​Tanforan Assembly Center Memorial Committee

President

• Doug Yamamoto

Vice President

• Steve Okamoto

Treasurer​

• Ken Ijichi

Secretary

• Gail Wiemann

Board Members

• David Fielder
• David Inada
• Robbin Kawabata
• Paul Kitagaki Jr
• Karyl Matsumoto
• Richard Oba
• Paul Okada
• Diana Okamoto
• Ben Takeshita
• Esther Takeuchi
• Tim Wallace
• ​Ken Yamashita

In Memoriam
​
Don Delcollo
Sidney Pucek
Richard Sekiguchi

The Tanforan Committee was formed in March 2012 to initiate an exhibition of Dorothea Lange and Paul Kitagaki Jr. photographs to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the opening of the former detention center located at the former Tanforan Racetrack in San Bruno, CA. With the approval and support of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors and staff, the exhibit was installed inside the San Bruno BART train station. Originally created and sponsored by the committee and the Contra Costa JACL to be a temporary exhibit, the photographs remained on display for over ten years. It now has been replaced with another art exhibit focusing on the Japanese American incarceration. ​
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Over the course of the next 10 years, the ​Tanforan Assembly Center Memorial Committee planned and oversaw the construction of the Tanforan Memorial, located on the grounds of the original Assembly Center. The TACMC continues to manage donations and oversee memorial cleaning and maintenance.