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   SOUTHERN CA
Japanese American Citizens League - Downtown LA
URL: http://downtown-los-angeles-jacl.org/
Contact: Kitty Sankey - (310) 838-8553 - kitty_sankey@hotmail.com
The Downtown Los Angeles Chapter is the first official Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League and will be celebrating 80 years of existance in 2009. The Group is ably led by President Kitty Sankey, a school teacher with the Los Angeles Unified School District. The Dedicated Board members include Amy Tambara, a local school principal, Rodney Nakada, an insurance Broker, Nancy Nix a librarian, along with Marilyn Nakata, Glen Furumura, Lillian Inatomi, Mary Tsuboi, Patty Sookdet and others.
Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR)
URL: http://www.ncrr-la.org
Contact: - (213) 680-3484 - ncrrla@yahoo.com
In 2000, the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (NCRR) decided to adopt its non-profit name, Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress, with the sane acronym, NCRR. The new name better reflects the ongoing work of NCRR: active participation in the broad areas of civil rights as well as continued commitment to redress for Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans.

NCRR was founded in 1980 by Nikkei (Japanese Americans) from across the country. They held the firm belief that our community had to come together to fight for proper redress for what our government did to Nikkei during World War II.
   NORTHERN CA
API Legal Outreach
URL: http://www.apilegaloutreach.org
Contact: - (415) 567-6255 - info@apilegaloutreach.org
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (formerly Nihonmachi Legal Outreach), is a community-based, social justice organization serving the Asian and Pacific Islander communities of the Greater SF Bay Area. With a staff of 20 in offices in San Francisco and Oakland, API Legal Outreach provides legal, social, and educational services in more than a dozen languages and dialects including: Cantonese, Chiu-Chow, Hindi, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Urdu, and Vietnamese. Founded in 1975, the mission of API Legal Outreach is to promote culturally and linguistically appropriate services for the most marginalized segments of the API community. API Legal Outreach's work is currently focused in the areas of domestic violence, violence against women, immigration and immigrant rights, senior law and elder abuse, human trafficking, public benefits, and social justice issues.
CA Civil Liberties Public Edu. Program
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/grnats/cclpep/
Contact: - (916) 653-8722 - cclpep@library.ca.gov
The California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP) was created in 1999 as the result of the passage of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Act (AB1914 pdf and AB1915) sponsored by Assembly Member Mike Honda. The legislation creates the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, (CCLPEP). Its purpose is to provide competitive grants for public educational activities and the development of educational materials to ensure that the events surrounding the exclusion, forced removal and incarceration of civilians and permanent resident aliens of Japanese ancestry will be remembered and so that causes and circumstances of this and similar events may be illuminated and understood.
JACL - San Jose
URL: http://www.sanjosejacl.org/
Contact: - -
SJ JACL is committed to upholding the mission of national JACL while offering educational, civil rights, cultural, community building and social programs and activities of particular relevance and interest to the local community.
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
URL: http://www.jacl.org
Contact: - - jacl@jacl.org
The Japanese American Citizens League is the nation's oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization. Founded in 1929 to address issues of discrimination targeted specifically at persons of Japanese ancestry, the JACL has broadened its perspectives to include the welfare of all who fall victim to social injustice.
Japanese American Citizens League - Diablo Valley
URL: http://www.dvjacl.org/
Contact: - -
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is a membership organization whose mission is to secure and maintain the human and civil rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry and others victimized by injustice. The JACL has 113 chapters nationwide and seven regional districts with over 24,000 members found in twenty-three states. In addition to its national headquarters in San Francisco, the JACL has four regional offices (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago), as well as an office in Washington D.C. and an organizational newspaper, the Pacific Citizen, distributed nationally from its office in Los Angeles.
Japanese American Citizens League - Berkeley
URL: http://www.berkeleyjacl.org/
Contact: - - berkeley@jacl.org
The Berkeley Chapter was organized in early 1942 with Kimio Obata (son of U.C. Art Professor Chiura Obata) as president. WW II and the evacuation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast suspended the chapter's activities. An East Bay Chapter was formed after the war to include Berkeleyans but was split in 1953 into Oakland, Berkeley, and the Contra Costa Chapters. Later the Oakland Chapter was absorbed into the Berkeley Chapter.
Japanese American Citizens League - Florin
URL: http://www.florinjacl.com/index.htm
Contact: - -
The Florin Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is one of the oldest and most active local community organizations involved in teaching cross-cultural understanding and promoting civil rights of all people. Established in 1935, the Florin JACL is run entirely by volunteers, and is sustained from community donations and membership dues. We host several valued programs open to the entire community each year.
The Nihonmachi Outreach Committee
URL: http://www.sjnoc.org/dor/dor_index.htm
Contact: - -
The Nihonmachi Outreach Committee (NOC) is a progressive organization based in the San Jose Japanese American community that is dedicated to educating the public about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, and as a consequence, is committed to defending all people on issues of civil rights, equality, justice, tolerance and peace.
   PACIFIC NORTHWEST
JACL - Portland
URL: http://www.pdxjacl.org/index.html
Contact: Jeff Selby - (877) 843-6914 - president@pdxjacl.org
Since its beginning, the JACL has achieved many significant victories in its fight for civil liberties. Most significant among them was the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which provided for the issuing of Presidential apologies and reparations to all persons of Japanese ancestry who were interned during World War II. The JACL has also fought or brought to public recognition atrocities that have been inflicted on many other ethnic groups including Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and other persons of Asian ancestry.

Although discrimination is not always as overt today as it was during the 1920s - 1940s, it remains a fact of life for many of Asian heritage, and it must be challenged in every instance.
Japanese American Citizens League - Seattle
URL: http://jaclseattle.org/
Contact: - -
The Seattle Chapter JACL has been unafraid to tackle difficult and, often, controversial issues related to the wartime experience of our community and other civil rights issues. The exceptional pioneers who sustained our organization during one of the most difficult periods in US history laid a strong foundation for the work of future generations of Japanese Americans who believe strongly in the principles of justice, equality and fair play. Rest assured, the Seattle Chapter is well prepared to carry on the proud tradition established by our noble and courageous predecessors.
Japanese American Citizens League - Vegas
URL: http://sites.google.com/a/lvjacl.org/las-vegas-jacl/Home
Contact: - -
The Las Vegas Chapter of the JACL has been in existence since 1968. It was originally named the "Japanese American Club" and became part of the National JACL several years later.
The Las Vegas JACL is doing it's part in helping to accomplish JACL's mission by initiating and participating in events such as the International Food & Folk Life Festival, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Hawaiian Luau, and the Mochitsuki. It also sponsors the Kaminari Taiko Group, the Minyo Dancers, and the Annual Bill Endow Scholarships, which honors and recognizes outstanding students from JACL families. JACL members come from all races and cultures - - Japanese ancestry is not required.
   MID-WEST
JACL - New Mexico
URL: http://www.nmjacl.org/
Contact: - (505) 565-2185 - info@nmjacl.org
Founded in 1929, the Japanese American Citizens League is the nation's largest and oldest Asian American civil rights organization. The JACL is a membership driven organization with more than 24,000 members and over 113 chapters nationwide, with a mission to secure and uphold the civil and human rights of all people. Its mission also includes preserving the cultural heritage and values of Japanese Americans and promoting the development and understanding of all social and ethnic groups.
JACL - Twin Cities
URL: http://www.twincitiesjacl.org/
Contact: - - info@twincitiesjacl.org
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is a membership organization whose mission is to secure and maintain the human and civil rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry and others victimized by injustice. JACL has 112 chapters nationwide and eight regional districts with more than 24,000 members from twenty-three states.
JACL - Wisconsin
URL: http://wijacl.googlepages.com/
Contact: - - wisconsin@jacl.org
Japanese American Citizens League in Wisconsin
Japanese American Citizens League - Hoosier
URL: http://www.hoosierjacl.org/
Contact: - - hoosier@jacl.org
The Hoosier Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League is committed to providing resources and programs that:

* Protect the rights of Japanese Americans and strive to secure and uphold civil and human rights for all people.
* Preserve and promote the cultural heritage and values of Japanese Americans in a multicultural society.
* Participate in the development of understanding between all social and ethnic groups.
* Promote a sense of community among the local peoples of Japanese descent.
Japanese American Citizens League - Chicago
URL: http://jaclchicago.org/
Contact: - (773) 728-7171 - chicago@jacl.org
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is the oldest and largest Asian Pacific American civil rights organization in the U.S. Our MISSION is to secure and maintain the civil rights of Japanese Americans as well as others who are victimized by injustice and prejudice. As a national organization, JACL supports cultural, educational and social values, and works to preserve the heritage and legacy of the Japanese American community.
   EAST COAST
APIA Vote
URL: http://apiavote.org
Contact: Christine Chen - (202) 223-9170 - info@apiavote.org
The Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that encourages and promotes civic participation of Asian Pacific Islander Americans in the electoral and public policy processes at the national, state, and local levels.
Asian American Justice Center
URL: http://www.napalc.org/
Contact: - (202) 296-2300 -
Founded in 1991, the Asian American Justice Center works to advance the human and civil rights for Asian Americans, and build and promote a fair and equitable society for all.

Asian American Justice Center SpeakersThe Asian American Justice Center is one of the nation's leading experts on issues of importance to the Asian American community including: affirmative action, anti-Asian violence prevention/race relations, census, immigrant rights, immigration, language access, television diversity and voting rights. Our expertise is widely acknowledged: in the media, by the public and lawmakers at the very highest tiers of government.
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional
URL: http://www.apaics.org/
Contact: - (202) 296-9200 - apaics@apaics.org
The Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan educational organization based in Washington, D.C., that strives to pursue a mission of increasing participation of individuals of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage at all levels of the political process, from community service to elected office. Founded in 1994 by former Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta, APAICS serves as an informational resource to Congress about the Asian Pacific American (APA) community, and as a base for the development of a politically active APA citizenry.
JACL - Cleveland
URL: http://www.lkwdpl.org/jacl/
Contact: - (216) 556-2277 - cleveland@jacl.org
Cleveland Chapter of JACL was founded under the leadership of Abe Hagiwara and others in 1946. At that time, the membership numbered 145 and had the annual budget of $14,000. Joe Kadowaki, Henry Tanaka, Bill Sr. and Mary Sadataki., Ken Asamoto are remembered as the early leaders. The chapter started its community newsletter, The Bulletin in 1946 also. It started as a mimeographed paper using a typewriter and stencil. It continues today written on a computer and is available on line at the chapter website, www.lkwdpl.org/jacl .
JACL - New England
URL: http://www.nejacl.org/index.html
Contact: - - newengland@jacl.org
The New England Chapter, covering the six New England states, has a relatively small and widespread membership. The chapter was founded in 1948, with activities centered on WWII internment claims and naturalization of the Issei. After a hiatus, the chapter was reactivated in 1979 to respond to the unique needs of a widespread Japanese American community. Michael Adachi and Harvard students Glen Fukushima, Alex and Laurel Kimura were instrumental in the reactivation. Under President David Sakura, the new chapter developed an extensive pan Asian network of community activists and organizations to cooperate and support our common issues and concerns.
JACL - Philadelphia
URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~phila_jacl/
Contact: - - philadelphia@jacl.org
Japanese American Citizens League in Philadelphia
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