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Japanese Community Graduation Banquet

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
May 4, 2025

Sunday, May 4, 1pm at Riverside Golf and Country Club

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Our monthly Prefecture Club was created to help re

Our monthly Prefecture Club was created to help reconnect Japanese Americans with their home prefectures through food and culture. This month we will be focusing on Kanagawa-ken!

Learn how to cut fish and prepare your own Maguro-Don and Sashimi Kangawa style. We will also feature a special presentation from @jillaki on refuse, reuse and incenerator processes in Japan.

Please email jaclpdxyt@gmail.com to RSVP

When: Saturday, May 3rd
Time: 12 PM - 2 PM
Where: Epworth United Methodist Church, 1333 SE 28th Ave, Portland OR, 97214

We look forward to seeing you! Please enjoy pictures from last month when we focused on Hiroshima and made Okonomiyaki.

Thank you to everyone who attended last week's Old

Thank you to everyone who attended last week's Old Town clean-up!

Thank you to @minoruyasuilegacy for honoring the P

Thank you to @minoruyasuilegacy for honoring the Portland JACL with the Minoru Yasui Activism Award! We will continue to honor his legacy of fighting for equality, justice, democracy, and civil rights.  Please see @councilorkoyamalane’s inspiring acceptance speech, as well as snippets of opening remarks by Minoru Yasui Legacy Project’s Co-Founder Peggy Nagae and Yasui’s granddaughter Chani Hawkins.

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.

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