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Happy Holidays from JACL Chicago!
We are proud to have had our chapter covered in the press/media in 2025! Here are some highlights: February 2025, Borderless Magazine: ‘We Need To Be the Allies That We Wish We Had In 1942’ (Day of Remembrance) August 2025, WBEZ Reset: Hiroshima bombing 80 years ago...
80th Anniversary Gala: Thank You!
JACL Chicago's 80th Anniversary On Saturday, December 6, 2025, the JACL Chicago community gathered to celebrate the 80th anniversary of our chapter. We were honored to be surrounded by our community during this milestone and hope you enjoyed the evening! Thank you...
November 2025: JACL Chicago in the News
JACL Chicago was part of a coalition of over 100 organizations within Illinois to gather for a unity breakfast at Casa Central on Monday, November 24, 2025. The event was planned in the aftermath of increased federal immigration raids in Chicago and throughout the...
Sept-Dec 2025 JACLer Now Available!
Read the latest issue of the JACLer here!
Whistle Packing Night
Whistle Packing Night @ JACL Chicago Tuesday, November 18, 6PM-8PM | JACL Office (5415 N Clark St, Chicago IL 60640)Sign Up Here! JACL Chicago and Nikkei Uprising are gathering on Tuesday, November 18, 6-8PM, for a zine- and whistle-packing night at the JACL Chicago...
Phone Banking for Public Health & Safety
Phone Banking for Public Health & Safety Saturday, Nov 15, 5PM-8PM | JACL Office (5415 N Clark St, Chicago IL 60640)Please REGISTER at bit.ly/nov15phonebank Join Nikkei Uprising, JACL Chicago & friends to fight for a budget for public health, safety and the...
No Kings Day actions with Nikkei Uprising
JACL Chicago & Nikkei Uprising No Kings Day actions JACL Chicago was honored to have our sign-making party with Nikkei Uprising, and Rebecca Ozaki's family incarceration story, featured in the Chicago Tribune in advance of the No Kings protests on Saturday,...
Ireicho In Chicago: Opening and Closing Events
Ireicho in Chicago: Opening and Closing Events Please join JASC, the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society, JACL Chicago, and the Japanese Mutual Aid Society of Chicago for two very special evening programs while the Ireicho is in Chicago. Your RSVP is...
JACL Chicago’s 80th Anniversary
JACL Chicago's 80th Anniversary Saturday, December 6th | 5PM-9PM CST New Furama (2828 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago IL 60616) Eighty years ago, JACL Chicago was formed to support the civil rights and livelihoods of people of Japanese ancestry who moved to Chicago...
JACL Chicago Supports the Wadee Resolution
JACL Chicago Supports the Wadee Resolution Wadee AlFayoumi, a six-year-old Palestinian American Muslim boy, was murdered in Illinois on October 14, 2023, in a hate crime targeting his Palestinian and Muslim identity. Born and raised in the U.S., his family sought...