Time of Remembrance 2026

Time of Remembrance 2026

Northern California Time of Remembrance > Time of Remembrance 2026

Northern California Time of Remembrance (NCTOR) 2026

Presented by Florin, Lodi, Placer County and Sacramento JACL Chapters

Preserving History

Saturday, February 14, 2026, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
California Museum: 1020 O St. Sacramento, CA 95814

Click here for the 2026 event flyer.

Northern California Time of Remembrance (NCTOR)
Presented by Florin-SV, Lodi, Placer County and Sacramento JACL Chapters

Preserving History

Saturday, February 14, 2026, 1:00-3:00 PM
California Museum: 1020 O Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
During a time when our country questions the value of history, what supports a country’s democracy is not only its accomplishments and achievements, but its willingness to acknowledge, apologize, and correct its mistakes both current and past. Please join us to learn and be inspired by the work of Densho and the Ireichō Project to preserve history.
Naomi Ostwald Kawamura is the Executive Director of Densho [www.densho.org], a Seattle-based nonprofit and digital archive that preserves and shares the history of Japanese American wartime incarceration to promote equity and justice today. She holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of British Columbia, where she teaches a course in museum practice. Her work with Japanese American and Japanese Canadian communities brings a comparative perspective to remembrance, redress, and reconciliation. Her current work examines how digital preservation and storytelling can confront historical erasure and strengthen democratic participation in an age of misinformation.
Duncan Ryuken Williams is the founder of the Ireichō Project [https://www.janm.org/exhibits/ireicho], the Alton Brooks Professor of Religion, and Director of the Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture at the University of Southern California. He has been ordained since 1993 as a Buddhist priest in the Soto Zen tradition. He served as the Buddhist chaplain at Harvard University where he received his Ph.D. His most recent project is the building of the Irei Names Monument, a memorial to honor those of Japanese ancestry who were incarcerated in America’s internment and concentration camps during WWII.

Admission Prices

$15 General admission

Free admission for college students

Free for children 18 and under

Event Registration

Sponsorship:

Become a sponsor and receive complimentary tickets!

Sponsorship levels
• Gold ($1000+) 8 complimentary tickets
• Silver ($500-$999) 6 complimentary tickets
• Bronze ($250-$499) 4 complimentary tickets
• Supporter ($100-$249) 2 complimentary tickets

Parking available for a minimal fee at public garage at 1500 10th St.

After registration you will receive a confirmation email which includes information on how to pay for your tickets or sponsorship.

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Sponsorship

Thank you to our Partners, Sponsors, and Donors!

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TIME OF REMEMBRANCE (NCTOR) CHAPTERS

 EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS

The educational partners have continued to provide support in facilitating the program activities that provide students from throughout Northern California with first-hand accounts of the Japanese American experience during World War II, so participants can explore concepts of citizenship, constitutionality, and redress.

  • THE CALIFORNIA MUSEUM:  For the past 21 years, the Museum has hosted the program, where more than 5,000 students from throughout northern California hear first-hand accounts from Japanese American survivors and others about the importance of valuing and speaking up for the rights of themselves and others.
  • ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT: For the past 40 years, the only California School Education Board to pass a Resolution to commemorate the Time of Remembrance program, sponsor teacher training, develop curriculum, and provide student education with the Florin JACL and other community partners.
  • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO, LIBRARY, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.  With contributions from the community, volunteers and fundraising, the library has preserved thousands of documents and artifacts, sponsored exhibits and educated countless students and scholars both online and in the library.  Many of the artifacts in the California Museum exhibit “Uprooted! An American Story” come from the Special Collections.

“Please note that event registration fees are not tax-deductible. For donations, our tax identification number is 94-6102630.”

Learn more about the history of NCTOR and past programs