 Deadline: September 22, 2019, 11:59 PM Hawaiian Standard Time Program Overview Up to 92 participants will be selected to participate in this year’s JACL Kakehashi Program, coordinated by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and the Japan International Cooperation Read more
By Gail Chandler Hawkins The Minidoka National Historic Site held a soft opening for its new Visitor Center on July 7, 2019, on the same weekend as the annual Minidoka Pilgrimage. Close to 500 attended, travelling from Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, and as far away as Washington, D.C. The Read more
Bamboo and Barbed Wire Friday, April 12th 7:00 p.m. Egyptian Theatre Boise, Idaho Bamboo and Barbed Wire (http://www.bambooandbarbedwire.com/) is the latest documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Karen Day (https://www.karenday.net/bio.html). Over the past three years, Karen has donated her time and skills to document the stories of those interned at Minidoka – Read more
Date: APR 25th Thursday 7pm Location: Morrison Center In 1942 Roosevelt’s Executive order 9066 imprisoned thousands of loyal American families. These innocent citizens struggled to maintain their families while incarcerated. Witness this silent chapter of our history. Share one Japanese American family’s fight to sustain faith and love in the Read more
Schedule: Reception and Dinner – 4:30-6pm $25 Single Seats $200 Sponsor Tables Free Film Showing- 6:30-8:30 Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice portrays the life and times of civil rights activist Minoru (Min) Yasui, born of Japanese immigrant parents in Hood River, Oregon in 1916. During Read more
Feb 18th Monday, 2019 — The Day of Remembrance (DOR) was created as an annual observance of Executive Order 9066, signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, forcing all persons of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast to leave their homes for confinement in inland detention camps. During Read more
IJA has participated in Densho Garden Ribbon Tying Ceremony on September 15th during the Indian Creek Celebration in Caldwell. Through a large donation by the JACL and many other generous donations, there are sufficient funds to landscape a majority of the Garden with the Donor Wall and other improvements to Read more
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