Columnists – Pacific Citizen

Columnists JACL Politics Reflections

Reflections: When Inclusion Becomes a Political Weapon: Why JACL Arizona Leaders Oppose SB 1301

By Bill Staples Jr., Donna Cheung and Kathy Nakagawa In recent weeks, the Arizona chapter of the Japanese American Citizens…

GarrettJune 20, 2025

Columnists Reflections

Reflections: ‘My Baachan and Jiichan Were Not in a Jap Camp’

Katie Masano Hill On June 10, 2025, in the Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee in…

GarrettJune 20, 2025

Columnists Legal-Ease

Legal-Ease: An Attorney’s Perspective — ‘Potentially Inappropriate’ Medications

Judd Matsunaga No doubt about it — modern day science and medicine are keeping people alive a lot longer. Medications…

GarrettJune 20, 2025

Columnists Executive Director JACL JACL President

From the Executive Director: Painful Changes to Preserve JACL

David Inoue Larry Oda As we entered 2025, we realized we needed to address a significant and increasingly regular gap…

GarrettJune 20, 2025

Community JACL News Youth

Sacramento JACL Awards 2025 Scholarships

Pictured (from left) are Sacramento JACL chapter scholarship recipients Eden Engelhardt, Remy Tanamachi, Madeline Sugimoto, Luka Davis, William DeAnda and…

GarrettJune 20, 2025

Columnists Executive Director

From the Executive Director: ‘Voices in Unity’

David Inoue It’s almost cliché now for JACL conventions. You can almost count on seeing the words “unity” or “community”…

GarrettJune 6, 2025

Columnists Reflections

Reflections: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’

Nancy Ukai You may have seen the Oscar-winning 2022 absurdist comedy set in an Asian American immigrant laundry that slips…

GarrettJune 6, 2025

Aizumi Columnists

A Mother’s Take: Love, Laughter and Preleukemia

Marsha Aizumi To My Pacific Citizen Readers: Since you have been with me on so much of my personal journey,…

GarrettMay 16, 2025

Columnists Legal-Ease

Legal-Ease An Attorney’s Perspective: Stay Active Longer

Judd Matsunaga Everyone ages. However, we all don’t necessarily age at the same rate. Some 60-year-olds are in better shape…

GarrettMay 16, 2025

Columnists Executive Director

From the Executive Director: Why Reparations Matters Now

David Inoue This past week was a historic rally in support of national reparations. While the mood at the rally…

GarrettMay 16, 2025