Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)

Tomorrow is the day! If you haven't voted already, make sure you get to the polls tomorrow and have a plan to vote!

NowThis recently released a fantastic, 10-minute explainer video on the history, urgency, and status of HR 40, featuring interviews with Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and Dr. Ron Daniels, convener of the National African American Reparations Commission. It also features John Tateishi, former JACL Executive Director who helped lead for Japanese-American reparations.

Tomorrow! Please join us and our partners at AARP AAPI Community for a re-airing of the Reimagine Asian America: Ep. 1 on Asian American mental health! The webinar will be totally FREE and streamed right here on Facebook, so RSVP on the event page below to be updated on when it goes live!

If you want to help get Japanese American voters out to the polls you can join our partners at APALA and Tsuru for Solidarity later today for their textbanking night! You can RSVP in the event page below!

Join us and all of our partners tonight for the final push towards election day next week! If you have questions, need resources, or want to learn about making a voting plan, be sure to check it out!

With so many people voting by mail this year, everyone should know how a ballot travels safely from your hand to the counters. Here's the run-down:

Tune in to hear NCAPA members discuss the importance of the AAPI's in the upcoming election and how they uplift issues impacting Pacific Islanders, Sikh Americans, South Asians, and Southeast Asians to get out the vote!

This year, the ballots might take a bit longer than usual to count, but to have an accurate count we have to be patient!

We are beyond excited to support Congresswoman Doris Matsui in her introduction of the Japanese American Confinement Education Act. While the bill looks to continue the authorization of the JACS program which is set to end in 2022, it will also introduce a new education component to continue teaching the history of the incarceration experience to more people than ever before. https://matsui.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx

"The ACLU and other organizations that are part of a court-appointed "steering committee" learned that more than 1,000 families were separated in 2017 based on data provided by the Department of Homeland Security." https://www.nbcnews.com//lawyers-say-they-can-t-find-paren

"...informed sources tell CNN that the White House is unquestionably pressuring the Pentagon to approve what would likely be, in the words of one senior administration official, "the biggest handoff of economic power to a single entity in history," and to do so without full examination of the impact on national security and without a competitive bidding process." https://www.cnn.com//white-house-5g-spectrum-n/index.html

In just a few hours, hear from Peggy Nagae and George Nakata about the life and legacy of Min Yasui, hosted by the University of Oregon Law Center. Sign up below! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/minoru-yasuis-legacy-a-convers

Join us for the first part of the first-ever JACSC Education Conference! Live streaming on YouTube in just a few minutes, hear from community members from around the country on intergenerational trauma and the current movements around Black Lives Matters, childhood detention, immigration policy, and mass incarceration. https://www.youtube.com/watch