The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) condemned Wyoming State Rep. John Winter’s use of an anti-Japanese slur, calling it deeply disappointing and inappropriate during a recent committee hearing on the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center.
Local JACL chapter holds Day of Remembrance at Fairgrounds
Puyallup Valley chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) held its 47th annual Day of Remembrance at the Washington State Fairgrounds on Feb. 8.
Annual Day of Remembrance for incarcerated Japanese and Japanese Americans to be held on Feb. 8
The Puyallup Valley chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) will hold its 47th annual Day of Remembrance at the Washington State Fairgrounds on Feb. 8.
JACL celebrates introduction of two bills meant to honor Japanese civil rights advocate
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) has joined 77 other organizations to honor community advocate Fred T. Korematsu on what would have been his 106th birthday on Jan. 30 by celebrating the introduction of two House bills meant to recognize Korematsu’s contributions to civil rights.
JACL denounces Trump’s comparison of jailed Capitol rioters to Japanese incarceration during World War II
Former President Donald Trump compared the people jailed on charges that they stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to the more than 120,000 people of Japanese origin incarcerated on U.S. soil during World War II last week.
JACL decries removal of statue from Seattle Park
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is calling for the return of a statue from Seattle’s Peace Park.
JACL Puyallup Valley presents incarceration experience to Boeing
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 […]
JACL demands APIs in top SPD ranks
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 […]
Bill Tashima — Lessons of history as legacy for social action
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 […]
Elsie Taniguchi — Spreading love in response to war-time internment experience
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 […]
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