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JANM Receives $50,000 Grant to Support New Exhibition

Two young girls being filmed as they wait to board a train that will take them to Owens Valley (Manzanar)…

P.C. EditorApril 15, 2022

National News Obituaries

‘Farewell to Manzanar’ Telefilm Director John Korty Dies

Appearing at the Japanese American National Museum’s Tateuchi Democracy Forum in 2011 for the DVD release of “Farewell to Manzanar”…

P.C. EditorApril 15, 2022

JACL National News

JACL Applauds Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

By JACL National The Senate voted 53-47 on April 7 to confirm the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, making…

P.C. EditorApril 15, 2022

JACL National News Politics

JACL Condemns Passage of Anti-LGBTQIA+ Laws

By JACL National Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill into law for his state on…

P.C. EditorApril 2, 2022

National News

Amache Is America’s Newest National Park

President Joe Biden formally designates the Amache National Historic Site as part of the NPS. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden…

P.C. EditorMarch 18, 2022

National News Politics

President Biden Formally Recognizes the 80th Anniversary of EO 9066

DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WORLD WAR II BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…

P.C. EditorMarch 4, 2022

National News

JACL Responds to the State of the Union

Yesterday, President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address, in which he called for bipartisanship and support…

P.C. EditorMarch 2, 2022

JACL National News Politics

JACL Issues Statement Condemning No-Knock Warrants

Action Comes After Minneapolis Shoots, Kills Man in Raid of Wrong Apartment The national Japanese American Citizens League and the…

P.C. EditorMarch 1, 2022

National News

Amache Japanese American Incarceration Site on Verge of Becoming National Park Site

Amache Entrance (Photo: Athena Mari Asklipiadis) Unanimous Senate passage puts preservation campaign waged by survivors, descendants and advocates near completion.…

P.C. EditorFebruary 18, 2022

JACL National News Politics

JACL Applauds Passage of Bill to Add Amache National Historic Site to National Park System

After the Senate unanimously passed legislation to establish the Amache National Historic Site, located outside of Granada, Colo., as a…

P.C. EditorFebruary 15, 2022