Join us for the Farewell to Manzanar Program Series from August 11 thru September 23. Featuring the book Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, these programs and activities are designed to promote discussions of democracy and what it means, as well as explore and celebrate Japanese culture. Our goal is to stimulate thoughtful reflection and lively discussion among friends and neighbors, families and strangers about the past, present and future of democracy and promote cultural understanding. Read the book. Attend a program. Join the discussion. Share your voice.

California Reads programs are made possible with support from Cal Humanities in partnership with California Center for the Book.

American Civil Liberties Union • California Opera Association • Central California Asian Pacific American Bar Association • Central California Asian Pacific Women • Central California District Council of Japanese American Citizens League • Clovis Japanese American Citizens League • Clovis Veterans Memorial District • CSUF Asian Faculty and Staff Association • Fig Garden Rotary Club • Fresno Art Museum • Fresno Betsuin Buddhist Temple • Fresno Betsuin Buddhist Women • Fresno Bonsai Society • Fresno City College • Fresno Japanese American Citizens League • Legion of Valor Museum • Shinzen Japanese Garden Society • Unitarian Universalist Church • University Square Hotel • Wendy Maruyama and the Tag Project • The Center for Multicultural Cooperation