Venice Japanese American Memorial Momument

9th Annual Commemoration of the Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument

Volunteers from VCH Westside Youth Academy, Iris and Micah from UCLA NSU, Allison and Taiga with VJAMM, February 2026.

Volunteers from VCH Westside Youth Academy, Iris and Micah from UCLA NSU, Allison and Taiga with VJAMM, February 2026.

Thursday, April 16, 2026

9th Annual Commemoration of the
Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument

84th anniversary of
Executive Order 9066 of 1942
38 years after the passage of the
Civil Liberties Act of 1988
57 years after the first
Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage in 1969

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

In person at the
Northwest Corner of Venice and Lincoln

VJAMM Commemoration Photo

Tax-deductible donations for educational outreach and VJAMM maintenance can be sent to:

Venice Arts Council/VJAMM
P.O. Box 993, Venice, CA 90294

Checks payable to “Venice Community Housing Corp” with VJAMM in memo line.

Special thanks to LA City Councilmember Traci Park, CD11.

Visit: www.venicejamm.org

VJAMM Educational Outreach Support

  • Abbot Kinney Festival
  • “Adventures in JA History” website
  • Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant
  • “Behind Barbed Wire” Film
  • Beyond Baroque
  • Corner of Lincoln and Venice Stories
  • Day of Remembrance at JANM
  • “Get Around” Arts Crawl, 2019
  • Katari: Keeping JA Stories Alive
  • Manzanar Baseball Project, 2024
  • Manzanar Pilgrimage
  • “Masao and the Bronze Nightingale”
  • Mark Twain MS API Heritage Month
  • “May Sky: Kaiko Haiku”
  • Passover Seder Crawl, 2022
  • Santa Monica AAPI Heritage Month
  • Santa Monica 4th of July Parade
  • Santa Monica Landmarks Commission
  • Sawtelle Stories Forum
  • Stop Asian Hate Rally at VJAMM
  • Tsuru for Solidarity
  • Venice Community Housing
  • Venice Heritage Foundation
  • Venice Heritage Museum
  • Venice HS Global Studies Magnet
  • Venice Historical Society
  • Westside Youth Academy

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