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Weekly Digest
January 11, 2022 |
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JACL's physical offices remain officially closed. Staff continue to do the work of the organization remotely with some visits to the physical office. Please direct all phone calls to our Washington, D.C. Office at (202) 223-1240 and we will get back to you as quickly as possible. Otherwise, we will all be available via email. All staff emails can be found HERE. Stay safe everyone and we hope to see you all in person again soon. - JACL National Staff |
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Announcing the JACL Next Gen Speakers Program! |
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The JACL is looking to create a Next Gen Speakers Program for volunteers who can speak on a variety of subjects related to the Japanese American experience, history, and culture. We want these speakers to be able to engage with a wide audience to be able to learn about our community and history from someone who knows it well. Types of speaker engagements could include classroom lessons, Day of Remembrance celebrations, news interviews, research projects, and more! |
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2022 JACL Legacy Fund Grant Applications Now Open! |
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The JACL Legacy Fund Grants Awards Committee is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for 2022 Legacy Fund grants. The LFG Co-Chairs, Roberta Barton, and Toshi Abe encourage JACL chapters and JACL District Councils to apply by the May 1, 2022 deadline. This year, the maximum grant award is $6,000. Legacy Fund grants are awarded for projects and activities that support the mission of JACL and the National JACL Strategic Plan. Instructions and application forms may be downloaded from the National JACL’s website at https://jacl.org/legacy-fund-grants/ The JACL Legacy Fund Program was created by the JACL National Council at the 1990 JACL National Convention in San Diego. Much of the original funds were donated by JACL members who gave portions of their redress awards to further the legacy of the JACL. Each year, a portion of the earnings from the Legacy Fund Endowment is earmarked for the program. For questions or additional information, please contact the co-chairs, Roberta Barton (rbarton4106@comcast.net) or Toshi Abe (tabe@jacl.org). Grant award recipients will be announced at the JACL National Convention in Las Vegas this August 2022. |
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JACL and OCA Release Joint Statement on the Anniversary of the January 6th Insurrection |
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January 6, 2022 A year ago today, a mob incited by former President Trump rampaged through the halls, offices, and chambers of the U.S. Capitol, seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election. It was a failed but deadly attack on our country that threatened the peaceful transfer of power and undermined the will of the people. But the insurrection’s nightmare scenario—the loss of democracy—still looms. An alarming number of Americans, driven by political polarization and disinformation, are increasingly detached from reality and view violence as justifiable. Bills making it harder for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to exercise the right to vote are being proposed in nearly every state. And some extremist lawmakers are taking coordinated actions to sabotage future elections while gaslighting us about the horrors of January 6th. |
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San Diego JACL and National Conflict Resolution Center Bystander Challenge |
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JANM 30 Changemakers Under 30 Nominations |
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From our friends at JANM: For our 30th anniversary, we will recognize 30 young people that exemplify JANM’s mission and are making extraordinary contributions in the arts, business, culture, education, politics, sports, technology, and more. As we look to the future, we celebrate the connection between the next generation and our past honorees, whose achievements have strengthened the community.
Do you know someone worthy of recognition? The nomination process is open to the public. The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2022.
More info: https://www.janm.org/events/special/30th-benefit/30-under-30 |
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Internship Opportunity with our Friends at AARP! |
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The AARP Research Department is looking for a graduate-level research intern. Students pursuing a Ph.D. in social sciences, communications, policy, or business as well as those looking to re-enter the workforce or change careers (including those who have previously graduated from college and are enrolled in a continuing education program) are encouraged to apply. The intern will receive pay and may work up to 40 hours per week. This internship will be remote while AARP is working remotely, however, once we return to the office, the intern will be expected to work in our DC headquarters office. |
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Call for Day Of Remembrance Events! |
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As we're coming up on Day of Remembrance, JACL is once again asking all of our chapters and supporters to send us information on any events that you know of so that we can share it with the wider membership and Japanese American community! Please send any information you have on your DOR events, including date(s), times, any website/social links, and images/flyers you might have! We'll continually update the listing so if you currently only have some information and are still waiting on more, send us what you have and we can update the event page. We will be hosting the list on the JACL national website at jacl.org/day-of-remembrance Send any program information you have to mweisbly@jacl.org |
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2022 JACL NEH "Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis: The Japanese American Experience" Applications Now Open! |
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| | Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis: The Japanese American Experience JACL and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are inviting seventy-two educators to explore the historical significance and enduring legacy of the World War II Japanese American incarceration experience and the reparations movement. While past participants are primarily social studies and humanities teachers at the K-12 levels, all are invited to apply. This NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop will be offered twice: June 19-24 and July 10-15, 2022. Participants will be staying in the historic Little Tokyo neighborhood in Los Angeles with the majority of programming being at our host institution, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), with day trips to Santa Anita Park (a WWII temporary “assembly center”) and Manzanar National Historic Site (one of the ten permanent WWII “internment” camps). This will be one of the last times we are able to host a workshop with living camp survivors as the WWII generation passes the torch to future ones. | | |
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Check out NEH Programs from our partners below! |
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2022 Scholarship Programs! |
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The JACL has been helping students achieve their educational dreams with the National Scholarship and Awards Program since 1946. The program currently offers over 30 awards, with an annual total of over $70,000 in scholarships to qualified students nationwide. The National Scholarship and Awards Program offers scholarships to students who are entering freshman, undergraduate, graduate, law, in the creative & performing arts, and those with financial need. All scholarships are one-time awards. |
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Minidoka WWII Honor Roll Replica Update Project 2022 |
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Calling all Minidoka WWII Veterans, their families, and friends! The National Park Service is updating the reconstructed Honor Roll located at the front entrance of Minidoka National Historic Site. If you are a WWII veteran who was unjustly incarcerated at Minidoka, or if you are a friend or relative of such a veteran, we would like to hear from you! Veterans include those who served in the 100th /442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, Women’s Army Corps, Army Nurse Corps, and Cadet Nurse Corps. From December 2021 to January 31, 2022, we are accepting applications to add Minidoka WWII veterans onto the Honor Roll if their names have not yet been listed. We are also accepting applications to correct misspellings or make changes to an existing name. Project details, including the current names on the replica Honor Roll, can be found on the Minidoka Honor Roll project webpage. |
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Help the Library of Congress Identify Photographs of Japanese Americans
Incarcerated During WWII |
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From The Library of Congress - "Previously unidentified, we were able to add her name, Shizuko Ina, and information about her incarceration experience to the public record. A blog post interview with her daughter, Satsuki Ina, describes the experience. We have now finished scanning and cataloging the remaining War Relocation Authority photographs in our collections. Many of the people depicted in the WRA images are unidentified. The Prints & Photographs Division is now digitally sharing 30 WRA photographs through an album in the Library of Congress Flickr Project. Survivors and descendants of the incarceration during World War II are encouraged to provide names of unidentified persons and deeper context for the history behind the photos. You can see more photographs of the forced removal of Japanese Americans by searching in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. All are welcome to comment on the photographs posted in the Flickr album, and the information you provide there may be added to the catalog records for the images in the online catalog. Identifications and comments for additional WRA photographs can be submitted to Library of Congress Ask A Librarian." |
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Updated Link: USC Seeking Nisei students whose educations were disrupted by WWII |
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