 | | Weekly Digest
June 21, 2022 |
| | | 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 |
| | 2022 JACL National Convention Registration! |
|  | Join us in person or virtually for our 2022 National Convention! Registration closes July 27th, 2022 so be sure to register before then - we will NOT be having on-site registration this year! We also have Virtual Rates! For this year's special hybrid format, we have expanded access to allow our members to attend from all around the world! Tickets are limited. |
| | Convention Schedule at a Glance! |
|  | | Los Angeles Memorial for Secretary Norman Mineta this Week |
|  | The Japanese American National Museum invites you to celebrate the extraordinary life of Norman Y. Mineta, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, on Saturday, June 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT. JANM valued Secretary Mineta for his leadership and the wealth of contributions he made to the advancement of equality, justice, and liberty for all. Join us as we honor his exceptional life and legacy and his deep and abiding commitment to our community and to building a just future for coming generations. The Celebration of Life will be emceed by David Ono, co-anchor for ABC7 Eyewitness News. Programming includes reflections from U.S. Representative Mark Takano; Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles, Akira Muto; L.A. County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis; JANM President and CEO, Ann Burroughs; Board Chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, Shirley Ann Higuchi; Hideki Hamamoto; Stuart Mineta; and interfaith and community leaders. All are welcome to attend either in person or online. The museum galleries will open at 12 p.m. PDT on that day and admission will be free. IN PERSON RSVP LIVESTREAM LINK Please note that seating is limited and will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis with RSVP. Please RSVP online and arrive early to allow for parking and seating. Seating will begin at 9:45 a.m. Overflow seated viewing of the event livestream will be available in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum at JANM. One-hour screenings of the documentary, Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story, will be screening at JANM at 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Seating will begin 15 minutes in advance of each showtime. The screenings are sponsored by the Mineta Legacy Project. Learn more at JANM.org |
| | Join us, this Weekend, June 25th for the Unity March! |
|  | When we unite, we will bring real change. On June 25th, 2022, step out and march with us in Washington, D.C. to advance equitable representation and rights for all of our communities. The Unity March is the first large-scale, Asian American-led march to take place. We invite you to join our efforts to bring together 25,000+ advocates and allies to DC, with satellite actions across the country, for a full program with speeches by diverse community leaders to tell our story of pan-racial power, unity, and resilience. Join the movement: www.unitymarch.com |
| | This Week - NCWNP Spring Summit! |
|  | NCWNP Spring Summit will be on Saturday, June 25th, from 11 - 3 PM. The Summit will include a museum tour of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMSJ), an interactive workshop, and much more! RSVP at tinyurl.com/ncwnpyouthsummit. For those who RSVP for the event, we will be providing a free bento lunch (please include any dietary restrictions in your RSVP). Please note: the JAMSJ requires proof of vaccination and boosted status, a valid ID, and face coverings to be worn at all times within the museum. If you feel ill or have been recently exposed, please practice social distance when possible. |
| | Open Now: Baseball’s Bridge to the Pacific: Celebrating the Legacy of Japanese American Baseball |
|  | Schedule: - Showcase Event: July 19, 2022 - MLB All-Star Game, Dodger Stadium
- Roadshow: Angel Stadium of Anaheim (TBD)
“Baseball’s Bridge to the Pacific: Celebrating the Legacy of Japanese American Baseball” pays tribute to the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 and the 150th anniversary of US-Japan Baseball diplomacy (1872-2022). The exhibition consists of historical panels and prewar artifacts that chronicle the introduction of baseball to Japan in the early 1870’s to the first Japanese American teams in 1903, the early tours by these Nikkei teams to Asia starting in 1914 helped usher in the start of professional baseball in Japan in 1936. These marginalized, invisible and forgotten American ballplayers could not play and raise the bar in MLB due to the racial prejudice of their times, so they played in leagues of their own against Negro Leagues and Latin American teams. During WWII, the U.S. government imprisoned their own citizens, yet still Japanese Americans kept the all-American Pastime alive, even from behind barbed wire in the ten major incarceration camps. Post-war resettlement brought the healing agent of baseball back to the communities and third-generation Nikkei players were finally welcomed to professional baseball Exhibit Sponsored by: - Nisei Baseball Research Project
- Arizona Baseball Legacy and Experience
- JACL-AZ Chapter
Project leads: Support the exhibit with a donation! Photos of the exhibit opening courtesy of JACL Executive Director, David Inoue! |
|  |  |  |  |  | | JACL Remembers Vincent Chin 40 Years Later |
|  | June 17, 2022 - "This (past) Sunday, June 19th, mark(ed) 40 years since Vincent Chin was brutally beaten in Detroit at his bachelor party by two autoworkers who mistook him for being Japanese. Chin’s death, and its aftermath, are a constant reminder that even now, 40 years later, our AANHPI community is still susceptible to hate-fueled acts motivated by racism; however, at the same time, it is also a reminder of how we have found strength in our community." |
| | | Photos and Recordings from Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance & Rededication |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | | | |  | Our friends at Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages have made a list of upcoming pilgrimages for the Summer of 2022 including the 53rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, the 2022 In-Person Amache Pilgrimage, 2022 Virtual Tule Lake Pilgrimage, and the 2022 In-Person Heart Mountain Pilgrimage! Click the link below to find out more! |
| | | JACL Organizational Sign Ons |
| | | | Go For Broke National Education Center 2022 Essay and Poetry Contest |
|  | | | |  | 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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