Founded in 1929, it currently has 20,000 members in 113 chapters throughout the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and Japan (Tokyo). We are committed to preserving cultural heritage as well as fostering a sense of community through national and local, social and cultural programs.
membership
application.|
Membership includes a subscription to Pacific Citizen, the national publication of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). Established in 1929, Pacific Citizen covers news and events in the Japanese American and larger Asian Pacific American communities. During WWII,
Pacific Citizen reported on the
concentration camps, Nisei soldiers, resettlement,
and War Relocation Authority policies. Since then,
it has been the preeminent chronicler of
Japanese American local and national issues,
with a recent broadened coverage of pan-APA and
international concerns - from Wen Ho Lee to HIV
rates in Cambodia to anti-Asian hate crimes. |
JACL Members may apply for acceptance into the following insurance programs. Contact national JACL headquarters for details: ACL Health Trust
(for Californians only) - health insurance program,
underwritten by Blue Shield of California.
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 JACL Scholarships
Program - college bound high school seniors, JACL Credit Union - membership in a national credit union. Long Distance
Telephone Service - from Advantage |
