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JACL is hiring for the position of full-time business manager and part business assistant for immediate hire. To view the position descriptions click the following links: Business Manager Business Assistant To apply for either position, please send a detailed resume with a cover letter summarizing your qualifications as well as your interest in the position and JACL to jobs@jacl.org. Please send any questions about this posting also to jobs@jacl.org. |
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JACL Supports Haitian Asylum Seekers |
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September 23, 2021 The JACL stands with Haitian refugees seeking asylum in America and is appalled by the blatantly inhumane immigration policies being conducted by the Biden administration. In the past week, we have witnessed images of the mistreatment of Haitian refugees and inhumane conditions in Del Rio. Many Haitian refugees are seeking asylum from the turmoil in their country after a massive earthquake and tropical storm struck Haiti in August 2021, and the assassination of their president in July 2021. This earthquake itself left over 2,200 Haitians dead and over 12,000 injured. Now, instead of a humane approach towards these refugees and their families suffering, we instead see CBP agents on horseback running after Haitian refugees... |
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Camp Harmony Dedication with Puyallup Arts Downtown and Puyallup Valley JACL |
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Take Part in Onigiri Action with New England JACL and Table for Two |
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"Coming Out, Coming Home" Hosted by Salt Lake City JACL and Okaeri |
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Today is National Voter Registration Day! Register today with help from our friends at APIAVote! Or join our partners for an NVRD Textbank Party! |
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Registration Open for 2021 JACS Education Conference! |
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Minidoka Call to Action Deadline Extended! |
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THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 20TH! "Minidoka National Historic Site’s historic, natural, and cultural resources are being threatened. Magic Valley Energy has proposed the Lava Ridge Wind Project, a 400-unit wind turbine field on 73,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property adjacent to Minidoka, 25 miles northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho. If built, it will be one of the largest in the U.S. Several turbines are slated to be installed on the historic footprint of the camp, and almost all are completely visible from the WWII Japanese American incarceration site in Southern Idaho. The proposed project includes up to 400 wind energy generating turbines, up to seven new substations, approximately 198 miles of 34.5 kilovolt (kV) collector lines, 34 miles of 230 kV transmission lines, 18 miles of 500 kV transmission lines, 381 miles of access roads, 47 miles of temporary crane walk paths, a battery energy storage system, three operations and maintenance facilities, five permanent met towers, and construction-related staging yards. Engineering is preliminary, but the turbines may have a maximum height (including the rotor) of up to 740 feet." |
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JACL Back to School Weekly Feature Recap! Week 4! |
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In case you missed it! For the next 6 weeks, on Thursday or Friday, we’ll send you a short email that highlights one part of our education program. The Weekly Feature runs in conjunction with our Centennial Education Fund campaign that celebrates 100 years of JACL’s education work. Week 4 focused on the Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium! JACSC is a national network of organizations working to preserve sites and artifacts related to the Japanese American incarceration experience during World War II and dedicated to interpreting this history for the benefit of public education. The Consortium began in 2015, thanks to funding from the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program. The JACL serves as one of the original founders of the Consortium and as a member of the Administrative Council alongside our partners at Friends of Minidoka, Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, Japanese American National Museum, National Japanese American Historical Society, and the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation. Learn more about the consortium at: jacsc.org |
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2022 JACS Grant Applications Open Now! |
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Fiscal Year 2022 Japanese American Confinement Sites grant applications must be received by Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 5:00pm (Mountain Time). Note: this is not a postmark date. Congress established the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant program (Public Law 109-441, 120 Stat. 3288) for the preservation and interpretation of U.S. confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. The law authorized up to $38 million for the entire life of the grant program to identify, research, evaluate, interpret, protect, restore, repair, and acquire historic confinement sites in order that present and future generations may learn and gain inspiration from these sites and that these sites will demonstrate the nation’s commitment to equal justice under the law. |
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City of San Francisco Slows Plans to Purchase Kimpton Buchanan in SF Japantown |
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After holding open community calls and receiving letters and statements from community members and organizations, the City of San Francisco announced they would be slowing their plans to purchase the Kimpton Buchanan Hotel in San Francisco Japantown and convert it into housing for the city's homeless community. While the hotel is still under consideration by the city, there are several other sites that are now also under consideration. The JACL has been involved in these discussions on the local, district, and national levels. Click the links below to read through statements and letters from local chapters and the community, and a petition in opposition to the hotel's sale. |
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Watch "20 Years Post 9/11" from SALDEF |
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Yesterday, our partners at SALDEF hosted a virtual symposium titled "20 Years Post 9/11" looking at the aftermath of the attacks and what it has meant for MASA and AANHPI communities. You can watch the full program on SALDEF's Facebook page by clicking the link below. |
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Berkeley Oral History Project Seeking Project Participants |
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UC Berkeley's Oral History Project is seeking Nikkei who have had parents/grandparents/great grandparents who have been incarcerated in Manzanar and Topaz concentration camps. How do people heal? Through new oral history interviews, this project will document and disseminate the ways in which intergenerational trauma and healing occurred after the U.S. government's incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. These interviews will examine and compare how private memory, creative expression, place, and public interpretation intersect at two sites of incarceration: Manzanar in California and Topaz in Utah. To nominate yourself or someone else for this project please complete the Nomination Form. |
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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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