JACL Calls for Justice in Wake of Brutal Slaying of Black 25-Year-Old by Police
On June 27th, Jayland Walker was brutally murdered in Akron, Ohio by eight police officers for a traffic and equipment violation. The...
JACL Sends Condolences in Response to the Assassination of Former Prime Minister Abe
Like the rest of the world, JACL is shocked and saddened by the assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. We send our...
JACL Calls for Further Reform after 4th of July Shooting in Highland Park, Illinois
The JACL was shaken by the recent mass shooting at a parade in Highland Park, Illinois this 4th of July that left 6 dead and 38 injured....
JACL Saddened by Recent Attack on Family in Portland
On Saturday, July 2, a family was assaulted in Portland, Oregon while bicycling in a well-traveled and public space. The assailant...
JACL Welcomes JACS Funding for “The League of Dreams"
On Tuesday, June 21, the National Park Service announced its new round of funding for the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS)...
JACL Rebukes SCOTUS and Affirms Right to Reproductive Freedom
This morning the Supreme Court of the United States voted 6-3 to overturn Roe v. Wade, a five-decade-old historic court precedent that...
JACL Remembers Vincent Chin 40 Years Later
This Sunday, June 19th, marks 40 years since Vincent Chin was brutally beaten in Detroit at his bachelor party by two autoworkers who...
JACL Applauds the Signing of Bill for National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture
This afternoon, President Biden signed into law H.R. 3525, the “Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian...
JACL Demands the Senate Act to Pass H.R. 8
Last night, our nation once again felt outrage, pain, and sadness in response to what we call another senseless mass murder of innocent...
JACL Calls For National Action to Combat White Supremacy in the Wake of Recent Tragedy in Buffalo
On May 14 in Buffalo, New York, 10 people were murdered in a supermarket in an attack perpetrated by a self-identified white supremacist....
