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Weekly Digest
November 1, 2022 |
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Send Us Your Events! As JACL chapters and our partner organizations return to in-person programming, please be sure to send us chapter events or other community events to share with JACL members here in the Weekly Digest or on our social media channels! We want to showcase the variety of programs, events, and partnerships that our members take part in and offer opportunities for new members or supporters to get involved. You can send us information using the contact form on the JACL.org homepage. Thank you! - JACL Staff |
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Fall 2022 JACL National Board Meeting |
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On Saturday, November 5th, and Sunday, November 6th, 2022, the JACL National Board will be hosting its quarterly board meeting. The board meeting will be open to the public and be held in person for the first time in almost 3 years. A hybrid option will be available but you must RSVP in order to join. Details on joining the meeting and other information necessary will be sent out following registration, no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting's start time. For those attending in person, the board meeting will be held at the JACL National Headquarters in San Francisco's Japantown at 1765 Sutter Street at 1:00 pm PST on November, 5th and 9:00 am PST on November, 6th. Anyone attending in person will be required to follow COVID guidelines, including wearing a mask (when not speaking or eating) during the meeting, and must be fully vaccinated according to CDC guidelines. |
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JACL Reaffirms Support for Affirmative Action |
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October 31, 2022 [Yesterday] morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two current affirmative action cases: Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and SFFA v. Harvard University. JACL has joined 36 other AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) civil rights organizations and advocates in signing onto Asian American Advancing Justice (AAJC)'s amicus brief in support of race-conscious admissions. The amicus brief details the harms and addresses misconceptions of race-neutral admission practices. As we get closer to a decision by the courts in these cases, we must stay committed to preventing any potential action that can impede our ability to express our identities and lived experiences. |
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Remembrance Day 2022 at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial |
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From the Nikkei National Musem The Remembrance Day ceremony at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park will be held in person, starting at 10:40 am on November 11. All are welcome to attend and registration is not required. There will be no reception this year. The ceremony will be live-streamed on the NNMCC YouTube channel for those who wish to take part from home. |
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Los Angeles Day of Remembrance Save the Date and Remember to Vote! |
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2023 JACS Program Grant Applications Due Next Week! |
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Applications for the 2023 JACS Program Grants have opened and are available now through the November 9th deadline. You can apply and learn more about the JACS Program below. |
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Volunteer Opportunities with APIAVote for Midterm Elections |
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From our friends at APIAVote - As we enter the final stretch of this election cycle, we need all the help we can get. If you've got folks in your network who are looking to help us help our friends down in Texas and elsewhere across the country who needs help reaching out into their communities, have them sign up for a phonebanking shift with us. All training will be provided! We also still need folks to volunteer on our 1-888-API-VOTE election protection hotline (bonus points if they speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Hindi, Urdu, or Bengali). We have shift gaps at the following times: - Wednesday, November 2nd from 10:00AM - 2:00PM EST
- Wednesday, November 2nd from 2:00PM - 6:00PM EST
- Friday, November 4th from 10:00AM - 2:00PM EST
- Friday, November 4th from 2:00PM - 6:00PM EST
- Saturday, November 5th from 1:00PM - 5:00PM EST
If you're in the DMV area, we could really use the help at one of our in-person Phonebanking Parties! Food will be provided and we'll gather together to make calls to voters across the country (but primarily in Texas). You can RSVP here. The remaining dates are: - Thursday, November 3rd from 5:30PM EST - 9:00PM EST
- Saturday, November 5th from
12:30PM EST - 4:00PM EST TIME CHANGE | 10:30AM EST - 2:00PM EST |
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JACL Organizational Sign Ons |
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For Youth Members - Building Bridges: The Japanese American Incarceration Experience hosted by AJC and JACCC |
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From our partners at AJC and JACCC - Join us Thursday, November 17th from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. for AJC ACCESS’ second event in partnership with the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) - Building Bridges: Understanding the Japanese American Incarceration Experience. A Japanese American National Museum (JANM) docent will guide our guests through "Common Ground: The Heart of Community". Incorporating hundreds of objects, documents, and photographs from JANM’s collection, this exhibition chronicles Japanese American history, beginning in the late 1800s with the early days of the Issei (first generation) pioneers and continuing through the World War II incarceration, post-war resettlement, and the redress movement. The tour will be followed by a happy hour on JACCC’s campus, with musical guest Zach Moses. We are looking forward to seeing you there! The tour will be hosted at JANM’s campus, 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012. You may choose an English language tour or a Japanese language tour. We must begin promptly at 6:00, so please arrive at least ten minutes early to ensure we can begin on time. Please RSVP by Thursday, November 10th. Each tour will be limited to 30 persons. |
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AAJA and MVJ Urge Newsrooms to Avoid Using the Word “Kamikaze” in Ukraine Coverage |
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From our friends at AAJA - The Asian American Journalists Association and Military Veterans in Journalism urge newsrooms to refrain from the use of the Japanese word “kamikaze” to describe the self-detonating Iranian-made drones that Russia is using to conduct attacks in Ukraine. It is an inaccurate use of the term in the context of the developments in Ukraine, and the term evokes imagery of Japanese aggression in World War II that could lead to harmful stigmatization of Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders. |
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San Diego JACL Monthly Dialogue with Taiga Takahashi |
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Date Change- San Diego JACL Monthly Virtual Dialogues: Gary Sosa |
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Irei - A National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Launches at JANM |
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Led by USC Ito Center Director Duncan Ryuken Williams and Project Creative Director Sunyoung Lee, the Irei Monument Project expands and re-envisions what a monument is through three distinct, interlinking elements: a sacred book of names as monument (慰霊帳 Ireichō), an online archive as monument (慰霊蔵 Ireizō), and light sculptures as monument (慰霊碑 Ireihi). Drawing on traditions of monuments built in America’s internment and concentrations camps—such as the Manzanar Ireito, the Amache Ireito, and Rohwer’s Ireihi (Soul Consolation Towers or Monuments)—the project aims to memorialize the past and repair the fractures caused by America’s racial karma. The Ireichō (a large-sized book of names) contains the first comprehensive listing of over 125,000 persons of Japanese ancestry who were incarcerated in US Army, Department of Justice, Wartime Civil Control Administration, and War Relocation Authority camps. Embedded into the very materiality of the Ireicho are special ceramic pieces made from soil collected by the project from seventy-five former incarceration sites from Alaska to Hawaii, Arkansas to California, and from almost every other region of the United States. |
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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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