| JACL Weekly Digest April 9, 2024 |
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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! The tentative convention schedule is also now available to view! |
| | | | | You're Invited to Our New Member Orientation! |
|  | How can you make the most of your JACL membership? Join us with special guest Susan H. Kamei (a key Redress Movement leader, renowned author and professor), hear from JACL leadership, meet other new members, and find out all JACL has to offer. We will have prizes! See the link below to RSVP or go to bit.ly/jaclapril24 |
| | | Recognize Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi's Bravery with the Presidential Medal of Freedom |
|  | (Photo courtesy National Archives and Records Administration) Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi, just 22 years old at the time, courageously challenged the incarceration of her fellow Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II. She refused an offer of early release and remained in a concentration camp so that her petition for habeas corpus could be heard by the federal courts. Her sacrifice was not in vain: On December 18, 1944, the Supreme Court decided Ex parte Endo, holding unanimously that loyal Japanese Americans could not be imprisoned without cause. Endo’s case played a significant role in the closing of the concentration camps and the return of Japanese Americans to the West Coast in 1945 and 1946. As we approach the 80th anniversary of the Endo decision, it is long past time to appreciate, recognize, and honor Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi. Not only was her case one of just four challenges to the Japanese American incarceration to reach the Supreme Court, but Endo was also the lone woman litigant and the only one to achieve a successful outcome. The three men who challenged the incarceration in the Supreme Court—Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, and Minoru Yasui—have all received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Endo was as courageous, determined, and willing to fight injustice as those principled men. Yet her case is seldom cited and she has been recognized rarely, perhaps because she was a woman. Also, check with your local JACL Chapter board to ensure they've signed onto JACL National's letter supporting Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi's Presidential Medal of Freedom! |
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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 |
| | Screening of Community in Conflict: The Legacy of the Santa Fe Internment Camp Marker |
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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 |
| | 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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