 | | Weekly Digest
January 3, 2023 |
| | Happy New Year from JACL! |
|  | | Last Chance: Place Your Otoshidama Orders by Tonight! We are officially coming to the end of our Otoshidama Campaign! If you haven't taken part already, today is the last day to take part in the tradition! We hope you'll join us and gift a JACL Membership to someone in your life! |
|  | | |  | Saturday, April 29th through Tuesday, May 2nd in Washington, DC! Established by JACL in 1984, the four-day annual leadership summit program introduces community leaders from across the nation to the national policy-making arena. Co-convened with OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates since 1994, the JACL/OCA Washington, D.C. Leadership Conference is structured to provide a broad overview of the decision-making process at the federal level, including meetings and briefings by public officials, key policymakers who serve in Congress, the White House, federal agencies, advocacy organizations, and the media. Participants also will be briefed on legislative issues affecting AAPI communities and will examine the role Asian Pacific American civil rights organizations, such as JACL and OCA, play in affecting public policy and pursuing civil rights legislation in the nation’s capital! The 2023 program will again take place in person in Washington, DC, with the application of programmatic and government COVID-19 guidelines to promote a safe event. We will require all participants who are able to be vaccinated. Both JACL and OCA will be closely monitoring the COVID-19 numbers in the coming weeks, and if necessary may alter the program including the possibility of shifting to a virtual event, postponement, or cancellation. | |
| | | Greater Los Angeles JACL New Year's Luncheon and Installation |
|  | | | | 2023 JA Community Foundation Grants Now Available! |
|  | 2023 grant opportunities from the JA Community Foundation are available now through January 20th! Click below for grant guidelines and further details on how to apply. |
| | | Call for Day Of Remembrance Events! |
|  | 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. The event page and calendar will be made available later. Send any program information you have to Education and Communications Coordinator, Matthew Weisbly at mweisbly@jacl.org |
| | | | San Diego JACL Monthly Virtual Community Dialogues with JACL Staff, Matt Weisbly! |
|  | | | NCWNP District Youth Board Intergenerational Potluck! |
|  |  | | | 2023 JACL National Scholarship Applications Available Now! |
|  | Scholarship Program guidelines, instructions, and applications have been posted on the JACL website, www.jacl.org, and can be accessed by clicking the “Youth” tab on the menu bar. You may also click the button below "To Learn More or Apply Click Here." Following previous years, the application forms for the scholarship program will be completely online. Freshman applications must be submitted directly by the applicant to National JACL through the online form no later than March 6, 2023, 11:59 p.m. Hawaiian Standard Time (HST). Applications for the non-freshman scholarship categories (undergraduate, graduate, law, creative/performing arts, and financial aid) are also to be sent directly by the applicant to National JACL through the online form no later than April 3, 2023, 11:59 p.m. Hawaiian Standard Time (HST). All those applying to the National JACL Scholarship Program must be a youth/student or individual member of the JACL; a couple/family membership held by a parent does NOT meet this requirement. Applicants must be enrolled in school in Fall 2023 in order to be eligible for a scholarship. If a student has received two National scholarship awards previously, they are no longer eligible to apply as the limit is two national awards per person. |
| | | Manzanar Commitee Announces 8th Annual Sue Kunitomi Embrey Student Awards Program for K-12 Students |
|  | Photo: Some of the winners of the Fifth Annual Manzanar Committee Student Awards Program. Photo by Jason Fujii/Manzanar Committee LOS ANGELES — On December 4, the Manzanar Committee announced their Eighth Annual Sue Kunitomi Embrey Student Awards Program, a creative works program in which K-12 students may submit essays, short stories, poetry, works of art, including drawings, collages, posters, and works involving technology, including animation, podcasts, movies, or videos.
Winning entrants will receive up to $100.00, and their work will be recognized during the Manzanar Pilgrimage and may be published in the Pilgrimage program, on the Manzanar Committee’s website (https://manzanarcommittee.org), in the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Student Awards printed program, and in the Manzanar Committee’s newsletter, the Manzanar Messenger. The Manzanar Committee will determine the final award amounts.
All submissions must be postmarked no later than February 23, 2023. Winners will be contacted shortly after that date.
Program information and application forms can be downloaded at:
https://manzanarcommittee.org/program-details-application |
| | Nikkeijin-Illinois at the Spurlock Musue |
|  | In Nikkeijin Illinois, multifaceted stories of Japanese immigrants and their descendants are offered through the lens of former and current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Illinois. These dynamic histories provide meaning towards why understanding the past is important to the present. |
| | | Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution |
|  | | The Korematsu Institute will be hosting its first in-person Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution event to honor a civil rights hero. As well as the 40th anniversary of the coram nobis cases, the legal term for the U.S. Supreme Court cases of three Japanese Americans who challenged Executive Order 9066. The program will commemorate the heroes, legal teams of the cases and how they relate to civil rights, social justice, and advocacy. Looking at honoring the past, while taking action today through civics education and voting. The Korematsu Institute hopes you will join them! |
| | | JACL Arizona Chapter - First Annual Essay Contest and Upcoming Korematsu Day |
| JACL-AZ held its 1st Annual Student Essay Challenge in 2021. It was the vision of one of our board members to provide students with the opportunity to study and develop excellent writing skills while learning about their heritage. HS topic: “What does it mean to be an American? Norm Mineta Legacy Project.” Elementary/Middle School topic: Share a story about a family hero or the heroes in your life. We are very proud of three students that won: Erika Germinario was our first-place winner in the HS division; Josh Tominaga was our 2nd place winner in the HS division. Ema Saliba was our first-prize winner in the 8th-grade division. In addition to their cash prizes, they each enjoyed creating a wonderful video about their individual feelings of excitement as they studied and wrote about their experience. (Videos available below to view) A celebration was held during Golden Week at the Japanese Friendship Garden this past April. Erika Germinario  Watch Here Joshua Tominaga  Watch Here Ema Saliba  Watch Here The families of each student are very proud and excited. There was an expression of gratitude and appreciation to JACL - AZ for everything members and volunteers do for the community and for inspiring the next generation! We were also happy to announce the 2nd Annual Essay Challenge recently. In memory of Norm Mineta, we continue to honor him in our essay challenge. High School students have the option of learning about the life of the distinguished career of Norm Mineta by visiting http://minetalegacyproject.com. HS Students also have the option to choose to write about Fred Korematsu and visit the Korematsu Institute at: https://korematsuinstitute.org to learn about Fred Korematsu, who challenged the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066. Arizona celebrates Fred Korematsu Day: Jan. 30, 2023. Essays due Feb. 3, 2023. Please note that essays must be anonymous for judging purposes.
Refer to https://bit.ly/JACL22Essay to apply and submit your essay. Deadline Feb 3, 2023, 11:59 PM
For more details, visit jaclaz.org. |
| | Ventura County JACL Upcoming Events |
|  | | |  | JACL is hiring for a new position in the San Francisco National Headquarters Office! Director of Finance/CFO - Regular - 32 hours/week
- Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid/work from home schedule available)
- The Director of Finance/CFO is responsible for the financial health of the organization with an annual budget of $2 million and growing. JACL has a diverse source of revenues from membership dues, charitable contributions, corporate sponsorships and partners, annual convention, grants, and a newspaper with advertising revenue.
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