Join the JACL Midwest District Council (MDC) Youth Summit for a hybrid event hosted on Zoom and in Chicago, IL. The event will be a hybrid panel with four distinguished Asian American elected officials making change in their respective communities! Panelists Senator Stephanie Chang, Michigan Senate Commissioner Josina Morita, Cook County, Illinois Representative Samantha Sencer-Mura,

In Japan, the blossoming of Cherry Blossoms represents renewal and happiness. We wanted to incorporate this beautiful symbolism into our event to celebrate each and every one of you. Mental health is a topic that is hard to talk about in many communities. Our goal is to create a safe space for everyone to share

Twin Cities JACL Day of Remembrance: 81 Years Since Executive Order 9066 In person on or on Zoom Eighty-one years ago, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which led to the incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans. Women, men, and children were imprisoned without trial as “enemy aliens,”