Events Calendar

March 23, 2025

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@unite_peoplepdx has partnered with See’s Candie

@unite_peoplepdx has partnered with See’s Candies to sell chocolates and other sweets for their Spring Fundraiser!

The last day to order Spring themed candy is April 4th, 2025.

Scan the QR code in the image or click the link in our bio to order.

Our next Prefecture Culture Club Meeting will be f

Our next Prefecture Culture Club Meeting will be focusing on Hiroshima-ken! We will be eating kaki-furai (fried oysters) and we will all be making our own yakisoba-okonomiyaki.

When: March 15th
Time: 12 PM - 2 PM
Where: Epworth United Methodist Church, 1333 SE
28th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

An RSVP is required to participate. If interested, please email jaclpdxyt@gmail.com by Monday, March 10th.

Justin will be presenting a short talk on Hiroshima and Setsy-san will share a story about her journey from moving from Hiroshima to the US on the Hikari-Maru!

We hope to see you there! Keep swiping to see videos from our last meeting where we made our own mochi and sampled it with Ozoni broth from three different prefectures.

Reed's Comparative Race and Ethnicity program (CRE

Reed's Comparative Race and Ethnicity program (CRES) and Departments of Theatre and Music will be presenting a film screening and artist visit with activist, artist, and elder Nobuko Miyamoto, musician Derek Nakamoto, and filmmaker Quyên Nguyen-Le.

Date: March 5
Time: 7 PM - 9 PM
Location: 3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202-8199

The event will feature a screening of “A Movement in Song,” a new documentary by director Nguyen-Le about Miyamoto’s life as a dancer, singer, and Asian-American activist. Musical performance by Miyamoto and Nakamoto and a Q&A with the artists to follow.

For those who cannot attend, the film is currently streaming on @pbs

@jaclnysc will be hosting a fun-filled Youth Mixer

@jaclnysc will be hosting a fun-filled Youth Mixer on March 8th! Expect engaging games, prizes, crafts, snacks, and thought-provoking conversations on civic engagement.

You can RSVP by scanning the QR code!

Thank you to everyone who showed up this past week

Thank you to everyone who showed up this past weekend! Both at our showing of “Omoiyari: a Songfilm by Kishi Bashi” in Portland and at the @tsuruforsolidarity rally at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma. Thank you to @jamopdx and @unite_peoplepdx .

For those who could not make it, please read an excerpt of Portland JACL President Jeff Matsumoto’s speech:

As we recognize the 83 years since the signing of Executive Order 9066, which lead to the forced removal and incarceration of over 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry, we need to see what is happening today with the mass detainment and deportation of migrants. When we hear how the Foreign Terrorist Organizations designation and Alien Enemies Act of 1798 are being resurrected, we know what can happen when a people are deemed “enemies of the state”

So we must act. Write or call your congressional representative and our Senators Wyden and Merkly to become co-sponsors to the Neighbors Not Enemies Act (HR 630 and S193 respectively). We need to be the allies of today because so few stood with us 83 years ago.

Today we remember the 120,000+ Americans of Japane

In case you missed it: Two statements from JACL Na

In case you missed it: Two statements from JACL National (@jacl_national) regarding actions taken by the current administration. The full text can be read at JACL.org.

Please join us and @jamopdx in a "Omoiyari: a Song

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