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JACL Weekly Digest

March 5, 2024

 

JACL National News

 

Registration and Hotel Booking Now Open for the 2024 JACL National Convention!

 

2024 JACL National Scholarship General and Arts Apps Due April 1!

 

JACL Organizational Sign-Ons

 
 

JACL Chapters News

 

San Diego JACL Monthly Virtual Dialogues

 

Seattle Day of Remembrance Proclamation

On Feb. 20th, the Seattle City Council held a Day of Remembrance observance in the chambers of the City Council.  In attendance were representatives from NVC, Seattle JACL  with Kyle Kinoshita, and Puyallup JACL with Eileen Yamada Lamphere, Densho, plus Consul General Iyori, Deputy Consul General Sumi, and Elaine Ko.  

The City Council passes a proclamation marking and observing the anniversary of the EO 9066. The proclamation was signed by the City Council and Mayor Bruce Harrel.

 
 

From Our Partners

 

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. 

 

Anju Madoka SoCal Tour 

 

Working to expand high-speed internet access with Californians for a Connected Future

We at the Japanese American Citizens League support expanding access to high-speed internet across the state so that all our communities can thrive. High-speed internet infrastructure is critical to expanding opportunity, enhancing network resiliency, and supporting a more connected future.

Our organization has joined Californians for a Connected Future (CCF), a broad coalition of business leaders, nonprofit organizations, community advocates and others across the Golden State working together to make expanded high-speed internet access a reality by modernizing our communications networks. 

Why do we need modern communications infrastructure?

  • To expand opportunity and create new pathways for Californians to participate in the global economy
  • To build more resilient networks to keep us connected during natural disasters
  • To create a brighter California by helping our state meet its environmental goals

Japanese American Citizens League is excited to join them in this important work. Learn more about CCF and how you can get involved at CAConnectedFuture.org.

 
 

Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage Fundraiser!

The Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage Committee is currently working with Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages (JAMP) to make the Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage — scheduled for June 5-8, 2024, in Arkansas — an amazing and successful community focused event. 

We need your help.  While registration fees and grants cover part of the cost of the pilgrimage (bus transport, meals, and programming), we still need additional funds to ensure that we can provide a positive and accessible experience to our full community. This includes such important elements like making presentations and intergenerational conversations available via a virtual / online experience, as well as providing scholarships for elders.

Whether you are a first-timer or returning, we encourage you to donate to the Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage.

Your donations will build and enhance the Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage — this year and beyond. Contributions to the Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage fundraiser will help with three goals:

1.  Help finance and improve this year's pilgrimage, including the establishment of an organized group to take the lead in the planning and execution of future annual pilgrimages, as well as the preservation of the two sites.

2.  Honor Jerome and Rohwer family members, including tributes and recognition of loved ones who were incarcerated at Jerome and Rohwer.

3.  Develop programs to preserve and share the Jerome/Rohwer story, including panel discussions with Jerome/Rohwer survivors and cultivating partnerships with other Japanese American and community groups with ties to Jerome and Rohwer.

All donations to the Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage Fundraiser will be used to support and successfully run the Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage. 

Thank you for your generosity!

The Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage Committee

(The group photo above was taken at the 2023 Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage, credit: Dean K. Terasaki)

 
 
 

Follow JACL on:

 

JACL Headquarters
1765 Sutter Street
San Francisco, California 94115
(415) 921-5225 | mbr@jacl.org

JACL DC Office
1612 K Street NW, Suite 1400
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 223-1240 | policy@jacl.org

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