Weekly Digest
October 25, 2022

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

AAJA and MVJ Urge Newsrooms to Avoid Using the Word “Kamikaze” in Ukraine Coverage

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. 

Fall 2022 JACL National Board Meeting

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. 

For Youth Members - Building Bridges: The Japanese American Incarceration Experience hosted by AJC and JACCC

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.

Volunteer Opportunities with APIAVote for Midterm Elections

Before They Take Us Away Screening  at Berkeley Video & Film Festival, October 30

The Berkeley Video & Film Festival presents the Bay Area premiere of the award-winning documentary film, Before They Take Us Away

WHEN:  Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m.

WHERE:   East Bay Media Center, 1939 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

TICKETS:  Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at: berkeleyvideofilmfest.org or by calling: (510) 843-3699

For more information, please visit the Before They Take Us Away website at: https://www.beforetheytakeusaway.com/ or e-mail: theitosisters@gmail.com.

Changemakers Summit 2022 from Act to Change, Hate is a Virus, and Stop AAPI Hate

From our friends at Act to Change: 

Changemakers Summit 2022 is a national AAPI Youth Conference created in partnership with Act to Change, Hate is a Virus, and Stop AAPI Hate . Designed to support, connect & develop the next generation of AAPI youth activists, our conference this year will center around the theme of Intergenerational & Intersectional Activism. The Changemakers Summit will take place virtually on October 29, 2022 from 10:00am – 3:00pm PDT. The target audience is AAPI youth ranging from middle school to college students. As a broader forum for the AAPI community to center and support youth leaders, we invite educators, mentors, and other leaders within the AAPI community to participate and share their knowledge. We plan to host a variety of workshops, speaker panels, and community discussions that attendees can choose to partake in, across three different tracks:

1. Who Are We? (Identity Development) 

2. What Impacts Us? (Issue Exploration) 

3. How Can We Create Change? (Skill-Building) 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...

San Diego JACL Monthly Dialogue with Taiga Takahashi

Date Change- San Diego JACL Monthly Virtual Dialogues: Gary Sosa

Irei - A National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Launches at JANM

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.

2023 JACS Program Grant Applications Available Now!

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. 

JACL is Hiring!

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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