4/18: 7th Annual Commemoration of the Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument to be held on Thursday, April 18, 2024, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm at the Northwest Corner of Venice and Lincoln Blvd.
7th Annual Commemoration of the Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument (VJAMM) will be held on Thursday, April 18, 2024, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm at the Northwest Corner of Venice and Lincoln Blvd. This event is coincided with: 82nd anniversary of Executive Order 90066 of 1942; 36 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988; 55 years after the first Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage in 1969.
The Fundraiser event will take place at Hama Sushi Restaurant, 213 Windward Avenue on the circle in Venice on Thursday, April 18, from 4:00 pm through 9:00 pm.
Hama Sushi will donate 10% of all dinner sales to VJAMM for educational outreach, continuing maintenance of the monument, and funding for Annual Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant.
Hama Sushi’s phone number is (310) 396-8783, https://www.hamasushi.com/menus
College students may apply now for the 2025 Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant: $1,000 towards the weekend at Manzanar from April 25-27, 2025. Due date is January 3, 2025.
Arnold Maeda inspired the Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument (VJAMM) Committee to persevere in its seven-year quest to erect the monument on the same corner he, as a teenager along with his parents, reported for the bus trip to Manzanar in 1942 with only they could carry. The Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant encourages students to speak out against injustice as Arnold has done, and to help the Manzanar Committee plan and attend the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage.
