2014 National JACL Scholarship Winners
By Chip Larouche, National VP of Planning & Development The JACL Scholarship Program has had another great year! In this…
Print Issue: 2014
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Washington State University to Examine the Internment of Japanese Americans During WWII
An exhibit of the George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection of Heart Mountain photographs will be on display at WSU’s…
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Topaz Museum Exhibits to be Funded by Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant
By P.C. Staff DELTA, UTAH — The Topaz Museum board recently received a $497,186 Japanese American Confinement Sites grant from…
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JACL Looking for Nisei Injured in 1965 Alabama Voting Rights Demonstrations
Todd Endo is pictured at the 50th March on Washington event in September 2013; in 1965, Endo traveled to Selma…
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‘Games for the Generations’
Photo by Noriko Horii and Nancy Teramura Hayata. The Nikkei Games preserve Japanese culture through sports. By Alysha Tsuji, Contributor…
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If You Have These Things You Must Be JA
By Gil Asakawa All the Japanese Americans I know have all sorts of ways to show their cultural roots. It…
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Tule Lake Holds Annual Pilgrimage
Pilgrims descend Castle Rock during the 2014 Tule Lake Pilgrimage. Photo courtesy of Tule Lake Committee This year’s theme, ‘Criminalizing…
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Sacramento Holds Forum on the 1984 Sikh Genocide in India
Protesters in India rally against the killing of Sikhs and the ensuing government cover up. Photo courtesy of ensaaf By…
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Twin Cities JACL Education Committee Assists Student With National History Day Project
Seventh-grader Mary Jo Dalsin from New Prague, Minn., at the National History Day Competition in Washington, D.C., with her third-place…
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Shining a Light on Peace and Harmony
Folded paper paper cranes at the “Remembering Sadako” event at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center. Photo by Connie…
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JACL Denounces ‘Jonah From Tonga’
By JACL National Staff The JACL said Aug. 1 that it is “disturbed” by HBO’s decision to air a new…