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Minnesota History Center & TC JACL – Echoes of History: The Japanese American Imprisonment Resounds Today

Minnesota History Center 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN, United States

Join Dale Minami for a recounting of how a fraud on the United States Supreme Court resulted in the upholding of the conviction of Fred Korematsu and the incarceration program of Japanese Americans during World War II. Forty years later, a group of young attorneys were able to overturn the conviction but history is repeating …

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San Diego JACL- The ART of Inclusive Communication (Part A)

Webinar

The San Diego Chapter of JACL is hosting a free, virtual dialogue-focused workshop on inclusive communication provided by the National Conflict Resolution Center. Part A is May 25 from 6-8 p.m. Part Bis on June 1 from 6-8 p.m. Both are on Zoom Online Workshop. The interactive workshop involves small group discussion, facilitated dialogue, and …

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AMAJ- Concert: NO-NO BOY with Alicia Thao

The Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota

ABOUT THIS SHOW No-No Boy is the musical project of Vietnamese American singer and scholar Julian Saporiti. On his Smithsonian Folkways debut 1975, named after the year Saigon fell, Saporiti investigates his own family heritage as well as life in WWII Japanese internment camps, immigrant detention centers and refugee camps in 2020, and other stories …

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$15 – $20

San Diego JACL- The ART of Inclusive Communication (Part B)

Webinar

The San Diego Chapter of JACL is hosting a free, virtual dialogue-focused workshop on inclusive communication provided by the National Conflict Resolution Center. Part A is May 25 from 6-8 p.m. Part Bis on June 1 from 6-8 p.m. Both are on Zoom Online Workshop. The interactive workshop involves small group discussion, facilitated dialogue, and …

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TC JACL- Manzanar Diverted Film Screening

Minnesota History Center 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN, United States

Join us at the Minnesota History Center from 2-4PM for a screening and discussion of "Manzanar Diverted," a documentary in which intergenerational women from Native American, Japanese American and rancher communities form an unexpected alliance to defend their land and water.

TC JACL- A History of Mixed Race Nikkei

Webinar

Join us for a virtual event in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library as we hear from local scholar Selena Moon and invited panelists on the history of mixed race Japanese Americans. Time TBD, stay tuned!

JACL Detroit- Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance and Rededication

Detroit MI, United States

In June 1982, a Chinese American man by the name of Vincent Chin was targeted and brutally attacked in Highland Park, Michigan. Witnesses reported hearing his attackers shout, "It's because of you we're out of work!"--a reference to the economic downturn in the 1970s and 80s that hit the Motor City hard, coupled with competition …

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TC JACL- Minnesota Connections: The WWII Military Intelligence Service Language School and the Building of a Japanese American Community

Minnesota History Center 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN, United States

In 1942, the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) was moved to Minnesota. The school trained soldiers as Japanese linguists to support the US military in World War II. A unique institution, it became point of pride for Japanese Americans who faced discrimination before and in wartime and had a strong impact on the war's …

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TC JACL- Nikkei with Disabilities

Webinar

Join us for another virtual event in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library as we hear from local scholar Selena Moon and invited panelists about the experience of disabled Japanese Americans during WW2 incarceration and their fight for Redress, disability, and civil rights.

Oyate Hotanin- Flower Power

Mounds Park St. Paul, MN, United States

On August 6th, you can find us at Mounds Park in St. Paul for Flower Power hosted by Oyate Hotanin. The event will feature several artistic expressions for peace, including folding origami cranes in remembrance of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 77 years ago on the same date. Volunteers welcome!

TCJACL- Obon Festival

Como Park 1225 Estabrook Dr, St. Paul, MN, United States

On August 21st, you can find us at Como Park for the first Obon Festival since the start of the pandemic! We’ll be looking for volunteers! NEW in 2022 we will be selling ONLY ADVANCED TICKETS.  Click HERE to purchase your tickets today! We will not be able to take cash at the gate for …

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