Events Calendar

April 8, 2025

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Join us and @jamopdx in cleaning up Old Town! We w

Join us and @jamopdx in cleaning up Old Town! We will clean up and remove litter from the surrounding area and the Japanese American Historical Plaza.

Where: 411 NW Flanders St
When: Saturday, April 19th
Time: 9 AM to 12 PM

Please see the link in our bio to register.
For any questions, please contact:
socialmedia@pdxjacl.org

Please wear closed-toed shoes and weather-appropriate clothing, and bring a backpack for hands-free convenience. Feel free to bring your personal tools if available and a reusable water bottle to support our sustainability efforts.

Come support Veleda’s bake sale April 17th-18th!

Come support Veleda’s bake sale April 17th-18th! All proceeds are going towards the Veleda Club Scholarship. It will be during Ikoi no Kai at Epworth Methodist Church.

"We call for the administration to comply fully wi

"We call for the administration to comply fully with the temporary restraining order and halt any deportations under the proposed authority of the Alien Enemies Act. The alleged blatant disregard for Judge Boasberg’s orders to turn the plane carrying deportees around cannot be tolerated in a nation of laws"

Please see the link in our bio for @jacl_national's full statement regarding President Donald Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

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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!

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