WESTERN CAMPAIGNERS ALLIANCE

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, CA

Salinas / ‘guard animal’? (#0069) Getting closer to why I was visiting the park, I came across this unusual statue – again with no description. But, the fenced enclosure in the background is my real reason for visiting (forthcoming picture). — Salinas / ‘guard animal’? (#0069) Credit: DB's travels

The Western Campaigners Alliance is a non-profit organization located in San Juan Bautista, California. The organization is dedicated to promoting and protecting the rights of animals through education, advocacy, and rescue efforts.

The alliance is led by a group of passionate animal advocates who work tirelessly to raise awareness about animal welfare issues and to promote responsible pet ownership. They provide education and resources to the community to help reduce instances of animal cruelty and neglect.

In addition to education and advocacy efforts, the Western Campaigners Alliance also operates a rescue program that takes in abandoned, abused, and neglected animals. They provide these animals with medical care, rehabilitation, and eventually find them loving homes.

The organization relies on the support of volunteers and donations from the community to continue their efforts. They regularly host fundraising events and donation drives to support their mission.

Overall, the Western Campaigners Alliance is a vital organization in the San Juan Bautista community, working to create a more compassionate and humane world for animals.

WESTERN CAMPAIGNERS ALLIANCE is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in SAN JUAN BAUTISTA CA. US MID #8400601017

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Western (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington).

Castroville / Japanese Schoolhouse internment - returning (# 0024) Life after the war, returning to no home and with no resources, to hostile environments that were slow to accommodate their former neighbors. Per information on a related <u><a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63772" rel="noreferrer nofollow">site</a></u>, due to hostility there was no reestablishment of the Japanese community of Castroville, though some went to work in the canneries in nearby Monterey. See the <u><a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63714" rel="noreferrer nofollow">schoolhouse marker</a></u> for detail of the text.

<i>Use the “Castroville Japanese Schoolhouse” tag to connect the pictures.</i>

Castroville / Japanese Schoolhouse internment – to detention (# 0016) Description of of being rounded up and forced to leave for the detention center.

See the <u><a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63714" rel="noreferrer nofollow">schoolhouse marker</a></u> for detail of the text.

<i>Use the “Castroville Japanese Schoolhouse” tag to connect the pictures.</i>

Castroville / Japanese Schoolhouse internment cycle (# 0028) A fascinating, and very under-utilized, historical site in Castroville, which is on the way to Monterey, CA. I fortunately discovered it, and a number of other places related to Japanese and Chinese history in California, just by searching through <u><a href="https://www.hmdb.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow">The Historical Marker Database</a></u>.

Japanese laborers had been migrating to this area since the late 1800’s as tenant farmers (the primary crop remains artichokes). By the 1930’s there were enough Japanese families that they wanted a schoolhouse to preserve history and also to provide a community for their children that was safe from the local hostility. The “Japanese Schoolhouse,” founded in 1936, was short-lived since in 1942 all Japanese were ordered to be interred, due to the war with Japan.

Historical Marker <u>”<a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63772" rel="noreferrer nofollow">For the Sake of the Children</a>”</u> provides a good description of the history of the area. Note that the schoolhouse is sometimes referred to as the Castroville Japanese Language School. Use the <i>Castroville Japanese Schoolhouse</i> tag to connect the pictures.

Castroville / Japanese Schoolhouse – monument (# 0030) As the <u><a href="http://www.mchsmuseum.com/Japanese.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Monterey County</a></u> site and the <u><a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63714" rel="noreferrer nofollow">HMDB timeline</a></u> describe the schoolhouse and the Castroville community, the town has historically been home to migrants who work in the surrounding fields, and those migrants have regularly had a concern that their children remember their heritage and use their heritage for protection, thus the “ For the Sake of the Children” motto.

Unfortunately, the site is not well-marked on either of the major highways passing it, and there are no signs in the town leading to it. Thus, much like I’ve experienced in other recent efforts to understand historic discrimination and hostility to Asian populations, there seems to be a concerted effort to keep that past invisible.

<i>Use the “Castroville Japanese Schoolhouse” tag to connect the pictures.</i>

Mensies' baby blue eyes Nemophila menziesii

Chamisso bush lupine Lupinus chamissonis

Contact WESTERN CAMPAIGNERS ALLIANCE

WESTERN CAMPAIGNERS ALLIANCE
PO BOX 53
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
CA
95045-0053

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MID #	8400601017
Name	WESTERN CAMPAIGNERS ALLIANCE
Alternate Name
Classification	Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Western
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	263011219
NTEECC	A80
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)	201312
INCOME	0
REVENUE	0
LAT/LONG	36.841402, -121.533994
CODES	FIPS State Code: 06 FIPS County Code: 069 US Census Tract: 000200 US Census Block: 3013