2024

Spring

Co-Presidents Greeting * Board Installation and Retreat * Welcome New Board Members * Inaugural Young Professionals Meet Up * Day of Remembrance * EDC Youth Retreat * A Legacy Lawyers * Defining Courage * Mochitsuki * Kakehashi 2024 * LEAAP Banquet * Membership

2023

Summer

Co-Presidents Letter * March on Washington * Keiro Kai Flyer * 2023 JACL Convention  * Graphic Novel * JALD Application * JACSC Conference * Yuki Moorman * Pilgrimages * Three Generations Reflect * Stop Lava Ridge Wind Farm *  Heart Mountain * Exclusion  * Membership

Spring

Co-Presidents Letter * Trailblazer Awards * Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage 2023 * Wreath Laying * Department of Transportation Naming Ceremony * YoYo Ma Honor * JACSC Advocacy Days * Yuko Kishida * AAPI in MoCo * Freedom Walk * White House AANHPI Forum *  JACL Picnic * Exclusion  *  JAVA Administrator Position * Membership

Winter

Co-Presidents Letter * 2023 JACL DC Installation * Meet the New Board Members * National Day of Remembrance * No No Girl * Mochitsuki * 25th Annual Freedom Walk * 2022 JACL National Scholarship Program * Stamp Our Story * LEAAP Banquet * Memorial Day Donation *  Graphic Novel * In Memoriam * Membership

2022

Fall

Co-Presidents Letter * Keiro Kai * JACL Scholarship Recipients * Mochitsuki Flyer * Veterans Day Event * Tadaima 2022 * Bridge to the Sun * League of Dreams  * Membership

Summer

Co-Presidents Letter * JACL Picnic * Keiro Kai Flyer * JACL National Convention * JACL Legacy Grant: Inquiry through Graphic Novel Narratives * Groundbreaking of Mineta-Simpson Institute at Heart Mountain * Neighbors Not Enemies Act * Stamp Our Story * Kyoko Okamoto: Foreign Minister’s 2022 Commendation Award  * Membership

Spring

Co-Presidents Letter * Memorial Day Service * Memorial Day Gravesite List * JACL Picnic * Honoring the Go for Broke Spirit * JACL National Convention * Unity March * JACSC Week of Action * Amache National Historic Site Act * Freedom Walk * Martha Watanabe * In Memoriam: Norm Mineta/Asako Watanabe  * Membership

Winter

Co-Presidents Letter * 2022 JACL DC Installation * Meet the New Board Members * National Day of Remembrance * Mochitsuki * 24th Annual Freedom Walk * Memorial Day Donation * 2022 JACL National Scholarship Program * 2022 JACL/OCA Leadership Summit * National Conflict Resolution Center * In Memoriam: Minami/Takahashi/Nuzum * Membership

2021

Fall

Co-Presidents Letter * Mochitsuki & Recipes * Keiro Kai * Family Memories: Takemoto, Nakano, Hiraoka * Norm Mineta Birthday Celebration * Friendships Forged * New Board Members * Tips for Resilience * September House MAJ * Stamp Our Story * 10th Anniversary of the Nisei Soldier Congressional Gold Medal * Minidoka: Lava Ridge Wind Project * WWII Vets at U.S. Army Museum * JACSC Educational Conference * JACL DC Youth Committee & AAPSU Event * Tadaima 2021 * In Memoriam: Holly Yasui * Membership

Summer

Co-Presidents Letter * Memorial Day Service * Ben Masaoka * Virtual National Convention * Tule Lake * Heart Mountain Pilgrimage * Day of Affirmation * Community Luncheon * Alice Lin * National Museum of the U.S. Army * In Sympathy * Family Memories * Membership

Spring

Co-Presidents’ Letter • Freedom Walk • Go For Broke • Timothy Itsuo Mizokami • Meet & Greet Ambassador Tomita • Memorial Day Flyer • When Hate Hits You • AAPSU • Tsuru for Solidarity • Healing Fractured Communities Webinar • Ellen Uchida • Communications • Yuka Fujikura • Membership

Winter

Co-Presidents’ Letter • Mochitsuki • Woks for Washington • Veterans Day • Memorial Day • Friendships Forged • New Board Members • Tips for Resilience • September House MAJ • Tokiya Japan • Heart Mountain Teacher Workshop • Akiko Keene Award • Joe Uchida • Jean Kariya • Membership

2020

Fall
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Keiro Kai and Family Day • Senior Gifts • Higuchi Book Talk • Yuka Fujikura Podcast • JACSC Conference • Tsuru for Solidarity Divide & Conquer • Veterans Day • JACL Scholarship • COVID Survival Tips • Woks for Washington Update • Memorial Day • Memorial Day Flyer • Mochitsuki Flyer • Membership

Summer
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Book Talk with John Tateisi • Tadaima! “I’m Home” • Alice Lin • Weddings •  Mary Murakami’s Podcast • Frank and Barbara Nekoba’s Son Wins Teaching Award • Woks for Washington •  Tsuru for Solidarity Revisited • Inaugural Day of Affirmation •  DC Chapter Virtual Book Preview and Conversation • We Are All Americans • Asian Markets and Restaurants • 2020 Digital Storytelling Competition

Spring
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Installation Luncheon • Day of Remembrance • Kakehashi 2020 • Fold-in DMV • Fold-in GWU • COVID-19 • Cancellations/Postponements • Asian Markets and Restaurants • New Member Cheyenne Cheng • Membership Update • Census Installation • In Memoriam: Irene Hirano Inouye

Winter
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Welcome to New JACL DC Chapter Members • JCAW Shinshun Matsuri • Norman Mineta Book Talks • Kakehashi • Mochitsuki • In Memoriam: Eric L. Roberts • Day of Remembrance • Heart Mountain Summer Teacher Workshops • Tickets for Wizards Game • Installation Luncheon Flyer

2019

Fall
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Welcome Matthew Weisbly • Scholarship Winners  • Keiro Kai and Family Day • Imaoikiruhito Resonance Harmony • Defender of Liberty Award • Dr. Diane Murakami • Linda Aoyagi • Webinar: Digital Access and Literacy • Mochitsuki Flyer

Summer
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Memorial Day • Annual Picnic  • Heart Mountain • Ladies Luncheon • Convention • Updates • Japanese Chorus Flyer • Keiro Kai Flyer • JACL Membership

Spring
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Day of Remembrance • Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium • Freedom Walk • JACL – OCA Leadership Summit • DC Chapter Board News • LEAAP Lunar New Year • Partnerships with JACL DC • Norman Mineta • Memorial Day Service • JACL DC Picnic • Membership

Winter
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium • 2019 JACL Installation • National Japanese American Memorial Foundation • Nikkei-Mashou• Mochitsuki • Richard Amano • Day of Remembrance • 2019 JACL Convention • Bits N Pieces • Cherry Blossom Freedom Walk • For the Sake of the Children • JACL Membership

2018

Fall
President’s Letter • Linda Sato Adams • DC Chapter Scholarship Winners  • Keiro Kai • Mineta Film Screening • Giving Tuesday • Camp Pilgrimages • Bits N Pieces • Mochitsuki Save the Date • 2019 Installation Invitation

Spring
President’s Letter • Installation Luncheon • Board Biographies • #WhyIJACL • Day of Remembrance • Freedom Walk • Memorial Day Flyer • June Picnic Flyer • Membership Directory • Letter of Support for NPS Funding • Ray Murakami • Floyd Mori • Floral Donations • Fumie Yamamota • T-Shirt Contest Winner • Membership

2017

Fall
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Keiro Kai and Family Day • Minoru Yasui Film Screening • Veterans Day • Biographies • T-Shirt Contest • Ladies’ Luncheon • Bits ‘n Pieces • Mochi Flyer

Summer
Presidents’ Message • David Inoue Executive Director JACL National • JACL Convention 2017 Washington DC • Legacy Fund Grant Awards • Japanese Minister of Foreign AffairsTara Kono Visit • JACL-DC on Social Media • JACL-DC Membership Survey Results

Spring
Message from John Tobe • JACL National Convention • Installation Luncheon • 2017 Chapter Officers • Rally at Reagan • National Airport • Korematsu v. United States with Karen Korematsu • Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and WWII • Day of Remembrance, Smithsonian American History Museum • Memorial Day Donations • 2016 Mochitsuki • Legacy Fund Grants • Freedom Walk

2016

Summer
Freedom Walk • Memorial Day Event • APAICS Gala Awards Dinner • Camp Consortium Event • Welcome Reception for New DCM Oike & Minister Sasayama • JACL Convention 2016 • JACL-OCA Picnic

Spring
Foreign Minister Awards • Stories from WWII • Day of Remembrance • Smithsonian Exhibit 9066 • Installation Luncheon • Memorial Day • Japanese Americans in the Military • Legacy Funds • Freedom Walk • NJAMF Digital Storytelling • Mochitsuki 2015

2015

Winter
Announcing Mochitsuki 2015 • Murakami, Watanabe Recognition Events • Coverage of Keiro Kai • Smithsonian 2017 Exhibit on EO 9066

Fall
JACL Convention • Masaoka Fellowship • Legacy Fund Grant • Memorial Day • JACL-DC/OCA Picnic • Keiro Kai & Family Day

Summer
Prime Minister Abe’s visit • Memorial Day event at Arlington Cemetery • Dr. Ray Murakami Honored • Amy Uyematsu – Sansei Poet

Spring
Todd Endo • JAVA Luncheon & Award • JACL Scholarships • Legacy Fund • Memorial Day • Installation Luncheon • Masaoka Fellowship • Day of Remembrance

2014

Winter
Keiro Kai/Family Day • The Japanese American Story • The Price of Freedom • Daniel K. Inouye Fellow • Memorial Day “Thank Yous” • Norman Y. Mineta Fellow • Holiday Greetings

Fall
JACL Convention recap • Kakehashi Project • Memorial Day Service • Keiro Kai announcement • LBGT advocacy

Spring
Medal for WWII Returns Home • Hafu • Day of Remembrance • Norman Mineta Named Honorary Chair • Memorial Day Event • Installation Luncheon • Legacy Fund Grants • Meet Masaoka Fellow, Colette Masunaga • Japan Fair

2013

Winter
Keiro Kai/Family Day • Honorable Journey • NJAMF Awards • JACL Gala Dinner • Daniel K. Inouye Fellow • JACL Scholarships • Membership • Holiday Greetings • Robert Nakamoto Honored

Fall
JACL Convention Recap • Memorial Day service • March on Washington • DC Picnic • JACL Fellows • NJAMF Honorees

Summer
Memorial Day Event • Fellowships & Internships Opportunities • JACL Convention 2013 • Request for Volunteers at JACL Convention & Redress Photographs • JACL-DC Picnic

Spring
Remembering Senator Inouye • Terry Shima Receives Presidential Citizens Medal • New Board for 2013 • Meet Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae.

2012

Winter
The vision for 2013 • Recaps of Keiro Kai and Family Day • Mochitsuki Announcement • Floyd Mori Recognized by Japanese Government

Fall
President Janice Faden on JACL National Convention• Remembering Vincent Chin • Nikkei Sundays • Keiro Kai and Family Day • September 15

Summer
Memorial Day Ceremony • June 9 Picnic • On Marion Barry • JACL Convention (July 5-8 in Seattle) • Salute to Floyd Mori 

Spring
In Memory of 3/11 • Day of Remembrance • Memorial Day Event • Installation Luncheon • Mochitsuki • Membership • Save the Dates • Bits & Pieces • Cherry Blossom Festival

2011

Fall 2011
Honoring JA Veterans: Congressional Gold Medal • Holiday Greeting Form • JACL Gala Dinner • Picnic Recap • President’s Message • Membership Corner • JACL Nat’l Youth/ Student Council Perspective • In Memoriam: Etsu Masaoka

Winter

Co-Presidents Letter * 2022 JACL DC Installation * Meet the New Board Members * National Day of Remembrance * Mochitsuki * 24th Annual Freedom Walk * Memorial Day Donation * 2022 JACL National Scholarship Program * 2022 JACL/OCA Leadership Summit * National Conflict Resolution Center * In Memoriam: Minami/Takahashi/Nuzum * Membership