The Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument (VJAMM) sits on the northwest corner of Venice and Lincoln Boulevards. The 9′ 6″ tall solid black granite obelisk marks the spot where some 1,000 persons of Japanese ancestry from Venice, Santa Monica, and Malibu lined up with only what they could carry in April, 1942. Buses transported them directly to Manzanar.

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2027 Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant 

Deadline: January 15, 2027

Grant Application

Grant Info Packet

 

Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant

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Recipients of the Annual Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant

Dan Bui Kubota (2026), Stanford 
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Dianne Chevez Hernandez (2026), East Los Angeles College
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Jennifer Yamashita (2025), UCLA
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Natalie Tokita (2025), UCLA
Essay

Ryan Horio (2023), UCLA
Essay

Terumi Tanisha Garcia (2022), CSU Pomoma
Essay

Charlene Tonai Din (2022), UCLA
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Leslie Aguilar (2021), UCLA
Essay

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