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Mar 22, 2026University of Nottingham – Unjust incarceration of U.S. immigrants during World War II
The university invites staff and students to a roundtable discussion on Tuna Canyon Detention Station and wartime incarceration from historical, cultural and political perspectives. Today, U.S. news reports are full of items about the Trump Presidency’s war on so-called illegal immigrants. The actions of U.S.......
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Dec 08, 2025A One-day Exhibition at the Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden
Sunday December 14, from 10am to 4pm The Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden was designed by Japanese American landscape architect Kintsuchi Fujii and was completed in 1940. During World War II and prior to the more widely known mass incarceration of Japanese Americans from the West Coast, Fujii was part of a large group......
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Dec 07, 2025New exhibit opening in the United Kingdom
This year, the Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition has been preparing for educational programs and a booklet for a tour in the United Kingdom. Board members Nancy Takayama and Conrad Caspari initiated the project with Dr. Rachel Pistol from University of Southampton who is a Digital......
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Nov 03, 2025Tuna Canyon Detention Station Booklet
Here’s a downloadable version of the new booklet called Tuna Canyon Detention Station. Told through pictures and texts, The Tuna Canyon Detention Station Story illustrates the fragility of Constitutional and human rights. The booklet chronicles the history of the Federal Government’s war-time measures against these individuals and includes......
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Sep 06, 2025
Eighty Fourth Anniversary of the opening of Tuna Canyon Detention Station
December 14, 2025, Program at 1:00 PM, Admission fee: $12 at the door https://japanesegardenpasadena.com/...
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Jun 01, 2025Tuna Canyon Traveling Exhibit on display at San Fernando Valley Obon Festival
The Tuna Canyon traveling exhibit will be on the display in the gym at the San Fernando Valley Obon Festival on June 28-29 from 4-7 pm....
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Apr 04, 2025April 19, 2025 – Marc Stirdivant Scholarship for Justice Student Awards Lunch
San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center 12953 Branford Street Pacoima, CA 91331 April 19, 202512-3:00 No chargeDonations Welcome Reservations are a must for a head countRemembertunacanyon@gmail.com...
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Apr 04, 2025Calling on President Trump to rescind his invocation of the Alien Enemies Act
As survivors and descendants, as well as supporters and friends, of those whose fundamental constitutional and human rights were violated during World War II due to the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, we are opposed to the administration’s invocation of this outdated and discriminatory wartime law.......
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Apr 04, 2025Descanso Gardens Speech by Descendant Donna Sugimoto
Descendant Donna Sugimoto granddaughter of Shinsuke Sugimoto Spoke at Descanso Gardens on March 8...
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