The 2026 Pilgrimage will be May 20-23, 2026 in Little Rock, AR. Registration will open early January, 2026. Save the dates!!
(The original b&w pen and ink drawing is courtesy of Patricia Wakida, colorized by John Nishio.)

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Happening TODAY, November 7
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Photo showing the hospital smokestack at Jerome, taken during the 2025 Pilgrimage.

Reflecting on the federal government’s apology and reparations to Japanese Americans in 1988, Harvey Watanabe called the payments “a token,” and said the apology left him “a little bit wanting.”

Join us for Densho’s Fall Fundraiser, Remembering Resistance, to learn more about the legacies and lessons of the Japanese American Redress Movement.

Register at densho.org/remembering-resistance/

Congratulations to the Terminal Islanders Association and Los Angeles Conservancy on the Historic-Cultural Monument designation of Terminal Island’s Furusato Tuna Street Buildings by the LA City Council!
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2026 Pilgrimage Dates!
Please join us in Little Rock, Arkansas for the 2026 Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage! The dates are May 20th - May 23rd. Connect with others, learn, and protect our story.

Euphemistic language is a tool often used to sanitize grave injustices. When referring to the WWII incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry, it is important to use the correct terminology: concentration camps, not relocation centers; forced removal, not evacuation; citizens, not non aliens.