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July 19, 2022  |  By Shelley Takeuchi  |  In Uncategorized

2022 National JACL Convention

Join us August 3 to 7 in Las Vegas for  “Strengthening Our Community Through Action”! Let’s unite and reunite, in-person and virtually, to take action for our community! After having to cancel the 2020 Convention due to COVID-19, the 2022 Convention’s theme is “Strengthening Our Community Through Action”, which also builds upon last year’s theme […]

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July 18, 2022  |  By Shelley Takeuchi  |  In Uncategorized

Tsuru for Solidarity

Newsletter – Tsuru of Solidarity Enjoy the very first JIZO April 2022 Newsletter https://nmjacl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/JIZO.Newsletter.Issue_.1.Final_.4.25.22.pdf

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July 18, 2022  |  By Shelley Takeuchi  |  In Uncategorized

2022 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

Saturday, Aug 13, 202111:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDTJapanese American National Museum100 North Central AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90012 Join us for the in-person return of the Natsumatsuri Festival, our annual summer celebration featuring free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages!

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March 13, 2018  |  By Kori Kobayashi  |  In Events, Uncategorized

Miyamura: Journey from ‘enemy alien’ to American hero

Miyamura: Journey from ‘enemy alien’ to American hero Copyright © 2018 Albuquerque Journal Editor’s Note: Hiroshi Miyamura watched a lot of the Winter Olympics in South Korea. But just the mention of the country brings back a flood of memories. He talked about his heroic role in what is known as America’s forgotten war, in […]

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January 24, 2018  |  By korik12  |  In Uncategorized

Fort Stanton (Old Raton Ranch)

In late January of 1942, 32 Japanese residents of Clovis, New Mexico, were uprooted from their homes and sent to an isolated, little-known confinement camp near Fort Stanton, called the Old Raton Ranch. The Clovis residents included the families of ten Japanese who were employed by the Santa Fe Railroad (primarily as machinists with top […]

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January 24, 2018  |  By korik12  |  In Uncategorized

Santa Fe Camp

In February 1942, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) acquired an 80 acre tract of land from the New Mexico State Penitentiary (1 1⁄2 miles from the center of Santa Fe). The tract held an abandoned CCC camp that was constructed in 1933 to house 450 men. In less than 2 months, the camp […]

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January 9, 2018  |  By korik12  |  In Uncategorized

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November 24, 2017  |  By korik12  |  In Uncategorized

Camp Lordsburg

Plans for Camp Lordsburg began in January of 1942, and the camp operated as an Internment and Prisoner of War Camp from June 1942 to June 1945. The camp was constructed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice (DOJ), run by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and administered by the U.S. Army under the […]

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The New Mexico Japanese-American Citizens League (NMJACL) is the state affiliate for the Japanese-American Citizens League (JACL). NMJACL traces its origins to 1947 with the formation of the Albuquerque Nisei Club, a social club for Japanese-American families living in New Mexico. NMJACL is also a member of the JACL Pacific Southwest District (PSW), which encompasses the Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Southern California region.
 

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The New Mexico Japanese-American Citizens League (NMJACL) is the state affiliate for the Japanese-American Citizens League (JACL). NMJACL traces its origins to 1947 with the formation of the Albuquerque Nisei Club, a social club for Japanese-American families living in New Mexico. NMJACL is also a member of the JACL Pacific Southwest District (PSW), which encompasses the Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Southern California region.

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