The South Bay Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League

Apply for 2012 Scholarships!
It's that time again to start applying for our scholarships. All qualified students are encouraged to apply for the following 2012 scholarships offered by the South Bay Japanese American Citizen League (JACL). Please see our Scholarship Information page.

Holiday Dinner and Installation of Officers
The South Bay JACL had its annual Holiday Dinner on Friday, December 2nd at Marie Callender's in Torrance (21211 Hawthorne Blvd). PSW District Governor, Kenneth Inouye installed the officers below for the 2012 year. The chapter also raise $1,000 for the Holiday Giving Project (see below)!

The chapter's 2012 Board includes:

Kent Kawai - President
Amy Phillips Kushigemachi - Vice President
VP of Programs – Ray Shibata
Secretary – Lily Nakatani
Treasurer – Jeff Sakurai
Board Members At-Large – Richard Ames, Ike Hatchimonji, Colette Isawa, Ernie Tsujimoto and Jeanne Tsujimoto

Leilani Kimmel-Dagostino will continue as Membership Chair, and Ed Mitoma continues with his work on the chapter newsletter.

The cost of the dinner is $30. For questions about the dinner or the slate of candidates, please email us.

Holiday Giving Project
During the holidays each year, the South Bay JACL has an opportunity to serve our community by “adopting” needy families who are receiving services from the Little Tokyo Service Center. If you'd like to know more about the program or participate, please read about the Holiday Giving Project and the families we sponsored previously here.

Youth Camp
Check the Programs page to learn more, or click on the logo to go to the TANOSHII website!

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The South Bay chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is a civic organization dedicated to serving the Japanese American community and preserving the cultural heritage of Japanese Americans especially in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. The South Bay JACL was established in 1973 and is one of 35 chapters of JACL Pacific Southwest District. National JACL is the nation's largest membership-based Asian American civic organization. National JACL has more than 20,000 members in 112 chapters across the country, with staffed offices in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle.

South Bay JACL members come from all over the South Bay area including Torrance, Long Beach, San Pedro, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Lawndale, Hawthorne, Gardena, Harbor City, Lomita, Wilmington, Carson and Compton. Meetings are typically held at the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute on the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m., except July, August and December. If you wish to attend a meeting, please contact support@southbayjacl.org.

This Web site was funded by a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program.

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