CANCELED: Public meetings to discuss the Amache Special Resource Study with the National Park Service

These events have been postponed by the National Park Service, in deference to state and federal guidance to cancel or postpone large gatherings in light of the coronavirus.

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Amache Preserved as Part of the National Park System

NPCA helped advocate for a national park site preserving the story of Amache, where thousands of people of Japanese descent were unconstitutionally incarcerated.

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This is why NPCA is working to preserve and honor a time in history that has largely been forgotten: the wrongful imprisonment of Japanese Americans during WWII at the Amache incarceration camp in Southeast Colorado. Amache has direct ties to California – most of the people at Amache were originally from California and were forced to leave their homes. Today, many of its survivors and descendants live in our state.

Beginning March 15, the National Park Service will host public meetings throughout the state to discuss the Amache Special Resource Study, which would determine if the site meets the criteria to become a new unit of the National Park Service.

Please consider joining one of these meetings to voice your support for preserving and honoring Amache as a national park site.

Event Details

WHAT: Public meetings to discuss the Amache Special Resource Study with the National Park Service

Please find meeting dates and locations listed below, with full addresses and other details here.

Sunday, March 15
San Francisco

Monday, March 16
Sebastopol

Tuesday, March 17
Sacramento & San Jose

Wednesday, March 18
Merced & Oakland

Thursday, March 19
Los Angeles

Friday, March 20
Gardena

CONTACT: Please contact me at darguelles@npca.org if you have any questions.

Amache is an American story and one that all Americans need to work to preserve. Please share your voice.