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Black and white photograph showing a large group of people, including children and adults, lined up outside wooden barracks with barbed wire fencing. The scene depicts a historical setting related to wartime incarceration, highlighting the controlled and confined environment.

Temporary Detention: A Guide to the Forced Assembly Centers

Date:
Saturday, March 14
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Website:
https://jamo.org/event/temporary-detention/
Organizer:
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Phone
(503) 224-1458
Location:
Epworth United Methodist Church, 1333 SE 28th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214

Learn about a recently completed multimedia project, Temporary Detention: A Guide to the Forced “Assembly Centers”. This interactive website explores the history and legacy of the 16 temporary detention centers operated by the Western Civil Control Administration during World War II. These euphemistically called “Assembly Centers” were hastily-built detention centers that imprisoned approximately 92,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry while the ten concentration camps were being built.

Learn more about these often unknown centers with the website’s creators Sharon Yamato, New York photographer Stan Honda, and Densho Content Director Brian Niiya.

Register for this free event here.

Event Accessibility:

  • Wheelchair-accessible venue
  • Accessible parking
  • Service animals welcome