September 22, 2020 For Immediate Release David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org, 202-607-7273 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs, sbaker@jacl.org Last week, Dawn Wooten, a nurse at Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Ocilla, Georgia came forward with whistleblower allegations of mass involuntary hysterectomies and gross medical neglect towards women incarcerated by Immigration and…
September 21, 2020 For Immediate Release David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org, 202-607-7273 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs, sbaker@jacl.org The loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is immeasurable. Her life was one of perseverance, meaningful dissent, and the embodiment of the idea that the arc of the moral universe is long, but bends…
September 2, 2020 For Immediate Release David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org, 202-607-7273 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs, sbaker@jacl.org Since 1971, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has worked as a nonprofit organization to provide legal services in civil rights and public services litigation. An important part of their role in fighting for…
August 25, 2020 For Immediate Release David Inoue, Executive Director dinoue@jacl.org, 202-607-7273 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs sbaker@jacl.org This past weekend, the JACL concluded two weeks of virtual proceedings in place of an in-person National Convention to elect a new National Board for the next biennium. In addition, 2 individuals…
August 20, 2020 For Immediate Release David Inoue, Executive Director dinoue@jacl.org, 202-607-7273 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs sbaker@jacl.org Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice accused Yale University of discriminating against Asian American and white applicants in its undergraduate admissions process. The DOJ has stated that Yale has violated Title…
