Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial

bijaema: the bainbridge island japanese american exclusion memorial association (bijaema) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that created the memorial. the mission of the bainbridge island japanese american exclusion memorial association is threefold. it will oversee a permanent memorial at the site from which the japanese and japanese americans of bainbridge island were forcibly excluded under executive order 9066 and civilian exclusion order no. 1 during world war ii. it will honor the exiled bainbridge islanders of japanese descent and their friends and neighbors who stood by them and welcomed them home by making the memorial a place both of healing and of learning, where the human rights lessons of the internment can be shared widely, and the foundational idea of nidoto nai yoni, “let it not happen again”, can be made perpetually relevant to future generations. it will lend its voice to the public discussion whenever, wherever and however human rights, including without lim