Showing posts with label JACL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label JACL. Show all posts
Sunday, February 18, 2024

More than ever, the US needs to remember February 19, another day that lives in infamy

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SMITHSONIAN Thousands of American citizens of Japanese descent were rounded up an incarcerated because of Executive Order 9066. With the ris...
Saturday, February 18, 2023

Day of Remembrance statement from the JACL calls for reperations for African Americans

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History matters By the Japanese American Citizens League . This Sunday, February 19, 2023, marks the 81st anniversary of the signing of Exec...
Thursday, July 7, 2022

Man who attacked Japanese American father and daughter charged with hate crime

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SCREEN CAPTURE Portland residents demonstrate against racially motivated attacks against Asians A leisurely bicycle ride turned into a night...
Saturday, February 19, 2022

Day of Remembrance: JACL marks the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066

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Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942. On the anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the Japanese A...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Amache concentration camp for Japanese Americans during WWII to become historical site

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In the grasslands of Colorado stands an old watchtower that used to look over the the concentration camp that housed thousands of American c...
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Feb. 19: Day of Remembrance gains new relevance in 2021

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OPINION On Feb. 19 in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the infamous Executive Order 9066, which gave the US Army the authority t...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

AAPI sorely disappointed they were overlooked for Biden's Cabinet

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President-elect Joe Biden' Cabinet nominees The ripples of severe disappointment because President-elect Joe Biden failed to nominate an...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Over 400 religious, civil rights organizations call for police reformSCREEN

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SCREEN CAPTURE Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The Leadership Conference on Ci...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

COVID-19 takes life of JACL leader

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LILLIAN KIMURA, 1929-2020 Lillian Kimura, the first woman to be elected National President of the Japanese American Citizens League. She...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

California set to apologize for incarceration of Japanese Americans

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Executive Order 9066 was signed into law on Feb. 19, 1942. ASAM NEWS A bill from California Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, (D-Torrance) wou...
Sunday, February 16, 2020

Sunday Read: With deep forboding, we must remember Feb. 19

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Years ago - before Donald Trump had his reality show - I had just written a column on the anniversary of Executive Order 9066. I distinctl...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Asian Americans at center of court battle of district elections vs. at-large elections

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FACEBOOK Santa Clara City Council member Raj Chahal, right, was elected after district elections was imposed on Santa Clara. Voting r...