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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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Tomorrow is the Last Day to Sign Up for JACL Teacher Training Workshop! |
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JACL Affirms Right to Reproductive Freedom |
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September 3, 2021 In 1973, the Supreme Court made the landmark decision that ruled access to abortion and one’s right to choose as protected under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Roe v. Wade has been one of the most contested and debated Supreme Court decisions in recent history. Since the court made its decision, it has come under attack by numerous state and local organizations. Unfortunately, his year has been no different. In the first half of 2021 alone, more than 90 laws restricting abortion access have passed in several state legislatures. Tuesday, Texas enacted the most restrictive abortion law to date; banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. On Wednesday, a narrow majority of the Supreme Court ignored 48 years of precedent in allowing the Texas law to stand. |
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JACL On the Recently Released 2020 FBI Hate Crimes Statistics |
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September 1, 2021 The 2020 FBI Crime Statistics report was released earlier this week and serves as a reminder of the importance of tracking and recording hate crimes data. From 2019 to 2020 the number of incidents of Anti-Asian hate increased 70%, from 161 to 274. In comparison, overall hate crimes increased only 6.5%. This disproportionate increase is alarming but fails to capture the full scope of what the Asian American community has experienced in the past year and a half. Other community-based sites have collected reports of over 9,000 incidents from March 2020 to June 2021. Crimes are either not being fully reported and recorded due to victim reticence or an agency’s failure to report, or possible hate crimes are not being identified by law enforcement and prosecutors. This was demonstrated recently in the high-profile Atlanta area shootings where the murderer was not charged with racial bias by one of the prosecutors despite the specific targeting of Asian-owned and operated businesses. |
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JACL Back to School Weekly Feature Recap! |
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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 1 focused on our Teacher Training Workshops. Which are one of our most powerful tools in creating positive social change. We organize workshops for educators all over the country to learn about the WWII Japanese American incarceration and the historic contributions of Asian Americans. We incorporate lessons on racial bias today including post 9/11 discrimination to Muslim Americans and stopping AAPI hate now. |
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Executive Director, David Inoue's Speech at Lincoln Memorial Rally |
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On Saturday, August 28, 2021, Executive Director, David Inoue spoke at the Make Good Trouble Rally in honor of the 58th Anniversary of the March on Washington and to push for further protection for voting rights, D.C. Statehood, and more! You can read the full speech or watch the full program below. (Remarks from David are around the 2:30:00 mark) |
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Race in America: USA Today Special Issue |
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JACL and other civil rights leaders spoke with USA Today about the past year of protests, increasing anti-Asian violence, and the pandemic's effects on communities of color. You can view remarks from Executive Director, David Inoue and other AAPI leaders starting on page 40. |
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JANM Author Discussion—When Can We Go Back to America? with Susan Kamei |
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Saturday, September 25th - 2:00-3:30pm PDT In this virtual program, Susan H. Kamei will discuss her new book, When Can We Go Back to America?: Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during WWII, and the lessons that she hopes readers of all ages will take from it. She will be joined in conversation by William A. Darity Jr., Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Duke University, and A. Kirsten Mullen, writer, folklorist, museum consultant, and lecturer. This program is presented in partnership with the Japanese American Citizens League and the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. JACL members should email publicprograms@janm.org with the subject line "JACL tickets - When Can We Go Back to America?" to receive FREE admission to the program. Zoom information will be sent directly to all who register. |
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Tadaima 2021 Registration Now Open! |
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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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