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Give to JACL on Giving Tuesday! |
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| We're calling our 2021 Holiday Campaign the Spirit of Community! Thank you for co-creating the wonderful spirit of our community. Please donate today so we can protect our community, build with all communities, and reach more communities! | | |
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Gift a JACL Membership with our Otoshidama Campaign! |
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| New Year's Day holds a special place in Japanese culture. During this season, families come together to celebrate the dawning of a new year by engaging in traditional activities, such as Otoshidama. Otoshidama is the tradition of presenting children a monetary gift in the form of a special envelope that bears the new year's zodiac sign (next year’s zodiac sign is the Tiger). We wish for you to join us in celebrating and honoring the long-standing Japanese tradition of Otoshidama by gifting or renewing a membership for someone you cherish dearly today. | | |
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Give Back by Sharing Your JACL Story! |
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Want to give without spending any money? We'd like to ask you to please share with us your experience as a JACL member! We understand that not everyone has the privilege or luxury of donating at this time; as such, please consider submitting your story as a to give back this Giving Tuesday. We’ve set up a Google Form in which you can answer our pre-made questions and/or write out your own testimony as a JACL member. It only takes a couple of minutes, and we would greatly appreciate the chance to hear from YOU! Please email mbr@jacl.org for any questions. |
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A Stain on American Jurisprudence: What "Korematsu vs. United States" Means for Us Today |
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The forcible relocation of U.S. citizens to concentration camps, solely and explicitly on the basis of race, is objectively unlawful and outside the scope of Presidential authority." - Chief Justice John Roberts on Korematsu v. United States, 2018. Join us virtually to hear from two Asian American luminaries: Dale Minami, lead attorney on the legal team that overturned the conviction of Fred Korematsu, and Dr. Karen Korematsu, Founder and Executive Director of the Korematsu Institute, a non-profit dedicated to advancing racial equity, social justice and human rights for all. Lane Nishikawa, actor, and independent filmmaker will facilitate a discussion as we hear behind-the-scenes stories from the case and the implications and relevance of Korematsu in our world today. See biographies for the panelists here. This program is co-sponsored with the San Diego Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization in the United States. Their mission is to safeguard the civil rights of Asian Americans and all others who are victimized by injustice and bigotry and to promote and preserve the heritage and legacy of Japanese Americans. |
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JACL is Hiring for a New Fellow! |
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JACL is now hiring for the Norman Y. Mineta Fellowship to start in January 2022! The fellowships provide the opportunity to work on advocacy at a national level through the National JACL office based in Washington, D.C. As a fellow, you will become a key component of the D.C. team. In this position you will be working with JACL staff, other fellows, and the executive director, collectively working to mobilize and inform local chapters. To learn more about the position and apply please click here! |
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2022 JACL NEH "Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis: The Japanese American Experience" Applications Now Open! |
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| | Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis: The Japanese American Experience JACL and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are inviting seventy-two educators to explore the historical significance and enduring legacy of the World War II Japanese American incarceration experience and the reparations movement. While past participants are primarily social studies and humanities teachers at the K-12 levels, all are invited to apply. This NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop will be offered twice: June 19-24 and July 10-15, 2022. Participants will be staying in the historic Little Tokyo neighborhood in Los Angeles with the majority of programming being at our host institution, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), with day trips to Santa Anita Park (a WWII temporary “assembly center”) and Manzanar National Historic Site (one of the ten permanent WWII “internment” camps). This will be one of the last times we are able to host a workshop with living camp survivors as the WWII generation passes the torch to future ones. | | |
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2022 NEH Landmarks Programs from JANM and Heart Mountain! |
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Help the Library of Congress Identify Photographs of Japanese Americans
Incarcerated During WWII |
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From The Library of Congress - "Previously unidentified, we were able to add her name, Shizuko Ina, and information about her incarceration experience to the public record. A blog post interview with her daughter, Satsuki Ina, describes the experience. We have now finished scanning and cataloging the remaining War Relocation Authority photographs in our collections. Many of the people depicted in the WRA images are unidentified. The Prints & Photographs Division is now digitally sharing 30 WRA photographs through an album in the Library of Congress Flickr Project. Survivors and descendants of the incarceration during World War II are encouraged to provide names of unidentified persons and deeper context for the history behind the photos. You can see more photographs of the forced removal of Japanese Americans by searching in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. All are welcome to comment on the photographs posted in the Flickr album, and the information you provide there may be added to the catalog records for the images in the online catalog. Identifications and comments for additional WRA photographs can be submitted to Library of Congress Ask A Librarian." |
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2022 Minoru Yasui Legacy Project Scholarships |
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The 2022 Minoru Yasui Student Contest is now accepting applications! The submission deadline is March 1, 2022. This year, there will be a $1000 grand prize for the Senior Division and a $500 grand prize for the Junior Division. For the full criteria, requirements, resources, and awards, please visit the Minoru Yasui Legacy Project’s Student Contest website |
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Updated Link: USC Seeking Nisei students whose educations were disrupted by WWII |
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JACL Anti-Hate and Hate Crime Resources For resources, toolkits, articles, and more about anti-hate programs and hate crimes, you can visit our page on JACL.org by clicking the link below. |
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H.R. 40 Updates and Join in Support |
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Last Wednesday, April 14, the House Judiciary Committee voted for the first time in the bill's 30 year history to advance H.R. 40 to the House floor for a full vote! This is a monumental step in bill's life and a start towards righting another wrong in our nation's history. JACL Executive Director, David Inoue, discusses JACL’s support of H.R. 40. H.R. 40 would create a commission to examine the institution of slavery, its legacy, and make recommendations to Congress for reparations, beginning a process of repairing and restoring after centuries of enslavement. Click the image above to watch the full video statement. |
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