From the Executive Director: A Successful Convention, But in Need of Your Help
When I was 16 years old, I got my first paid regular job working as a bagger at the local…
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From the Executive Director: Last Call!
By David InoueIt’s been a while since I’ve been at a bar late enough to hear the shouts of “Last Call,” but…
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From the Executive Director: Why You Won’t Want to Miss Convention This Year
By David InoueThere’s something about being in Los Angeles — particularly Little Tokyo. For one, being in Little Tokyo opens up the…
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From the Executive Director: Yes, Another Column About Gun Violence
By David InoueI wrote my last column on the need to take action on gun violence, and yes, here is yet another…
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From the Executive Director: An Easter Plea for Ending Gun Idolatry
By David InoueOn Monday, March 27, we once again as a nation mourned another mass shooting event that took the lives of…
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From the Executive Director: March Madness of a Different Kind
By David InoueMarch is a great time to be a sports fan. Spring training for baseball is in full swing, and this…
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From the Executive Director: See You in Little Tokyo!
By David InoueIt’s been a long time coming, and long overdue, but we are finally able to announce that the 2023 JACL…
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From the Executive Director: Together Again, and It’s Time to Take Some Risks
By David InoueAfter nearly two years largely in isolation or with modified meeting arrangements for many of us due to Covid, this…
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From the Executive Director: ‘Don’t Shoot the Messenger’ Won’t Cut It Anymore for Social Media
By David InoueAs we went into the 2022 midterm elections, one of the greatest concerns was the potential for disruption of the…
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From the Executive Director: Even When You’re Right, You Can Still Be Wrong
By David InoueLast month, I had the opportunity to visit Israel as a part of AJC Project Interchange, a program whose goal…
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From the Executive Director: Looking at the Man in the Mirror
By David InoueRevelations that former President Donald Trump has been keeping classified documents at his Mar a Lago home was not so…
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From the Executive Director: Where Do We Go From Here?
By David InoueThirty-four years ago this week, Congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Civil Liberties Act of 1988,…
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From the Executive Director: Our Bodies, Our Choice
By David InoueAs we approach convention, this is my last column before convention convenes on Aug. 3 with the National Board Meeting…
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From the Executive Director: JACL Convention: Exactly What We Need Right Now
By David InoueThis past week has been one of incredible highs and lows, which will continue into this coming week. The week…
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From the Executive Director: Thoughts and Prayers
By David InoueIn the aftermath of yet another school shooting that took the lives of 19 children, all about the same age…
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From the Executive Director: Public Health Is Not Determined by Public Opinion
By David InoueWhile most of the news from the courts has been the leaked decision from the Supreme Court regarding the likely…
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From the Executive Director: The Day the Music Died
By David InoueIn Japanese American politics, it can easily be said that the three men I admired the most were Sen. Daniel…
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From the Executive Director: Justice May Be Blind, But It Also Must Be Multifaceted
By David InoueI had fallen asleep on the evening of March 27 to be woken up by our senior dog around midnight.…