February 19, 2019 For Immediate Release David Inoue, Executive Directordinoue@jacl.org, 202-223-1240 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairssbaker@jacl.org Washington, DC – On this 77th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, we do more than just remember the Presidential order that enabled the incarceration of nearly 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans. We remember the…
February 15, 2019 For Immediate Release David Inoue, Executive Director dinoue@jacl.org, 202-223-1240 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs sbaker@jacl.org Washington, DC – Following Congressional passage of a spending bill that included significant spending for border security, the President has declared a national emergency to further expand the border wall. Even without…
Supreme Court Allows Transgender Military Ban to Go Forward Supreme Court Takes No Action on DACA JACL Marches for Women’s Rights JACL Announces the Opening of a Multimedia Exhibit on Wartime Incarceration Toshizo Watanabe Study Abroad Scholarship Program National JACL Announces 2019 Scholarship Program Seattle JACL Announces Scholarship Opportunities Kaiser…
Press Release David Inoue, Executive Directordinoue@jacl.org, 202-223-1240 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairssbaker@jacl.org Washington, DC – As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, approximately 800,000 government workers are missing their first paycheck of the year. The result for many of these workers will be an inability to pay for fundamental expenses…
In this week’s Digest: JACL Wishes You a Happy New Year! JACL Concerned by Spike in Southeast Asian Deportations JACL Announces the Opening of a Multimedia Exhibit on Wartime Incarceration Updates from the December, 2018 Kakehashi trip National JACL Announces 2019 Scholarship Program Join the National Youth/Student Council JACL Is…
Daniel K. Inouye Fellowship The Daniel K. Inouye Fellowship is named for the late United States senator from Hawaii. The fellow will monitor key legislative initiatives of importance to the JACL mission, and design and implement JACL-sponsored programs among other tasks and duties. The fellowship provides the opportunity to work…
December 10, 2018 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Department of Homeland Security 20 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20529-2140 Re: DHS Docket No. USCIS-2010-0012-0001, Comments in Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds Dear Sir/Madam: I am writing on behalf of the Japanese American Citizens League in…
In this week’s Digest: Giving Tuesday is TODAY JACL Opposes the Nomination of Kathy Kraninger to Lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau JACL Condemns Proposed Changes to Public Charge Definition Tell DHS Not to Limit Immigrant Access to Health Care and Services! National JACL Announces 2019 Scholarship Program And Then…
In this week’s Digest: Happy Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday Federal Judge Blocks Asylum Ban House of Representatives Passes Rep. Hanabusa’s Bill to Establish Historic Sites in Hawaii The Cultural Landscape Foundation Highlights Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites JACL Condemns Proposed Changes to Public Charge Definition Tell DHS Not to…
Press Release David Inoue, Executive Director dinoue@jacl.org, 202-223-1240 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs sbaker@jacl.org Washington, DC – Last week the FBI released its hate crimes data for 2017. The numbers demonstrate a disturbing and consistent upward trend. In 2017 there were 7,175 bias crimes, which targeted 8,493 victims based on their…
Press Release David Inoue, Executive Director dinoue@jacl.org, 202-223-1240 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs sbaker@jacl.org Washington, DC –The Japanese American Citizens League applauds last week’s unanimous House of Representatives vote in favor of HR 5706 to establish the Pearl Harbor National Memorial and the Honouliuli National Historic Site in the State…
In this week’s Digest: Today from National: 2017 National Hate Crime Statistics Released President Seeks to Curtail Asylum Seekers JACL Condemns Proposed Changes to Public Charge Definition Tell DHS Not to Limit Immigrant Access to Health Care and Services! JACL DC Chapter Joins JAVA to Honor Veterans National Park Service…
Applications for the February 2019 Trip are now being accepted from November 9-25, 2018. Dates: February 11-19, 2019 This Kakehashi trip is open to individuals 18-25 of Japanese American and Asian Pacific American heritage. A separate application will be opened at a later date for a trip occurring in December…
In this week’s Digest: Today from National: 2018 Midterm Elections JACL Submits Comments in Opposition to Proposed Changes to the Flores Agreement JACL Welcomes New Norman Mineta Fellow JACL Condemns Proposed Changes to Public Charge Definition Tell DHS Not to Limit Immigrant Access to Health Care and Services! National Park…
In this week’s Digest: Today from National: Words Must be Backed up with Action Tell DHS No Concentration Camps for Migrant Kids! JACL Condemns Proposed Changes to Public Charge Definition JACL Executive Director Comments on Japanese Americans and the Upcoming Elections JA Confinement Sites Consortium Convenes at JANM “Resistance at…
Press Release David Inoue, Executive Director dinoue@jacl.org, 202-223-1240 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs sbaker@jacl.org JACL grieves the loss of life in the wake of multiple hate crimes this past week. On Thursday, two African American seniors were executed in a Louisville, Kentucky grocery store in what appears to be a…
Press Release David Inoue, Executive Director dinoue@jacl.org, 202-223-1240 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs sbaker@jacl.org Washington, DC – Today the Department of Homeland Security published its proposal to alter the public charge classification for immigrants to the United States opening up the 60 day public comment period. Public charge is the…
This week’s Digest: Congratulations to Stephanie Nitahara and Kizuna! Congratulations to Toshiko Hasegawa on her appointment as Executive Director of the Washington State Commission on Asian and Pacific American Affairs JACL Conducts Teacher Training in Idaho Falls APA Heritage Foundation Honors JACL & OCA Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival Announces…
This week’s Digest: JACL Stands with Survivors of Sexual Violence Stockton JACL 90th Anniversary Allegiance Northern California Youth Summit Kakehashi December 2018 Trip Check out the COMPLETE DIGEST.
September 28, 2018 Press Release David Inoue, Executive Director dinoue@jacl.org, 202-223-1240 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs sbaker@jacl.org Washington, DC – In her testimony yesterday, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford provided a vivid, powerful, and harrowing account of her experience as a survivor of sexual assault. Many of us cannot imagine the…
This week’s Digest: JACL Joins Walkout from Senate Hearing Kakehashi December 2018 Trip JACL Votes JACL National Board Meeting in DC CALL TO ACTION! Contact Your Members of Congress JACL is Hiring! Nikkei-mashou! In Case You Missed It… See Full Digest here.
Press Release David Inoue, Executive Director dinoue@jacl.org, 202-223-1240 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs sbaker@jacl.org Washington, DC – Today, the Japanese American Citizens League joined advocates representing the broad civil rights community, faith leaders, and most importantly parents and children, to protest the government’s continuing inhumane policy of separating and imprisoning…
Applications for the February 2019 Trip are now being accepted from November 9-25, 2018. Dates: February 11-19, 2019 This Kakehashi trip is open to individuals 18-25 of Japanese American and Asian Pacific American heritage. A separate application will be opened at a later date for a trip occurring in December…
JACL business manager, Matt Walters has moved which leaves a huge hole in JACL’s staffing. Matt has managed the business functions for the organization admirably, particularly in the area of financial management, and will be greatly missed. While Matt will be continuing to assist with financial management until we find…
2019’s JACL National Convention will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah July 31 – August 4, 2019 Please check back later, more information coming soon! We would love to see you there!
Last Wednesday, San Francisco Giants pitcher Derek Holland appeared on MLB Network’s Intentional Talk with Kevin Millar and Chris Rose. In the interview he was accompanied by the team’s massage therapist Haro Ogawa in what would turn out to be a pathetic reinvention of the worn out trope of the…
For Immediate Release Contact: Daniel M. Mayeda, dmayeda@lpsla.com<mailto:dmayeda@lpsla.com>, 310.413.3504 Warner Bros’ CRAZY RICH ASIANS debuted at #1 at the box office last weekend, trouncing its competition and becoming the highest grossing rom com in three years with a five-day bow of $35.3 million. A huge 38% of the audience…
Press Release David Inoue, Executive Director dinoue@jacl.org, 202-223-1240 Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs sbaker@jacl.org WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday it was reported that outside of Detroit polling precincts Rep. Bettie Cook Scott referred to her opponent State Rep. Stephanie Chang as a “ching-chong” and told one of Rep. Chang’s immigrant volunteers…
JACL is hiring an intern to serve at Manzanar (California). Please see description of the site and tasks below. To apply, please submit your resume with a detailed cover letter describing your interest in the program and how you will be able to contribute to the internship given your experience,…
July 27, 2018 Press Release David Inoue, Executive Director dinoue@jacl.org Sarah Baker, Vice President of Public Affairs sbaker@jacl.org After a positive conclusion to the 2018 JACL Convention: Redress, Resistance, and Reconciliation, the themes of our convention were immediately put to the test. Upon checkout, a convention attendee who had problems…
July 12, 2018 Press Release David Inoue, Executive Director, Japanese American Citizens League dinoue@jacl.org, +1-202-223-1240 Shiori Okazaki, Director of Communications, U.S.-Japan Council press@usjapancouncil.org +1-202-223-6843 WASHINGTON, DC, July 12, 2018 – Japan is currently experiencing what is considered the worst weather disaster the country has faced in 36 years. The floods…
June 26, 2018 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org Late last week it was reported that administration officials were in Arkansas to scout potential locations to house up to 20,000 children. JACL is deeply disturbed to hear that among the…
June 26, 2018 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org In a 5-4 decision today, the Supreme Court affirmed that the religious animus towards Islam can be ignored so long as the resulting policy appears on its face to be legitimately…
June 19, 2018 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org JACL’s fundamental purpose is to ensure Americans remain mindful of the civil rights errors of our past, that the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans serves as a glaring example of what…
June 15, 2018 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org In a floor debate Tuesday, June 12, Senator Lindsey Graham, in opposing Senator Rand Paul’s Sixth Amendment Preservation Act, defended the removal of the right to a lawyer for those imprisoned…
June 14, 2018 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org In the government’s response to a petition from Ammar al Baluchi, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay and suspect from the 9/11 attack, the government apparently quoted from the Hirabayashi supreme court…
May 30, 2018 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org In an interview with Breitbart News Daily broadcasted on Monday, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke doubled down on his defense of addressing United States Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa in Japanese. Secretary Zinke seems…
JACL is hiring summer interns to serve at each of three possible locations Manzanar (California), Minidoka (Idaho), and Klondike (Seattle). Please see descriptions of each site and tasks for each site below. To apply, please submit your resume with a detailed cover letter describing your interest in the program and…
“Hey sexy mama!” “Hey baby girl, give us a smile!” “Nice rack!” Ask any woman, and there is a good chance she has heard some of these phrases at some point in her life. Catcalling is a well-known tatic men who attempt to exert dominance over women often use. When…
San Francisco/Oakland, CA – JACL is proud to be co-sponsoring 2 films being shown at the 2018 CAAM Fest. CAAM Fest is a 15-day festival in which Asian Pacific American artists and filmmakers are amplified and celebrated. The festival is set for May 10-24, 2018. The festival is set to open…
March 28, 2018 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League objects to the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census questionnaire. The Constitution calls for the census to count all persons in the country,…
Washington D.C.- JACL National led a letter to Chairman Calvert and Ranking Member McCollum urging them to support the continued funding the Japanese American Confinement Site Program. JACL National received 113 other organization’s support on this letter. The letter was sent to the committee in hopes the appropriations committee will fund.…
February 22nd, 2018 is AAPI Equal Pay Day. JACL sponsors this day this year as a reminder of how far America has come as a country, but how much work we still have to do. The wage gap represents many intersections of issues important to the Japanese American community namely…
February 21, 2018 Press Release Contact: Jeffery Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org John Yasumoto’s leadership in the JACL extends back over 60 years. In 1958 John was the membership vice president for the San Francisco chapter. As he struggled to recruit new members,…
February 15, 2018 Press Release Contact: Jeffery Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue , Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org The President’s budget proposal unveiled this week includes the elimination of funding for the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grants Program. The JACS Grant program, authorized in 2006, has provided…
Check out our weekly digest here. In this week’s digest: 6 Days left! Apply to JACL/OCA Leadership Summit 2018 Legacy Fund Grants Program Announcement Podcast EO 9066 Portland JACL Board Installation In Case You Missed It.. Scholarships and DOR events
*all times are local This Pilgrimage page acts as a directory, some events may not be sponsored by JACL. Rohwer/Jerome Pilgrimage Dates: April 11-14, 2019 Location: Little Rock, Arkansas Information: contact Kimiko Marr kimiko.marr@gmail.com Manzanar Pilgrimage Date: April 27, 2019 Where: Manzanar National Historic Site, 5001 Hwy. 395, CA Information: (323) 662-5102…
January 31, 2018 Press Release Contact: Jeffery Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue , Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org Although stated in measured tones, there is no mistaking the continued attack on immigrants from President Trump. The President prefaced his remarks about immigration by painting a picture of immigrants as pouring…
Check out our weekly digest here. In this week’s digest: Tuna Canyon Detention Center Coalition Standing Its Ground CATO Institute Issues Report On Curbs To Immigration Kansha Project application is available! US-Japan Council Scholarship Opportunity CAPAL Internship and Scholarship Opportunity Apply Now! JACL/OCA Leadership Summit
JANM and the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation (HMWF) will co-host a screening of spoken word videos inspired by the Japanese American Incarceration during World War II and recorded at the 2017 Heart Mountain Pilgrimage in collaboration with filmmakers Jeff MacIntyre and David Ono. Pilgrimage participants, ranging in age from 16…
In this week’s Digest: Apply Now! JACL/OCA Leadership Summit Discussing Sexism, Sexual Assault and Violence in the JA Community Architecture of Internment: The Build Up to Wartime Incarceration Free Admission to JANM: 13th Annual Museums Free-for-All JACL Opposes Request to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census See the full digest…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2018 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League was shocked to learn of Minnesota attorney Ryan Pacyga’s reference to the Japanese American incarceration experience in reference to his client, University of…
JACL is now accepting applications for the 2018 JACL/OCA Leadership Summit! The 2018 JACL/OCA Leadership Summit will be held: April 7-10, 2018 Washington, D.C. Application Deadline: February 12, 2018 Click here to apply for the 2018 JACL/OCA Leadership Summit Please click here for FAQs on JACL/OCA Leadership Summit Please contact:…
In this week’s Digest: JACL Supports Fair Housing Election Announcement from JACL Nominations Committee National Day of Remembrance Directory NY/SC Newsletter Vol. 2 Mobilization Trainings “Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American World War II Experience” The JA Community Foundation Grant Cycle Census Webinar See the Full…
On or around February 19 we come together for a Day of Remembrance, to observe and remember the day in which President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 in 1942. Please consider attending a Day of Remembrance in your own community and help to remember the significance of this day and…
This week’s digest: Kakehashi Program Deadline Jan 2nd JACL Receives GuideStar Gold Seal of Transparency NCAPA Welcomes Gregg Orton as Executive Director Read the full digest here.
December 20, 2017 – On the anniversary of the Korematsu Supreme Court decision, Senator Tammy Duckworth and Senator Mazie Hirono introduced S.2250 the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2017. The legislation seeks to prevent human rights violations like the Japanese American Incarceration from happening again. Co-sponsors include Senators Richard Blumenthal, Cory Booker, Dianne…
This week’s Digest: Senators Duckworth and Hirono Announce Legislation: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2017 The Leadership Conference Education Fund Issues Report: Misinformation Nation: The Threat to America’s Federal Data and Civil Rights Specific Experiences of Transgender Asians, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders APAMC Network Report Card Press Coverage…
This Week’s Digest: JACL Mourns the Passing of Mayor Ed Lee Kakehashi Group Leaves for Japan – Apply for Spring 2018 Seattle and Olympia JACL Attend 2018 Legislative APIC Agenda Prep Session In Case You Missed It News and Announcements See the full Digest here.
Last week, we reached what seems to be another new low in the actions of our President. The week began with what should have been a great celebration of the historical accomplishments of the Navajo Code Talkers during the war. The President used this event as an opportunity to take…
This Week’s Digest: DREAM Act and #NoMuslimBanEver Apply to Walmart’s Community Grant Program Disney/ABC Event for Screenwriters in Burbank, CA National JACL Scholarship Program Apply for the Kakehashi Program Upcoming News and Announcements Check out the full Digest here.
In this week’s Digest: Giving Tuesday Today! JACL and 18 Million Rising Launch Petition to Remove Tastelessly Marketed Japanese American Historical Items JACL Honors Navajo Code Talkers and Denounces the President’s Insensitive Words Portland JACL: News Conference in Front of City Hall Seattle Leadership Seminar Series Brings Learning and Networking…
Thank you for your interest in supporting the Japanese American Citizens League. Your thoughtful investment will allow the JACL to continue preserving the legacy of the Japanese American community and fighting for the civil rights of all people. 2017 JACL Annual Giving Campaign In this 75th anniversary year of the signing…
Yesterday on Cyber Monday, JACL and 18 Million Rising launched a petition urging internet retailers Amazon and eBay to remove insensitively marketed items suggesting Japanese American prison camp art as “A Great Decoration for Home/Office.” JACL and 18 Million Rising previously worked to press Walmart to remove similarly offensively marketed items from…
This Week’s Digest: JACL Kicks off End of Year Giving Campaign #GivingTuesday on Facebook JACL Participates in AAPI Day of Action for a Clean DREAM Act Asian American Civil Rights Organizations Condemn FCC Actions Hurting Vital Program National JACL Announces 2018 Scholarship Program Update: Fred Korematsu Day in New York…
This week’s Digest: JACL Responds to Walmart Outrage NY/SC Holds Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival Event Asian Americans Gather in DC to Demand a Clean DREAM Act Update from Seattle and Puyallup Valley Chapter AARP Events In Case You Missed It Upcoming News & Announcements See the full Digest here.
This week’s digest: JACL Responds to Anti-Asian Behavior in World Series Games ‘Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American WWII Experience’ – Exhibit to Hawaii Register Now: AARP Online Caregiving Fair with Richard Lui Upcoming News & Announcements See the full Digest here.
Update: JACL requested a formal meeting with the commissioner. That letter can be found here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2017 Statement by Gary Mayeda, National President, gmayeda@jacl.org Commissioner Manfred’s decision is to suspend Mr. Gurriel for 5 games in 2018. That starts March 29, 2018. Why does that just not…
This week’s Digest: JACL Responds Anti-Asian Behavior in World Series Go For Broke Movie Screening Book Written by Floyd Mori Recently Republished Lincoln High School to Honor Sadao S. Munemori Pacific Northwest District Council Meeting and Bi-Annual Elections Upcoming News & Announcements See full Digest here.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2017 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org, 202-607-7273 JACL applauds the swiftness and degree of punishment as well as the unanimity of Major League Baseball, the Commissioner Manfred, both World Series teams’ leadership, and the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2017 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org, 202-607-7273 Friday night, Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel, hit a home run off of Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish. Mr. Gurriel followed his home run with a racist gesture…
In this week’s digest: Fred T. Korematsu Day Hearing in NYC JACL Holds Quarterly Board Meeting: Update from Exec. Director No Muslim Ban Ever Rally and Holly Yasui Seattle JACL Partners with Community to Organize Candidate Forum Upcoming News & Announcements See here for the full digest.
This week’s digest includes: No Muslim Ban Ever Rally and March Tomorrow! JACL Attends No Muslim Ever Rally In San Francisco Former Executive Director of JACL and CEO of APAICS Announces Retirement The JACL Remembers Portland Lawyer Terry Yamada Upcoming News & Announcements See the digest here.
This week’s digest includes: Tule Lake Action Alert Fort Snelling Hosts ‘Then and Now’ Nisei Photo Exhibit Seattle JACL Partners with the Seattle Opera on “An American Dream” 75th Remembrance of the Puyallup Assembly Center Upcoming News & Announcements See the digest here.
Rabbi Jonathan Biatch addressed his congregation on Rosh Hashanah and spoke of his former teacher and friend, Janice Kobata Zoeger. Rabbi Biatch spoke lovingly of Ms. Zoeger’s story as well as the Japanese American story; and the importance of cross-cultural dialogue and unity in today’s political climate. He spoke specifically…
This Thursday, October 5, JACL between 3:00pm EDT and 8:00pm EDT (12:00 noon-5:00pm PDT) will be joining the Save Tule Lake Facebook group to generate a Twitter and Facebook storm of your tweets and FB posts sharing pictures of letters or emails from JACL chapters and members. We ask you…
This week’s digest includes; Still Accepting 2017-2018 Kakehashi Program Applications! Tule Lake Action Alert Fort Snelling Hosts ‘Then and Now’ Nisei Photo Exhibit Daniel James Brown to Publish Book on Japanese-Americans Upcoming News & Announcements Please see it here.
This week’s digest includes; JACL Continues Opposition to Newly Issued Immigration Ban 2017-2018 Kakehashi Program Applications Now Open! Seattle Members Meet with Congressional Staff During Convention Tule Lake Action Alert Upcoming News & Announcements Please see it here.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2017 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org The JACL continues to oppose the Muslim country travel ban. The addition of three more nations to the Muslim country ban list does not alter the inherent flaws…
Apply now for the 2017-2018 JACL Kakehashi Program! Up to 200 participants will be selected to participate in this year’s JACL Kakehashi Program, coordinated by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and the Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE), and supported by funding from the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The goal of the JACL Kakehashi Program is…
Included in this week’s digest: JACL Submits Amicus Brief to SCOTUS to Oppose Muslim Travel Ban Korematsu, Hirabayashi, and Yasui Families Submit Amicus Brief to Supreme Court to Oppose Muslim Travel Ban NAPABA Leads 62 APA Bar Associations in Supreme Court Amicus Brief Challenging President’s Revised Muslim and Refugee Ban JACL Continues…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2017 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org Over 70 years ago, the Japanese American Citizens League was compelled to submit amicus curiae briefs in the Hirabayashi, Yasui, and Korematsu cases to defend Japanese Americans convicted…
STOP The Fence At Tule Lake This is a call to action from the Tule Lake Committee, asking you to ACT to help save the historic Tule Lake concentration camp and segregation center site from destruction. The Tule Lake concentration…
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The San Jose Giants, a minor league baseball team, were discovered to have posted a GIF on twitter of three men engaging in stereotypical and derogatory caricatures of Japanese culture in preparation for Japanese Heritage Night at the ballpark. Social media was quick to point out the blatant racism…
Kenzie Hirai Norman Y. Mineta Fellow Mackenzie Hirai was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. There, she was raised and grew up. After graduating from East High School in 2012 she went on to attend the University of Utah and graduate with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2017 with…
September 5th, 2017 The Japanese American Citizens League is deeply disappointed by the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA has supported nearly 800,000 young immigrants, or Dreamers, who have worked hard to fit the program’s strict requirements. As a nation we have…
The Japanese American Citizens League joins the rest of the nation in a desire to help those affected by the devastating flooding from Hurricane Harvey. The JACL Houston chapter is suggesting the following three locally based organizations as providing immediate support to those in need. As the full extent of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2017 Press Release Contact: David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League joined NCAPA and several other Asian American organizations for a press conference in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Executive Director David Inoue made the following statement: As Americans,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 30, 2017 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League condemns the pardoning of former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio. Mr. Arpaio abused the power of his position to blatantly engage in racial…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2017 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) joins with the overwhelming majority of Americans who denounce the racism, bigotry, and violence that resulted in three deaths this weekend in…
Thank you for joining us at the 48th National JACL Convention July 6–9, 2017 Omni Shoreham Hotel 2500 Calvert St, Washington, DC 20008 Post Convention Please complete our post-convention attendee survey: 2017 National Convention Feedback Survey Following are links to photos taken at the 2017 Convention: National Council Sessions Courtesy…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 8, 2017 Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) condemns the Saturday bombing of a Bloomington, Minnesota mosque as an act of terrorism and hate against a religious group. This is…
For Immediate Release: Press Release July 26, 2017 Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is deeply dismayed by the announcement by President Trump that transgender people will be barred from serving in our military in any…
JACL Discouraged by Supreme Court Decision Contact: Stephanie Nitahara, Interim Executive Director, snitahara@jacl.org Jeffrey Moy, Vice President of Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) continues to oppose the administration’s discriminatory travel ban from six Muslim-majority countries and is discouraged by the U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow…
Action Alert: Call Your Senator to Protect Our Care Contact: Stephanie Nitahara, JACL Interim Executive Director, snitahara@jacl.org Jeffrey Moy, JACL Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org Dear JACL Members, Urge your Senator TODAY to vote NO on the Senate Bill to repeal the ACA. For more information, please visit APIAHF’s website. Sample script:…
The Japanese American Citizens League will host the 48th Annual National Convention, “Our Story: Resilience, Remembrance, Resolve,” in Washington D.C. from July 6 -9. In remembrance of the 75th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066, which forced 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry into incarceration camps…
Dear JACL Members, Friends and Supporters, The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) announces that Mr. William Yoshino will be retiring at the end of this month after 38 years of distinguished service. We thank him for his incredible dedication and humble leadership of the JACL and the Asian Pacific American…
Contact: Jeffrey Moy, JACL Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org William Yoshino, JACL Interim Executive Director, byoshino@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) continues to oppose executive orders that are based on racism and xenophobia. Yesterday, the White House issued an “Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry…
Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, JACL Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org William Yoshino, JACL Interim Executive Director, byoshino@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) condemns the recent threats to the Jewish community, including threats targeting community centers and the vandalism of cemeteries in St. Louis and Philadelphia. Over 100…
Contact: Bill Yoshino, JACL Interim Executive Director, byoshino@jacl.org Jeffrey Moy, JACL Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org As we pause to remember the significance of the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, we recall the personal injustice and personal hardship it imposed on the 120,000 men, women, and…
Contact: Bill Yoshino, JACL Interim Executive Director, byoshino@jacl.org Jeffrey Moy, JACL Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) vehemently objects to the recent executive orders related to immigration. Whether they concern building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, threatening to increase deportations by the granting…
Press Release: Jeffrey Moy, JACL Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org Bill Yoshino, JACL Interim Executive Director, byoshino@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is concerned by the recent Executive Order that confirms the Administration’s policy “to seek the prompt repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” The…
Press Release: Bill Yoshino, Interim Executive Director, byoshino@jacl.org JACL mourns the passing of Angus Macbeth who served as Special Counsel to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) and headed its staff. The CWRIC report, Personal Justice Denied, and its recommendations formed the basis for the Civil…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Bill Yoshino, Interim Executive Director, byoshino@jacl.org During an interview on FOX News, Carl Higbie, co-chair and spokesperson for the Great America PAC for Donald Trump, discussed the possibility of creating a registry for immigrants from Muslim countries by saying “…We did it in World War II with…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Bill Yoshino, Interim Executive Director, byoshino@jacl.org JACL fully understands the protests of despair that have arisen in the aftermath of the election of Donald Trump as president. We especially understand the voices that denounce the unabashed racism that was evident during the campaign, and we add our…
Press Release Contact: Jeffrey Moy, JACL Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org Bill Yoshino, Interim Executive Director, byoshino@jacl.org Washington, D.C. – The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is disturbed by a recent segment during The O’Reilly Factor on Fox News that employed a number of offensive stereotypes regarding Asian Pacific Americans. In…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Bill Yoshino, Interim Executive Director, byoshino@jacl.org Jeffrey Moy, JACL Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org JACL mourns the passing of Congressman Mark Takai. We are grateful for Rep. Takai’s support for issues affecting the Asian American Pacific Islander communities. In 2015, during the 50th anniversary commemoration of…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Bill Yoshino, Interim Executive Director, byoshino@jacl.org Jeffrey Moy, JACL Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org In 1982, a federal commission issued its report on the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. The report was titled Personal Justice Denied to…
Application Deadline extended to Monday, August 1, 2016. Daniel K. Inouye and Norman Y. Mineta Fellowships Inouye and Mineta Fellows will work out of the JACL National office in Washington D.C. and be responsible for the following: Staff and monitor key legislative initiatives and issues relevant to the AAPI community.…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org Dear JACL Members, Friends and Supporters, The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) announces the appointment of Bill Yoshino as Interim Executive Director as well as the appointment of Stephanie Nitahara as Interim Associate Director, effective as of Thursday, June…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Jeffrey Moy, JACL Vice President of Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org Dear JACL Members, Friends and Supporters, The Japanese American Citizens League announces that Ms. Priscilla Ouchida has resigned as Executive Director effective as of yesterday, Tuesday, June 14, 2016. We thank her for her service and for leading…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Jeffrey Moy, JACL Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League mourns the loss of innocent lives in the horrific attack on a nightclub serving the LGBTQ community in Orlando, Florida. In a larger sense, this was not an attack solely on the LGBTQ community, but…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director, pouchida@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) condemns the proposal by a prominent presidential candidate where it was stated that law enforcement should “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.” The deadly and heinous attacks in Brussels clearly demonstrate the concern…
March 21, 2016 Press Release Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director, pouchida@jacl.org The National Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) joins with its affiliates, the JACL Northern California Western Nevada Pacific District Council and the JACL Florin Chapter as well as the Coalition to Support McClatchy Students Against Racism and Bullying in…
Join us for the 47th National JACL Convention Monday, July 11, 2016–Thursday, July 14, 2016 Monte Carlo Hotel 3770 Las Vegas Blvd South Las Vegas, NV 89109 Sponsored by: Getting Ready Online registration is closed (or by mail). For each person registered, $25 will go towards funding the National Student Youth Council!…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director, pouchida@jacl.org Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization, has always stood with those working to create institutional change. In the case of the tragic death of Akai…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director, pouchida@jacl.org Washington, D.C. – Manzanar. Tule Lake. Topaz. Granada. Rohwer. Jerome. Most people would see these words and not know their meaning. For Japanese Americans, these places are seared into their collective consciousness. These are the places where my family was imprisoned during…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director, pouchida@jacl.org Washington, D.C. – Over sixty leaders from the Asian American community gathered today at the National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism in Washington, D.C., to counter recent political rhetoric and express support for Muslim, Sikh, Arab, and South Asian American communities. The…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director, pouchida@jacl.org Jeff Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) condemns the dangerous and irresponsible Islamophobic and anti-immigrant rhetoric being used to vilify and demonize Muslim and Arab communities. Several public figures have stoked simmering fears around national…
Earlier today, Roanoke, VA Mayor David Bowers cited the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans as justification for refusing aid to Syrian refugees. JACL Executive Director Priscilla Ouchida condemned Mayor Bowers’ comments in a statement released by the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans. PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director,…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director pouchida@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) applauds President Obama for awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the late Minoru “Min” Yasui for his dedication in fighting for civil and human rights. Yasui challenged the constitutionality of a military curfew order during…
Savannah, GA – The “Good Luck Soup Interactive,” an interactive documentary and participatory storytelling project, documents the experience of Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians before, during and after WWII Internment Camps, launches October 6th. The virtual community and interactive website will allow Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians the ability to…
PRESS RELEASE: Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director, pouchida@jacl.org Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs, jmoy@jacl.org As the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is proud of our legacy, the important contributions of our leaders, and the unique opportunity we have to…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director pouchida@jacl.org September 22nd is National Voter Registration Day! At a time when most Americans can register to vote with the click of a mouse, the Japanese American Citizens League remembers the past and present generations of JACLers that fought discrimination at the polls…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director, pouchida@jacl.org Bill Yoshino, Midwest Regional Director, byoshino@jacl.org During the early 1990s, Japanese Americans and Asian Americans were targeted and became unwitting victims in the wake of a spate of “Japan-bashing,” resulting from an economic downturn coupled with a strengthening Japanese economy and their…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director pouchida@jacl.org Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs jmoy@jacl.org General Wesley Clark’s call for internment camps for “radicalized” Muslims is troubling. In 1988, the United States apologized to Japanese Americans for the injustice of summarily incarcerating our community during World War II. It…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director pouchida@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) expresses outrage at Justice Clarence Thomas’ comments in his dissenting opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, the same-sex marriage decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court last Friday. In his opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, “The…
In 1994, JACL became the first non-LGBTQ organization after the ACLU to support marriage equality. JACL Regional Director Bill Yoshino was featured in an NBC News article chronicling JACL’s early support of LGBTQ rights. Click here to read the article on NBCNews.com!
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Director pouchida@jacl.org Jeffrey Moy, Vice President for Public Affairs jmoy@jacl.org The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) renews its call on the Department of Homeland Security to end its family detention program that has led to the building of detention facilities for women and children in…
JACL is currently accepting applications for the Norman Y. Mineta Fellowship, Daniel K. Inouye Fellowship and Mike M. Masaoka Congressional Fellowship. Each paid Fellowship will last for a period of at least one year and is located in Washington, D.C. For questions, please email policy@jacl.org, or call 202-223-1240. JACL is seeking one Mineta Fellow…
As the nation’s oldest and largest Asian Pacific American civil rights organization, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is deeply disturbed by recent attempts to dismantle affirmative action policies in higher education and opposes anti-affirmative action movements that use Asian Pacific Americans as their mascot. Last November, an organization called…
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Priscilla Ouchida, JACL Executive Director policy@jacl.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – The Japanese American Citizens League is pleased that over 450 artifacts crafted by Japanese Americans while unjustly incarcerated during World War II have been withdrawn from public auction. Priscilla Ouchida, JACL Executive Director, stated: “We sincerely hope…
The 46th National JACL Convention will be held July 13–15, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
JACL is in Selma, Alabama this weekend to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 voting rights demonstrations and marches that led to the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act. The JACL delegation is attending the events with Todd Endo, a longtime JACLer who participated in the demonstrations in…
Honouliuli, located in a gulch in central Oahu, was used during World War II to imprison Japanese community leaders and their families. The monument will preserve a forgotten but important part of American history about the treatment of thousands of Americans living in Hawaii.
Houston, TX – The Art of Gaman exhibit continues its nationwide tour and will be on display at the Houston Holocaust Museum from January 29th to September 20th, 2015. AARP and JACL members who show their membership cards will receive $4 off general admission tickets. Viewed by nearly half a…
In 1965, JACL members joined fellow activists in Selma, Alabama to participate in the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches that led to the passage of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. This act, which outlaws various forms of discrimination in voter registration and at the polls, was prompted in…
Washington D.C. – Pending the President’s signature, over $2.9 million for Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grants have been approved for Fiscal Year 2015 with the passage of the 2015 Omnibus Appropriations Bill through Congress. The bill, which packages many of the smaller appropriations bills into a single larger bill,…
Washington D.C. – On Saturday November 8th, a number of students and young professionals took part in a youth summit hosted by the JACL National Youth/Student Council (JACL NY/SC) held at George Washington University in Washington D.C. Themed “A Seat at the Table: Having a Voice in the Discussion on Racism…
