Weekly Digest
May 30, 2023

- 2023 JACL National Convention -

Early Bird Registration Ends Tomorrow! 

Join us for a sunny, lively, and invigorating 53rd JACL Convention, "Rooted in Community", in the heart of L.A.'s Little Tokyo!

Our 2023 theme of “Rooted in Community” perfectly encompasses your cultural immersion into Little Tokyo's community organizations, museums, history, and, of course, food and shopping! We want to continue the momentum from last year's theme, "Strengthening our Community Through Action."

You can also scan the QR Code below to register! 

A Roundtable Discussion on Reparations and Allyship with Kex Studios

JACL National is organizing an online panel discussion in collaboration with Kiyoka Rhodes, an Emmy-nominated producer, director, and filmmaker, around Black and Japanese American allyship relating to the reparations movement. This online panel will take place on May 31st at 5pm EST via Zoom. 

Panelists:

Kathy Masaoka is a sansei, raised in multicultural Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, and shaped by the anti-Vietnam War and Third World movements of the late 60s, she has been involved in youth, worker, housing, and reparations issues.  A retired continuation high school teacher, Kathy is co-chair of NCRR and a member of the NP/NCRR Reparations Committee.

Traci Kato-Kiriyama (they+she) is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, author of Navigating With(out) Instruments, an organizer with the NP/NCRR Reparations Committee, and co-chair of the National Nikkei Reparations Coalition.

Aura Sunada Newlin is a fourth-generation Wyomingite, fourth-generation Japanese American, and Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation's new executive director. She is a board member of the National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts and was a founding member of the National Steering Committee for Tsuru for Solidarity.

We will focus on having an open discussion around defining allyship in the reparations space and why people should care, not only from the perspective of Japanese American communities but from all communities.

Raise the Pride Flag in the Peace Plaza

JA Community Foundation 2023 Fall Grant Cycle begins June 1!

The next grant application period will begin on Thursday, June 1, 2023

To apply, you must submit a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) through our online grant system by Monday, June 26, 2023 (5 pm, PST). If your LOI is approved, you will be invited to submit a full grant application between July 16 and August 7, 2023.

Please review the grant requirements on our website before submitting your LOI as we cannot accept applications that do not meet our criteria.  Please note that organizations with current open grants are not eligible to submit a Letter of Inquiry.  You have an open grant if your Final Report has not been approved by our Grant Committee.

To find out more about this grant cycle and submit your LOI, please visit our website and check FAQ's. 

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@jagives.org.  

JACL New Membership Card Survey

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...

Complicity and Conscience in America's World War II Concentration Camps for Japanese-Americans

Join Hogan Lovells for a panel discussion with Eric Muller, Professor of Law in Jurisprudence and Ethics at the University of North Carolina School of Law, for a discussion on his latest book, "Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America's World War II Concentration Camps."

The book highlights the contradictory instructions given to lawyers: to provide legal counsel to the prisoners while also keeping the concentration camps running. This struggle leads the lawyers to make difficult moral decisions that reveal the complex nature of their role in upholding the unjust system. As we delve into the stories of these lawyers, we are confronted with the harsh reality of how the legal system and government institutions can be used to perpetrate injustice and systemic racism.

Research Study on Racial Encounters in the Asian American Community

Help Find a Match for Mama Grannis!

From Kina Grannis: 

Hi! Kina, Emi, and Misa Grannis here. Thanks for coming to help save our mom’s life. Here’s the deal: If you know our family, you know that our mom is an incredibly magical human. If you don’t know our family, trust us when we tell you that she brings light to everything and everyone she touches. Right now, she needs your help.

The short version:

1. Mama G has a bone marrow cancer called myelofibrosis.

2. She needs a blood stem cell donor* as soon as possible to save her life.

3. To see if you are her match, all you have to do is swab your cheeks with DKMS provided swabs.

*Due to our mom’s specific condition, she needs a blood stem cell donor, not a bone marrow donor. It’s a different (and much simpler) donation process. Either way, all that’s required up front are cheek swabs.

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