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Asian American Buddhists Commemorate Anti-Asian Violence and Murders with “May We Gather 2024”

Raymond Lam 29 January 2024

May We Gather collective to commemorate racially-motivated shootings with a pilgrimage in March and Jan-Feb online speaker series

Japanese Americans Commemorate Remembrance Day

Sensei Alex Kakuyo 28 February 2023

It took over 40 years for the US Congress to acknowledge the failings of the government and the harm caused to countless Japanese-American families

Chenxing Han. Image courtesy of Tauran Photography, tauran.com

For the Ancestors and for Peace: A Conversation with the Organizers of “May We Gather”

Harsha Menon, MA, MFA 2 July 2021

Transforming tragedy into solidarity through a communal memorial ceremony

From chenxinghan.com

North American Buddhists to Offer Memorial Ceremony for Asian American Ancestors on 4 May

Justin Whitaker 20 April 2021

Responding to violence and tragedy with community..

Draping the lei from the Oshima family on the cannon at Fort Sill’s Bentley Gate. Photo by Linda Morris

What American Buddhism Looks Like: Solidarity for Immigrants at Fort Sill

Duncan Ryuken Williams 20 August 2019

Healing past traumas by standing up for migrant…

Dr. Duncan Ryuken Williams. Image courtesy of Duncan Ryuken Williams

American Sutra: On the Incarceration of Japanese Americans in WWII

Harsha Menon, MA, MFA 23 May 2019

An interview with author Duncan Ryuken Williams

Japanese Americans arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from San Pedro, 1942. Evacuees lived at this center at the former Santa Anita race track before being moved inland to relocation centers. From archives.gov

The Birth of an American Form of Buddhism: The Japanese-American Buddhist Experience in World War II

Justin Whitaker 9 May 2019

The evolution of Japanese Buddhism in America