Welcome to the Twin Cities Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). JACL is a national membership organization whose mission is to secure and maintain the human and civil rights of Americans victimized by injustice.
JACL derives its effectiveness through its strategically located regional offices, which serve the needs of the organization’s members and help maintain the well-being of all Americans.
In addition to its national headquarters in San Francisco, the JACL has regional offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington D.C.
The Pacific Citizen, publishing news and information for and about the Asian American community since 1929, is a production of the JACL Los Angeles office.
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Posted @withregram • @mdcjacl ATTENTION MIDWEST YOUTH! ![]()
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Are you looking to get more involved with the JACL? Want to engage more deeply with your Midwest community?![]()
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If you’re between the ages of 18–25, we invite you to apply for the MDC Youth Board!![]()
Use the QR code in this post or apply directly at the link below:![]()
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Applications close AUGUST 10th!![]()
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Please contact Eli (mdcyouth@jacl.org) or dm @mdcjacl if you have any questions!![]()
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#jacl #jaclnational #jaclmdc #midwest #AsianAmerican #japaneseamerican #youth #community #nikkei #socialjustice #nysc
Posted @withregram • @releasemn8 We are enraged and heartbroken as the attacks on immigrants continue to escalate to devastating levels. All across the nation, ICE is dragging people from their homes and ripping apart communities. Please read our full statement and share to support immigrants. @releasemn8
Posted @withregram • @takingbackpride 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈MARCH WITH US TO TAKE BACK PRIDE FROM COPS AND CORPORATIONS 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️![]()
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Taking Back Pride is a response to the corporatization of Pride and the refusal of TC Pride to listen to community demands to remove cops from an explicitly anti-cop event. The Stonewall Uprising was a protest against police brutality and violence that was led by Black trans women. Taking Back Pride wants to restore the history of pride to TC Pride and all Pride events. Join us to demand NO cops and NO corporations at TC pride!![]()
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📅 Sunday, June 29th![]()
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📍6th St between Hennepin and 1st![]()
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#pride #pride🌈 #tcpride #takebackpride #march #minneapolis #trans #gay
Posted @withregram • @maskbloc_msp Minneapolis People's Pride is back on June 28th, 12-4pm at Powderhorn Park! This is a masks required event. Every break in the chain of transmission of Covid (and other airborne illnesses) is a benefit to our community! Masking up also helps the most vulnerable in our community be able to attend - and since anyone can be impacted by Covid illness and Long Covid, masks help protect all of us. ![]()
For all those able to, please find places to purchase masks ahead of time in our linktree: @maskblocmsp. For all those who need, you can make a request ahead of time for free masks from our form @maskblocmsp. There will be a limited stock of free masks available at the event. We can't wait to see you there!![]()
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Image description: centered text on a light blue background, bordered by the Mask Bloc MSP logo, a QR code that leads to the mask bloc msp linktree, two megaphones, and an illustration of people attending pride. Text reads- Mpls People's Pride, June 28th, 12-4 pm, Powderhorn Park. No corporations, no cops. People's Pride is a masks required event to help protect our community. Please plan ahead to request or purchase masks ahead of time as there will be limited stock at the event. Linktr.ee/maskblocmsp. The illustration features a vendor tent, a large progress pride flag, many people with various skin tones and body sizes wearing masks and colorful clothing, and trees in the background. Next to one tree, there is a person wearing a keffiyeh speaking into a microphone with the Palestinian flag flying. In one corner, someone grills while others wait for food. The mask bloc logo is a bright blue circle with a pink border and white text, and in the center there is a white KN95 mask. Logo text reads- Maskbloc MSP/On Dakota Land. We Keep Us Safer/@maskblocmsp. Two pink triangles separate the text on the logo. End image description.
📅 Sunday, July 27th, 2025![]()
🕟 11:00am - 2:30pm![]()
📍 Rosland Park Shelter![]()
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Edina, MN 55435![]()
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Join the Twin Cities JACL for our annual summer picnic, featuring great food, Japanese Dance, Games, and More!![]()
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All are welcome! Bring your friends, family, and appetite. Please also bring something to share, and don't forget to RSVP!![]()
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Posted @withregram • @asamnews The Trump Administration has ordered new signage at Manzanar National Historic Site, an incarceration camp where over 10,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants were once imprisoned for their Asian descent and subjected to poor living conditions and violence. These signs have sparked controversy, as many park advocates and historians have cited concerns over whether or not the signs encourage an erasure of history.![]()
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Trump’s March 27 executive order calls for the Interior Secretary to review if monuments “have been removed or changed to perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history, inappropriately minimize the value of certain historical events or figures, or include any other improper partisan ideology.”![]()
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This executive order caused Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to issue a directive mandating all national parks post the signage, which include a QR code and a description urging visitors to report “any signs or other information that are negative about either past or living Americans,” and “that fail to emphasize the beauty, grandeur, and abundance of landscapes and other natural features.” ![]()
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Dennis Arguelles, the Southern California director of the National Parks Conservation Association, told his concerns to SFGATE.![]()
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“If this administration has its way, [Manzanar is] probably one of the stories they’d rather see go away,” he said.![]()
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First photo by Jrsavageau via Wikipedia Creative Commons, second photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikipedia Creative Commons, third photo by Lindsay Smythe via Wikipedia Creative Commons![]()
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