History

• Cultivate a sustainable leadership pipeline for youth and young professionals within JACL

• Develop best practices for engaging young professionals in the JACL’s social justice and issues advocacy efforts

• Create programming and opportunities for developing skills in organizational stewardship and strengthening the network of young professionals nationwide

Values

Working list of some of our values commitments • Anti-Racism, solidarity work • Anti-Patriarchy • Anti-white Supremacy • Anti-Colonialism • Anti-Imperialism • Anti-capitalism and how folks who are working can navigate being a part of it • Anti-Classism / Anti-Elitism • Anti-Ableism • Justice for comfort women • No more camps; No more prisons; no more police • Reparations for all • Reject “model minority” status • Pro-LGBTQ+ and inclusivity of all gender identities and orientations • Pro mental health • Anti-Patriarchy, gender equity, not centering men • Space to be inclusive of Okinawan folks and Native Japanese folks, and commitment to learning more • Diasporic diversity • Space inclusive of all immigration statuses • Space for learning and exploring these topics, learning from each other • Resist gentrification and community displacement • Decriminalize poverty • Embrace intersectionality

Meet the YPC Representatives:

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• EDC:

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• PNW: