2024 JEROME/ROHWER PILGRIMAGE
June 5-8
Little Rock, AR
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, June 5
Afternoon program on reparations for slavery with Akemi Kochiyama, Dreisen Heath, Miya Iwataki, and Kathy Masaoka
Welcome dinner with keynote speaker, Akemi Kochiyama
Thursday, June 6
Trip to Rohwer and Jerome sites, as well as the WWII Japanese American Internment Museum in McGehee
Fundraiser dinner with the town of McGehee to support the museum
Friday, June 7
“Woman Warrior” with Connie Shirakawa
A tribute to Rosalie Santine Gould
Stockton Assembly Center hospital building preservation project
Photography and the camps
Survivor panel
“Defining Courage” with David Ono
Saturday, June 8
The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration with Frank Abe
Intergenerational group discussions
Farewell dinner