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Community JACL News Obituaries

Chizu Iiyama, a lifelong civil rights and Japanese American community activist, has died. She was 98. Iiyama In an email…

P.C. EditorSeptember 3, 2020

JACL National News

Since 1971, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has worked as a nonprofit organization to provide legal services in civil…

P.C. EditorSeptember 2, 2020

JACL National News

By JACL National The JACL concluded two weeks of virtual proceedings in place of an in-person National Convention to elect…

P.C. EditorAugust 28, 2020

Community JACL News

By Toshi Abe, EDC, and Roberta Barton, CCDC,Legacy Fund Grants Committee Chairs The JACL Legacy Fund Grants Committee is pleased…

P.C. EditorAugust 28, 2020

Community JACL News

The JACL held its national board meeting virtually in place of its annual convention on Aug. 15. In an unprecedented…

P.C. EditorAugust 28, 2020

Community JACL News

The Venice-West Los Angeles chapter of the JACL announced its scholarship winners recently. Kaycee Kyoko Ching, a second-year medical student,…

P.C. EditorAugust 14, 2020

Community JACL News

The chapter participates in a socially distanced ceremony at the Watsonville Buddhist Temple. By W-SC JACL Pictured (from left) at…

P.C. EditorAugust 14, 2020

JACL National News

Last week, on July 22, Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie, released a statement on behalf of the university apologizing…

P.C. EditorJuly 28, 2020

JACL National News

WASHINGTON — Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2486, the National Origin-Based Anti-Discrimination Act, or NO BAN Act that…

P.C. EditorJuly 22, 2020

JACL National News

As a result of COVID-19, the organization will hold its first-ever online voting election. For the first time in JACL’s 91-year…

P.C. EditorJuly 17, 2020