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Sunday September 29, 2024

Aki Matsuri 2024 - Kokoro : The Way of Harmony

Join us on Sunday, September 29th, 2024 from 10am to 5pm Enjoy live music, dance, art, Japanese food, vendors and more. Featuring a performances all day as well as a Japanese Art Exhibit - NMJACL invites you to join us for our annual Japanese Fall Festival - See the Full Performance Schedule HERE

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A Historic First: Japanese Sasebo Gardens at the River of Lights

This year, for the very first time, the beautiful Japanese Sasebo Gardens were included in Albuquerque’s River of Lights festival! From November 30th to December 30th, two of our incredible local taiko groups, NM Taiko and BK Taiko, performed on multiple days to commemorate this special occasion. Their powerful and dynamic performances added a unique […]

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NMJACL PROJECTS

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WHAT IS CLOE?

NMJACL is currently involved in a broad series of initiatives aimed at documenting, educating, and raising awareness of the internment of Japanese-Americans...

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CLOE – Historical Markers

Historic markers for Camp Lordsburg and Ft. Stanton have been developed by the planning board, Van Citters Historic Preservation...

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Stop Anti-Asian Hate Rally, Albuquerque, NM March 28, 2021

A Stop Anti-Asian Hate Rally was held in Albuquerque at the Civic Plaza on March 28, 2021.  The following statement was submitted on behalf of the NMJACL and was ready by Council Woman Lan Sena, Albuquerque.

Submitted by Aiko Allen, Interim President

In observing our state’s COVID-19 public health orders, the advanced age and chronic health conditions of many of our New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League board members prevents us from being physically present today. 

We are grateful to the rally organizers and to all of you who took time this afternoon to be here at Civic Plaza when you could have made other choices of how to spend your day. 

Thank you Council woman Sena for agreeing to read this statement on behalf of Aiko Allen, Interim President of the NMJACL. The NMJACL stands with our Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)  communities this afternoon in sustaining a shared response to the escalating rise in anti-Asian violence, fear, hatred, and now deaths in Atlanta. 

These women are us.  They are our grandmothers, our mothers, our sisters, our daughters. They are our families.  They are our dreams. They were taken from us abruptly.  We feel deep loss and pain. 

And the loss and pain must be transformed, not through endured silence, but through our efforts together to do more than speak of the diversity and inclusive world that we want to live in.

As a chapter of the national JACL, we are the oldest and largest AAPI civil rights organization in the US.  Our mission is to secure and safeguard civil and human rights of the AAPI and all communities who are affected by injustice and bigotry. 

As a nation that seeks strength in its diversity, the paradoxes historically expressed in its conscious discrimination and racism, are challenges expressed in each generation since our founding. 

We must choose the world we want for our children, grandchildren, and generations to come.

We honor your courage.  We honor your tenacity.  We honor our ancestors who dreamed through their sacrifices that there would be something better for their children.  As NMJACL, we rise with you and stand together moving forward always.  No silence, no invisibility.

NMJACL - New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League