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‘Reparations Impossible? Why We Should Care and How We Can Be Allies’ – Pacific Citizen Participating in the panel were (from left) Carol Kawase, Don Tamaki, Masumi Hayashi-Smith and Peggy Nagae. (Photo: Gil Asakawa) The National Convention panel focused on Black reparations. By Gil Asakawa, P.C. Contributor One crowded panel during the recent JACL National Convention at the Paris Hote...

This is a special place.

What are you willing to sacrifice to stand up for what you believe is right? Would you go to prison?

Coming to Portland October 4, The Nisei Paradox: Japanese American Draft Resisters During World War II will be performed at the Mission Theater, presented by the Japanese American Museum of Oregon and Oregon Law Foundation.

This theatrical, multi-media stage reading dramatizes the trials of 32 young Japanese Americans who refused the wartime draft from the confines of the Minidoka concentration camp. These young people faced a paradox: fight for a country that had stripped them of their civil liberties, or resist the draft in protest.

All but one were convicted and sentenced to prison, including Oregonian Tatsuo George Fujinaka.

Join us for this close look at the perspectives of these young people and what they found as they came up against a stacked legal system and a biased judge.

Get your tickets: jamo.org/nisei-paradox/

Jeanne Shioshi was such a lovely woman. I want to grow up to be Jeanne.

Portland's Jeanne Shioshi, WWII incarceration survivor, dies at 103 Shioshi, who was Japanese American, was held in incarceration camps during World War II.

Let's get out the vote.

Join us and our partners at APIAVote this election season! If you’re eager to help register voters, answer questions at the polls, or organize community voter registration drives, we’ll provide the resources and opportunities you need. Fill out the interest form for details and stay tuned for updates as the elections near: bit.ly/jacl-gotv-26

Kintsukuroi was shown in Portland at the Clinton Street Theater last Saturday. It was made with love as almost all of the crew, actors and producers had a direct connection to the WWII incarceration experience of Japanese Americans. It covered issues like father/son disagreements, going to war and refusing to go to war.

Friday lunch at Ikoi No Kai.

Our youth group Unite People were a big help at the Nikkei Community Picnic

We had lots of fun, food, prizes, and rides at the Nikkei Community Picnic at Oaks Park this year.

Our voices will be heard.

August 28 marks the 63rd anniversary of the March on Washington, and sadly, there are many rights still under threat today. This year, countless organizations and supporters will march again to defend voting rights, civil rights, and economic justice. We look forward to being there in person and sharing online, and we hope you will too. Learn more: https://marchonwashington2026.com/