Tadaima! Community Virtual Pilgrimage Programs Available to Watch Online

Due to COVID-19, pilgrimages to Minidoka and other WWII confinement sites were cancelled this year. From June 13 to August 16, the National Park Service and Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages (JAMP) co-hosted Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage. It spanned nine weeks with new content provided daily. Each week focused on a theme, spanning from immigration in the 1800s to redress in the 1980s, and explored the ten WRA sites and different types of detention in the United States, Canada, and across the world. Tadaima was a collaborative effort between 94 Japanese American organizations nationwide along with international partners. It included online exhibits, workshops, performances, lectures, panel discussions, a film festival, book club, community archive, first-hand testimonies, and more. 

Friends of Minidoka served on the steering committee for Tadaima, and partnered with Minidoka National Historic Site, Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee, Nisei Veterans Committee, Wing Luke Museum, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, Japanese American Museum of Oregon, the Community Library, Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, JACL Chicago, Kizuna, and many individuals to provide content about and relevant to Minidoka including educational sessions, a book club, a site tour, highlights of museum collection items, and more!

Much of the content is archived and available for viewing on the Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages website and YouTube channel.

This includes a screening of Minidoka: An American Concentration Camp followed by a Q & A with Minidoka survivors George Nakata and Karen Hirai Olen and Director Rory Banyard.