Plan Now, Register, for Poston Pilgrimage Oct. 13-14
POSTON COMMUNITY ALLIANCE OPENS REGISTRATION FOR OCTOBER 13-14, 2023 PILGRIMAGE
The Poston Community Alliance Pilgrimage will take place October 13-14. 2023 at the Blue Water Casino and other nearby sites in Parker, Arizona.
A Poston exhibit created with donated space the Museum of the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) will be featured. The exhibit includes a map of Poston's three camps for visitors to locate the exact barrack and apartment where their family resided.
The pilgrimage will feature educational workshops and bus tours of the Poston Monument and Camp I school sites. A banquet with keynote speaker Rev. Duncan Ryuken Williams who will speak on the role of religion, will conclude the weekend’s activities. Rev. Williams is a scholar, writer, and Soto Zen Buddhist priest who is currently professor of religion and East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Southern California.
Temple members may know Williams Sensei for his major work, American Sutra, on how Japanese-American Buddhists kept their faith during the displacement of the relocation camp experience.
Early Bird Registration Deadline: August 31
Register by August 31 to secure a spot and for best pricing. Pilgrimage capacity is limited to 250 attendees due to facility space. Early bird registration is $195 for adults and $100 for children up to 12 years old until August 31. After that the fee is $245 for adults and $145 for children.
Attendees will select their workshops during the registration process.
Registration
Please visit the Poston Community Alliance Website at
www.postonpreservation.org/pilgrimage
This link will give you complete information, before sending you to finalize your registration through Eventbrite.
Spread the Word
Here is the press release as it appeared in the August Bussei Script:
The Poston Community Alliance is a non-profit organization. Their mission is to preserve Poston’s incarceration history to strengthen and expand efforts in upholding social justice for all Americans, regardless of race, religion and ethnicity. Through multimedia educational outreach and the preservation of stories, artifacts and historic structures, Poston’s unique multicultural history, involving Japanese Americans and Native Americans, will live on.