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JACL Puyallup Valley presents incarceration experience to Boeing

June 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Yamada Lamphere Japanese American Citizens League Puyallup Valley Chapter Vice President Kent, Wash. — “Growing Up Behind Barbed Wire,” the interactive presentation about the journey that many Japanese Americans from the White River Valley in Washington state took during WWII, was presented at the Boeing Employee Engagement Brown Bag Lunch series on May […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2016, JACL, VOL 35 NO 23 | JUNE 4 - JUNE 10

JACL demands APIs in top SPD ranks

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

FROM JACL PRESIDENT: To the Honorable Mayor Ed Murray, the Honorable Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole, and the Honorable Seattle City Councilmembers: The Seattle Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the nation’s oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization, is deeply alarmed by the lack of Asian Pacific Islander (API) representation in the […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: API, African American, Alan Sugiyama Community Leader, Asian American, Baker Japanese American Citizens League Seattle Chapter President Response, Community Leader, Dear Ms, Deputy Chief Carmen Best, Donnie Chin, Honorable Mayor Ed Murray, Honorable Seattle City Councilmembers, International District, JACL, Japanese American Citizens League, SPD, Seattle Chapter President, Seattle Police Department, letter

Bill Tashima — Lessons of history as legacy for social action

November 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ador Pereda Yano Northwest Asian Weekly “Okage Sama De” (in your honored shadow): These words are important to Bill Tashima, who has taken the difficult lessons of the past and used them to advocate for social change in the present. For his long-time service to the Asian Pacific American community, Tashima is being honored […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, API, Arlene Oki, Asian Pacific Americans, Bill Tashima Lessons, Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church, Boy Scouts, JACL, James Arima, Japanese Americans, LGBTU, Latino Hispanic, Nikkei Concerns, Northwest Asian Weekly, Okage Sama De, Sarah Baker, Seattle, Top Contributor, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27

Elsie Taniguchi — Spreading love in response to war-time internment experience

November 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yiqin Weng Northwest Asian Weekly Elsie Taniguchi, a 79-year-old Japanese American, describes herself as a volunteer. She has been the president of the Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) for 17 years. Taniguchi and her colleagues in JACL are now focusing on a subcommittee called “Camp Harmony Committee” to tell the next generation […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Bill Tashima, Camp Harmony Committee, Choichi Shimizu, Elsie Taniguchi, Elsie Taniguchi Spreading, Executive Order, JACL, Japanese Americans, Northwest Asian Weekly, Obon Odori, President Roosevelt, United States, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, Washington State Fairgrounds, Yiqin Weng, culture

Presentation recalls internment

November 2, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Oct. 14, 2015, Elsie Taniguchi, Cho Shimizu, and Eileen Yamada Lamphere presented a PowerPoint program about the Puyallup Assembly Center, aka Camp Harmony. This presentation was a joint effort by the Puyallup First Christian Church, Puyallup United Methodist Church, and Whitney Memorial Methodist Church, all in Puyallup, Wash. From April to September 1942, Elsie […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Camp Harmony, Eileen Yamada Lamphere, Elsie Taniguchi, JACL, Puyallup Assembly Center, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6

Addressing isolation, shame, and coming out together — API organizations aim to start API LGBTQ family support group

June 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly Marsha Aizumi and her son Aiden spoke about coming out of the closet at a recent conference called “Family: An API LGBTQ Gathering” [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender, Queer] held on June 13 at the North Seattle College. It hasn’t always been so easy for Marsha to talk about coming […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, API, Asian Pride Project, China, FAMILY, JACL, LGBTQ, North Seattle College, One Heart, PFLAG, Paul Tashima, Pride Foundation, Tiffany Ran, Two Spirits, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3, japan, language

JACL statement on Emilie Grace Olsen’s suicide

June 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Japanese American Citizens League The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is deeply troubled by the circumstances and investigation surrounding the tragic death of Emilie Grace Olsen, a Chinese American student at Fairfield Middle School in Fairfield Township, Ohio. In a letter to parents in December 2014, Fairfield superintendent, Paul Otten, stated that bullying was […]

Filed Under: Community News, National News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Asian American, Chinese American, Emilie Grace Olsen, Fairfield City Schools, Fairfield Township, JACL, New York City, One Step Forward, Paul Otten, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12, culture, letter, social media

JACL collaborates with the Smithsonian

May 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Executive Director Priscilla Ouchida met with Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History John Gray to sign an agreement for JACL to collaborate with the Museum on a 2017 exhibition commemorating the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066. Signed by President Roosevelt in 1942, Executive Order 9066 led […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Executive Order, JACL, Japanese Americans, National Museum, President Roosevelt, Priscilla Ouchida, Small Documents Gallery, Vol 34 No 19 | May 2 - May 8

JACL 93rd Annual Banquet at Seattle University

March 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) will host the 93rd Annual Banquet and Fundraiser at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, March 21 at Seattle University’s Campion Hall. Live performances in music, dance and poetry at the event will include a live musical performance by Seattle Opera. The company will preview an aria from […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, APA, Annual Banquet, Campion Ballroom, Campion Hall, JACL, Murphy Garage, Seattle Kokon Taiko, Seattle Opera, Seattle University, Stanley Shikuma, Vol 34 No 13 | March 21 - March 27, parking

Immigration reform is not easy — Texas delays executive order

February 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Minal Singh Northwest Asian Weekly Immigration reform is delayed while Texas prepares to battle the executive order against federal courts. On Nov. 20, President Obama announced an executive action on immigration reform. On Feb. 15, in the case of Texas vs the United States, a Texas District Court obtained a temporary injunction to halt […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2015, Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Bob Ferguson, Cecilia Mu, Chinese, DACA, DAPA, Executive Director, Homeland Security, JACL, Kathy Ko Chin, President Obama, Priscilla Ouchida, Texas District Court, USCIS, United States, Vol 34 No 9 | February 21 - February 27

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