Print Issue: 2019

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Commentary & Opinions

Youth Perspective: JACL Continues to Change Our Country for the Better

By Andrew Gruhn

October 11, 2019

This year’s JACL National Convention in Salt Lake City was a wonderful way for me to learn more about processes…
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Commentary & Opinions

From The Executive Director: 2019’s Version of the Loyalty Question

By David Inoue

October 11, 2019

The sponsored ad that popped up on my Facebook feed proclaimed, “China Threat Briefing” to promote the U.S. Chamber of…
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Commentary & Opinions

Letter to the Editor

October 11, 2019

Dear Editor, To Jeffrey Moy, National President of the JACL RE: National JACL Resolution of Apology to Tule Lake Resisters…
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Commentary & Opinions

Scholarship Recipients Can Help Grow the JACL Membership

By Floyd Mori

October 10, 2019

Congratulations to the outstanding students who were recently announced as being awarded scholarships from the National JACL. You are to…
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Community

MIS Veteran Posthumously Receives Congressional Gold Medal

September 13, 2019

Congressman Ro Khanna presents the military award to Shunso Frank Watanabe’s family. During a Town Hall meeting in Sunnyvale, Calif.,…
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AARP

Reimagine Everything: New Analysis Shows 28 percent of Americans Do Not Follow Their Medication Regimens

By Ron Mori

September 13, 2019

The sad reality is that many of us are dependent on prescription drugs. While prescription drugs are an essential part…
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Features

L.A. Life Part IV:  Pride, Property and (Girl) Power

By Athena Mari Asklipiadis

September 13, 2019

Jerry Matsukuma with members of his All Capital team. (Photo: Courtesy of June Yamaki) How a father/daughter duo and their…
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Features

‘The Poston Experience’

By Ryan Yoshikawa

September 13, 2019

SELANOCO JACL President Ryan Yoshikawa The Anaheim program paves the way for telling the Japanese American incarceration story. By Ryan…
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Community

The Power of Collaboration

By Ray Locker

September 13, 2019

How the Japanese American community stopped an auction and drew closer together By Ray Locker During World War II, art…
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Aizumi

A Mother’s Take: Showing Up

By Marsha Aizumi

September 13, 2019

Changing Tides, an initiative within the Little Tokyo Service Center, will hold a mental health conference called “Making Waves” at…
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Commentary & Opinions

From The Executive Director: Kakehashi Continues to Evolve, But the Heart Remains the Same

By David Inoue

September 13, 2019

I recently returned from a two-week trip to Japan, mostly a vacation with my family. We traveled across the country…
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JACL

December 2019 Kakehashi Project Applications Now Being Accepted

By P.C. Staff

September 13, 2019

By JACL National Up to 92 participants will be selected to participate in this year’s JACL Kakehashi Program, coordinated by…
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Commentary & Opinions

Letter to the Editor: JACL Apologizes to Tule Lake Resisters

By Yukio Kawaratani

August 30, 2019

The new generation of JACL leaders and members should be congratulated for acknowledging and understanding the need for voting for…
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In-Depth

Plenary Part 2: Finding Success for Redress

By P.C. Staff

August 30, 2019

CWRIC hearings, a figure is reached and a secret White House meeting By P.C. Staff (Editor’s note: The following is…
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Community

Venice-West L.A. JACL Announces Scholarship Winner

By P.C. Staff

August 30, 2019

Nicole Suzuki, an honor student who will be attending Northeastern University this fall, was selected recently as the winner of…
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Community

Sesquicentennial Celebration Held at Wakamatsu Farm

By P.C. Staff

August 30, 2019

The three-day event celebrates Japanese American heritage, arts and cuisine to recognize the 150th anniversary of the first Japanese pioneers’…
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