Pilgrimage to the Sacramento River Delta

October 24 to October 26, 2008

An educational pilgrimage, led by Dr. Joanne Doi, to trace the footsteps of the API people who worked as immigrant or migrant rural labor in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta area. We journey to remember the rural labor experience, to regain our collective memory, to heal from the pain of transnational migration, and reconnect to history.

For more information:

http://www.panainstitute.org/pilgrimage-sacramento-river-delta

Our journey, guided by Rev. Deborah Lee and FST professor Dr. Joanne Doi, will include:

  • Visit to Native American sacred sites
  • Walking tour of Little Manila in Stockton, CA, led by the Little Manila Foundation
  • Visit to the Stockton Gurdwara, the oldest Sikh temple in North America
  • Visit to Walnut Grove and the Walnut Grove Japanese-American Historic District
  • Visit with residents of Locke, California, the last remaining historic Chinese rural town
  • Ritual to honor the ancestors who lived and died in Sacramento River Delta

Academic credit available  to GTU students (STRS-1392). Fall 2008 course description (STRS-1392) online here. 

Class sessions and pilgrimage are open to the public to attend. We ask that in order
to be adequately prepared, and for purposes of community formation,
that pilgrims please attend at least two of the Preparation Sessions
(classes Sep 13-Oct 11) and one of the Post Sessions (Nov 8 or 22). The application form for the pilgrimage is online here.