| JACL Weekly Digest April 2, 2024 We apologize for skipping last week's digest! Our team had to work out some technical issues to ensure our emails were sent correctly. We appreciate your patience! |
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| | | Registration and Hotel Booking Now Open for the 2024 JACL National Convention! |
|  | Sponsorship information, committee forms, and volunteer registration are all available online now! Click the button to take you to the convention page below! |
| | | | Staff Transition and Thank You to Development Director Phillip Ozaki |
|  | Phillip Ozaki, JACL’s Program Director for Membership and Fund Development, will be leaving JACL as full-time staff on Friday, March 29. He will continue in a consulting role for the 2024 Convention Sponsors and his email (pozaki@jacl.org) will still be available until May with limited capacity. Phillip served as JACL’s Development Director since 2019 and as the Norman Y. Mineta Fellow and Membership Coordinator from 2009 - 2011. In the last five years, Phillip led the Membership Department to increased revenues, helped organized the Centennial Education Fund, and secured new funding sources from foundations, corporations, and individuals. Phillip says, “It’s been an honor working with our members, volunteers, and partners to advance JACL’s mission and development for the last 5 years. I got involved with JACL because my grandparents were leaders in the organization. I’ll continue to stay involved as a member and volunteer and look forward to keeping in touch.” Phillip will continue to serve the organization by volunteering on the National Planned Giving Program committee. We congratulate him in his new role leading the development efforts at nonprofit, StartOut.org. If you, or someone you know, is interested in the Development Director role, please email jobs@jacl.org. We will be posting the job opening shortly. |
| | JACL Applauds Improvements to Government’s Recognition of Race and Ethnicity Data Standards |
|  | March 29, 2024 - We applaud [last weeks] announcement by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of changes to the federal government’s race and ethnicity standards (Statistical Policy Directive 15, or SPD 15). The program was created to ensure accurate data on all communities was accessible to Federal Agencies, but besides an update in 1997, the policy has gone unchanged in the last few decades. This makes [last weeks] announcement a major victory for the AANHPI community and other communities of color. However, it is important to recognize that there are further revisions needed to ensure the policy truly encapsulates all communities and the increasing diversity of our nation. |
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| | | If any JACL Chapters would like to submit stories or events to the Weekly Digest, please send inquiries to Education Programs Manager, Matthew Weisbly at mweisbly@jacl.org |
| | Washington State Senate Honors Seattle JACL on 100 Year Anniversary |
|  | Photo: Sen Hasegawa presenting Bill Tashima, past Seattle Chapter President, with the Chapter's copy of the resolution. On Monday, March 4, 2024, the Washington State Senate unanimously adopted Senate Resolution 8685 to honor the Seattle JACL on their 100th anniversary in September 2021. The resolution noted the Chapter's efforts on behalf of all Americans to protect the civil rights and civil liberties of all people while preserving our JA legacy and history. The resolution was sponsored by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, Senate Majority Caucus Leader, (D-11th LD, Seattle), along with Sen. Patty Kuderer (D-48th LD Bellevue), and Sen. Phil Fortunato (R-31st LD, Auburn). Sen. Hasegawa and Sen. Claudia Kauffman (D-47th LD, Kent) spoke in favor of the resolution before the vote. Seattle JACL thanks the Washington State Senate for this high recognition. This resolution honors our Chapter, the JACL, and, moreover, our past visionary leaders who built our legacy of the past and our current visionary leaders and youth who are creating our legacy for the future. Thank you Sen. Hasegawa and your staff for your efforts on this special citation. |
|  | | Chicago JACL Youth Mixer and Film Screening - Manzanar Diverted |
|  | Manzanar Diverted, Film Screening + Mixer You are invited to join the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Midwest District Council Youth Representative and the Kansha Alumni Board for a screening of the film Manzanar Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust on Saturday, April 6th 6-8PM CT. The screening is open to all individuals of all ages and will be followed by a youth/young professionals mixer. Explore how Native American communities, former Japanese American WWII prisoners, and environmentalists form an unexpected alliance to defend their water, their history, and their culture. The film screening will be hosted at Christ Church of Chicago, a congregation that honors their deep roots in the Japanese American community. Participants do not have to be a JACL member in order to attend. Registration is required at bit.ly/mdcfilm or at the QR code. Please contact Ayako (mdcyouth@jacl.org) with any questions! |
| | 26th Annual Freedom Walk in Washington, D.C. |
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| | | | I Am An American: The Nisei Soldier Experience Traveling Exhibit - Call for Artifacts/Donations |
|  | From the Nisei Veterans Network We appreciate your time to learn about the US Army's first traveling exhibit, I Am An American: The Nisei Soldier Experience Traveling Exhibit, which will tell the extraordinary service of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd RCT, and Military Intelligence Service.
Starting next month, we will begin the exciting process of designing and fabricating the 1,200-square-foot exhibit, which will take 18 months. We are looking forward to sharing the design and updating you on our progress as we work towards the launch of the 11-city traveling exhibit in February 2026.
As a follow up, it is not too late to submit artifacts/photos for consideration. Deadline is May 1, but earlier submissions are highly encouraged.
- Call for Artifacts: We are currently seeking 1) Camp artifacts; 2) Legacy objects; photos; and 3) I Am An American associated objects/items that express their American identity.
- Soldiers from the Camp: We are seeking Nisei soldiers who volunteered, drafted, or had families in Manzanar, Rohwer or Topaz. To be considered for this Soldiers from the Camp kiosk, photos of their camp experience and military service are required. We also welcome objects associated with their camp or military experience.
- Please email NVN at info@nvnvets.org. NVN is responsible for the research and development of historical content prior to review by Museum curators.
The NVN also seeks your support to become a sponsor or to make a donation for the Nisei Soldier Traveling Exhibit.
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| | Summer Internships at Minidoka National Historic Site! |
|  | Minidoka National Historic Site is recruiting for summer 2024 interns! This paid opportunity through Northwest Youth Corps is geared towards motivated future park rangers, maintenance workers, historians, teachers, and community leaders! We are recruiting for positions in the Facilities Management and Interpretation/ Education fields. Application Deadline: April 15, 2023. Applications will stay open until all positions are filled! Service Dates: May 20, 2024 – September 9, 2024 (16 Weeks). Program Benefits: $8960 total living allowance, prorated monthly. While housing is not provided, housing fund may be available upon request. Interpretation and Facilities Internship: https://nwyouthcorps.workbrightats.com/jobs/1076227 Maintenance internship: https://nwyouthcorps.workbrightats.com/jobs/1076204 |
| | 2024 Minoru Yasui Day in Portland, OR |
|  | In 2016, Oregon’s legislature designated March 28 Minoru Yasui Day in perpetuity to honor the state’s only Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee’s tireless fight for equality, justice, democracy, and civil rights. Join us for the 2024 Minoru Yasui Day program hosted by the Minoru Yasui Legacy Project and the Japanese American Museum of Oregon (JAMO). The event is free but registration is encouraged. We hope to see you in person or on the livestream as we honor the legacy of Minoru Yasui, discuss the challenges democracy faces, and explore strategies for protecting our democratic values. |
| | Blossoms on a Poisoned Sea by Mariko Tatsumoto Available Now! |
|  | The novel is based on the true events of one of history’s most shocking industrial disasters and corporate betrayals that inspired Johnny Depp’s film MINAMATA. The mercury poisoning coverup is told through the lives of Yuki and Kiyo who meet in 1956, then gradually fall in love. Together they fight both the Japanese government and a powerful and ruthless company to save their beloved Bay and her family from an incurable disease that maims, paralyzes and kills. Hailed as: “A tough and beautiful book …” “Devastating and Compelling…” |
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