JACL Weekly Digest

May 28, 2024

JACL National News

Register Now for the 2024 JACL National Convention! 1 month left!

Registration closes on June 18th, 2024!

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!

New Trailer for "League of Dreams"!

A new trailer is available for our documentary film being made in conjunction with filmmaker, Lane Nishikawa! "The League of Dreams", examining the 95-year history of the JACL. The film is currently in its final stages of production and will be screened at the 2024 JACL National Convention this summer! Be sure to join us in Philadelphia to get your first look. 

76th Annual Memorial Day Service Recording Now Available

NCAPA's 2024 Policy Platform Release this Thursday!

JACL Chapters News

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

San Diego JACL Monthly Dialogues

JACL DC Chapter Picnic

Santa Cruz Japanese Cultural Fair Sponsored by Watsonville Santa Cruz JACL

The purpose of the Japanese Cultural Fair is to provide an opportunity for the community to increase its awareness and understanding of Japanese culture. We believe that through increased education and exposure to the culture of Japan, we can help to improve mutual understanding among neighbors of the Pacific Rim and enrich the community of Santa Cruz.

The 2024 Japanese Cultural Fair will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2024 from 11:00 am-6:00 pm at the Mission Plaza Park in Santa Cruz.  Our Watsonville-Santa Cruz JACL Chapter is one of the sponsors of the Japanese Cultural Fair and will have a booth.  Please come visit us!

Shuttle: FREE JCF Shuttle Bus courtesy of Santa Cruz Toyota.  Every year, shuttle service to and from the  Santa Cruz Government Center to the Fair is provided free of charge!

Service Dogs only on a lease in the Park on the day of the Fair. Handicapped parking spaces will be available on Emmett Street.

For more details, see the Japanese Cultural Fair website at https://www.jcfsantacruz.org

From Our Partners

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Day of Remembrance now available to view for APAHM

The panel featured a discussion with William A. Harris, the director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum; artist and biologist Perrin Ireland, Roosevelt’s great-granddaughter; and Madeline Y. Hsu, professor of history and director of the Center for Global Migration Studies at the University of Maryland. Moderated by David Inoue, the executive director of the Japanese American Citizens League, the discussion resonates with the Smithsonian’s goal “to create a hopeful future for all people using history and reconciliation to contextualize and transform our understandings and responses to race and racism.”

https://youtu.be/TW35ZWiEC68?si=Uk3Sl0x8zLMftO47

Upcoming Events from the Japanese American Resource Center of Colorado

Saturday, June 8, 2024 / Legacy of the Plains Museum / Japanese Hall Grand Opening

                 9:00 am - 5:00 pm / 2930 Old Oregon Trail / Gering, Nebraska

                 Celebration & Banquet from 5:30 pm / RSVP Required

                 Gering Civic Center / 1050 M Street, Gering, Nebraska

                 see attachments for more information (Japanese Hall News, General Opening)

Monday-Friday, April 15 - June 17 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

                The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology Presents:

                 Artistic and Archaeological Explorations of Internment Gardens

                 Featuring art of Amache survivor, Lily Havey and Archaeological research led

                 by DU's Dr. Bonnie Clark / 2000 E. Asbury / Sturm 102 / Denver, CO

                 see attachment to register (artistic and archaeological) 

Saturday - Sunday, June 22-23 / Sakura Foundation and The Tri-State Buddhist Temple

                 The 50^th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival 

                 Sakura Square: Between 19^th & 20^th Street and Lawrence & Larimer 

Saturday - Sunday, June 22-23 

                 Japanese American Resource Center of Colorado (JARCC)

                 In conjunction with the Cherry Blossom Festival at Sakura Square

                 JARCC's "All Things Japanese Sale" + JARCC's "International Room"

                 THANK YOU! to all of our Generous Donors and Tireless Volunteers!

Saturday, July 6, 2024 / Colorado Okinawa Association 

                  50^th Anniversary Celebration / 11:00 am - 3:30 pm / Free Admission

                  Douglas County Event Center / 500 Fairgrounds Rd. / Castle Rock, CO 

                  see attachment for more information (thumbnail) 

Japanese American Support for Black Reparations: How to Talk About It

Voices in Solidarity - Virtual Fundraiser and Evening in Community

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