30th Anniversary Screening of "Picture Bride" hosted by The Repertory Screenings Forum and Greater Los Angeles JACL

The Repertory Screenings Forum and Greater Los Angeles JACL are co-sponsoring a special one-time benefit screening of the award-winning 1995 movie “Picture Bride”.

The screening will take place from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14, at the 700-seat Gardena Cinema, located at 14948 Crenshaw Blvd. in Gardena, Calif. Built in 1946, the vintage Gardena Cinema is one of Los Angeles County’s last remaining independently owned, standalone movie houses. Tickets may be purchased online using the link below.

A portion of the proceeds from the screening will benefit Pacific Citizen, the 96-year-old newspaper of the Japanese American Citizens League.

Salt Lake City JACL Oral History Project!

We want to hear from you! Japanese Americans are not a monolith. We each have unique family histories and stories to share. Help us preserve the legacy of Japanese Americans in Utah and highlight the rich history and diversity of our community.

Please email Kelly Asao at kellyasao@gmail.com to participate in our oral history project!

Portland Japanese American Community Honors Centenarians

The Greater Portland Japanese American community came together to recognize 13 honorees at the third annual Centenarian Luncheon held on October 25.

And zero honorees arrived in a wheelchair.   Said Gresham-Troutdale chapter president and event chair Terry Nishikawa, "I know one who is 102 and she swims almost every day."

The annual luncheon honors those who are 95 years old and older, and this year featured Consul General Ken Todoriki as the keynote speaker.  The six community organizations that joined together and collaborated are the Gresham-Troutdale and Portland JACL, the Japanese Ancestral Society of Portland, the Japanese American Museum of Oregon, the Veleda Club, and Ikoi no Kai.  

Photos by Rich Iwasaki

Top Left: keynote speaker Consul General Ken Todoriki. Bottom Left: the honorees with Consul General Ken Todoriki. Bottom Right: the six community organizations planning committee with Consul General Ken Todoriki.

November 20: Visiting Writers Series presents: Satsuki Ina

The English Department at Colorado College's Visiting Writers Series presents: a reading by Dr. Satsuki Ina, a licensed psychotherapist specializing in community trauma and the author of The Poet and the Silk Girl (Heyday Books, 2024). Ina is also a filmmaker and an activist; she co-founded Tsuru for Solidarity, a nonviolent, direct-action project of Japanese American social justice advocates working to end detention sites.

Her reading will be followed by a conversation moderated by Brandon Shimoda, Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing.

The event is co-sponsored by Asian Studies Program, the History Department, and the Mile High Japanese American Citizens League (Denver), with additional support from The Golden Lotus Foundation.

November 22: Students in Advocacy - Finding Your Voice and Taking Action

December 6: JACL Detroit Chapter Mochitsuki!

December 6: Monterey JACL Mochi Making

December 9: What does it mean to be Japanese American? Hosted by San Diego JACL

2026 Minoru Yasui Student Contest

Tsuru for Solidarity is Hiring! Director of Operations and Community Organizer 

Tsuru for Solidarity’s mission is to educate, advocate, and protest to close all detention sites; build solidarity with other communities of color that have experienced forced removal, detention, deportation, separation of families, and other forms of racial and state violence; coordinate intergenerational, cross-community healing circles addressing the trauma of our shared histories. Tsuru for Solidarity is a program of Community Initiatives.