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WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US:

Posted on August 3, 2022 by admin
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2022 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE – FEBRUARY 19TH 5:00 PM (HST)

Posted on February 3, 2022 by admin

Please join us for this very special event. Register at: https://bit.ly/3FnpS0h

Questions? Please email us at: jaclhon@gmail.com




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JACL HONOLULU CONDEMNS ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE

Posted on March 18, 2021 by admin

We stand in solidarity with the victims, survivors, and families of those slain
on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 in the mass shootings that took place at three spas
in Atlanta, Georgia. We join with our national JACL to mourn the senseless
killings, including those of our Asian sisters and others, and to demand an end
to violence.  We ask government officials in Georgia and the United States to
conduct a thorough and fair investigation that takes into account the victims
and their dignity.  We also call on our government officials to actively work to
combat fear, hatred, and racism.  Georgia is geographically distant from us, yet
the racism and issues that arise in Georgia remain close.  We are not immune to
racism here in Hawai`i.  We must continue to be vigilant in our efforts to keep
everyone safe.  We live in an especially diverse community and honoring our
differences is what truly makes us stronger.


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JACL MOURNS THE PASSING OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG

Posted on September 22, 2020 by admin

September 21, 2020
For Immediate Release
David Inoue, Executive Director, dinoue@jacl.org, 202-607-7273
Sarah Baker, VP Public Affairs, sbaker@jacl.org  The loss of Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg is immeasurable. Her life was one of perseverance, meaningful dissent,
and the embodiment of the idea that the arc of the moral universe is long, but
bends toward justice. As the target of intense gender discrimination from the
start of her career, she devoted herself to eliminating the very barriers she
had faced through the power of the courts. As a litigator, she not only broke
down the laws that separated men and women but also broke down the stereotyped
roles opening up the potential for both men and women to be and become whatever
they desired, not what society forced upon them. Justice Ginsburg was appointed
to the Supreme Court in 1993, and within just a few years wrote the majority
decision striking down the male-only admissions policy of the Virginia Military
Institute. Over the course of her 27 years on the court, she would author
numerous majority decisions and minority dissents that would give voice to many
who thought they had no voice in our judicial system and also in defiance to the
action or inaction of the other co-equal branches of government. Though we have
progressed from the days when a recently graduated female law student was unable
to find a job practicing law, there remains much to be done to truly achieve the
sex and gender equality that Justice Ginsburg championed through her career and
lived out in her own life. We can honor her legacy by ensuring that her
successor in the court is just as committed to promoting continued progress
towards equality and justice for all. We send our condolences to Justice
Ginsburg’s family and all Americans feeling the pain of her loss. 


Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged JACL, RBG, Ruth Bader Ginsburg


JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE HONOLULU CHAPTER STATEMENT ON BLACK LIVES
MATTER PROTESTS

Posted on June 15, 2020 by admin

We, the Honolulu Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, are both
heartbroken and infuriated at the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna
Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. Responding to these heinous murders calls to mind the
too-many-other times Black men and women have been killed. This is a critical
time for all of us. The diverse groups of people who comprise this country and
our State must take notice and actively strive to end the ongoing racism and
injustices that our Black and Brown brothers and sisters face daily. Fear has
been the root of many heinous acts throughout our history. For Japanese
Americans, the fear of the enemy alien resulted in Presidential Executive Order
9066, which stripped over 120,000 Japanese American citizens of their physical
freedom and of their homes and businesses. It is this fear that can be combatted
by the embrace and action of community. 

These emotions of anger and sadness run deep and grow daily. With all the
advances in civil rights that we have accomplished as a country, it remains
perplexing that we are continually having to say that the thoughtless disregard
for the life of a fellow human being is wrong. Nevertheless, as long as this
needs to be said, we will continue to say it. It is our beloved right and an
exercise of our liberty. As a community of Japanese Americans and other
supporters of civil rights in Hawai‘i, we hold tremendous privilege. Our
privilege requires us to acknowledge the egregiousness of the senseless violence
suffered by George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and many others. We
must continue the work necessary to ensure that this cannot happen ever again,
and we ask all in our communities to do the same.

We are saddened that Black men and women still live in fear and cannot fully
enjoy the basic freedoms of feeling safe while doing simple daily activities
like jogging, being at home, and going for a drive. We are outraged not only
that Mr. Floyd’s murderer already had a long history of complaints against him
as a police officer but also that his fellow officers, including an Asian
American officer, stood by silently allowing Mr. Floyd to be killed.

As we watch a law enforcement official brutally and heartlessly kill a Black man
on the street, we do so through our television set, computers, and smartphones.
Many experience racism and its harms daily first-hand, some as witnesses and
survivors, some as subjects and victims. We vow that we will not be complicit in
the killings of Black men and women.  

In Hawai‘i, we are blessed in many ways. One example stands out when our nation
is in turmoil once again: our interdependence and grounding in the value of
aloha is set by the indigenous people of Hawai‘i. This connectedness is needed
more than ever in this resurgence of national fear and resulting hate and
violence. Even social distancing mandates which aim to separate us physically
cannot separate our hearts from each other.

As Martin Luther King, Jr. has said, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but
it bends toward justice.” It is important to note as President Barack Obama has
often stated that the arc does not bend itself towards justice. Rather it takes
each of us to grab hold of our hearts and move ourselves in the direction of
justice. The Honolulu Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League stands in
support with all those peaceful protestors and demonstrators standing up for
their rights and the rights of all. We urge our membership and the communities
of our State to recognize the rampant injustices and to take action to
effectuate positive change as we fight for equal opportunity and justice for
all.


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NAACP HAWAII PRESENTS: AFTER THE MARCH “A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL”

Posted on June 2, 2020 by admin

You are invited!

When: Jun 6, 2020 12:00 PM Hawaii 

Register in advance for this meeting: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upUpduugqDoiGtR4izZWxD18pdIaVY6MPkxg

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information
about joining the meeting.



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TALK STORY WITH PROFESSOR ERIC K. YAMAMOTO

Posted on June 4, 2018 by admin

Please join us for a Talk Story with Professor Eric Yamamoto about “Democratic
Liberties and National Security” and his new book published by Oxford Press, In
the Shadow of Korematsu. 

Talk Story with Professor Eric Yamamoto
Thursday, June 28
Judiciary History Center
417 South King Street

4:45 pm    Doors open
5:00 pm    Program 
6:15 pm    Book signing
(books available for purchase at a discount)

We look forward to seeing you there. Please RSVP
to jaclhon@gmail.com by Thursday, June 14. 2018, so we can make a headcount for
food and beverages.  

For more information, please download the event flyer.

Book Description
In the Shadow of Korematsu: Democratic Liberties and National Security tackles
pressing questions about the significance of judicial independence for a
constitutional democracy committed to both security and the rule of law. What
will happen when those detained, harassed, or discriminated against turn to the
courts for protection? Will the judiciary passively accept a president’s
unsubstantiated claim of national security as justification (as it did during
WWII in Korematsu v. U.S.), or will it serve as guardian of the Bill of Rights
(as it did during the 1984 Korematsu coram nobis reopening)? Through the lens of
the World War II Japanese American incarceration cases, Professor Eric
K.Yamamoto opens a path through the legal thicket so that American society might
better accommodate both security and liberty. Eric K. Yamamoto is the Fred T.
Korematsu Professor of Law and Social Justice at the William S. Richardson
School of Law, University of Hawai`i

What people are saying:

“In this masterful study, Eric Yamamoto not only shows why Korematsu continues
to throw its dark shadow over American law and policy; he also explains how,
moving forward, judges can reconcile the competing needs to protect our national
security and preserve our civil liberties. His penetrating insights could not be
more timely. An urgently-needed book.”

 –Angela P. Harris, Professor of Law, University of California at Davis Law
School

“Is the Korematsu case wrongly decided, yet capable of repetition? At a time
when nativism and racism again parade in the disguise of national security, Eric
Yamamoto (one of Fred Korematsu’s lawyers) deftly illuminates that landmark’s
long shadow, unraveling its conflicting strands and calling for determined
constitutional advocacy to follow active remembering.” 

–Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law, Yale Law School

“My father Fred pursued his WWII and later coram nobis legal challenges to the
government’s falsely justified mass Japanese American exclusion and
incarceration so that ‘it’ would not happen again…to anyone. Professor
Yamamoto’s compelling and insightful book—with its emphasis on people, courts
and democracy—opens a path from historical injustice toward a more just America
today and tomorrow.”

 –Karen Korematsu, Executive Director, Fred T. Korematsu Institute

 


Posted in Events | Tagged book signing, Eric Yamamoto, Judicial History Center,
Korematsu, talk story


[MEDIA RELEASE] JACL HONOLULU JOINS KOREMATSU CENTER IN FILING AMICUS BRIEF IN
HAWAII V. TRUMP

Posted on March 14, 2017 by admin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 14, 2017

The Japanese American Citizens League – Honolulu Chapter (JACL-Honolulu) joined
the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality (Korematsu Center) and others
in filing an amicus brief on March 10, 2017, in State of Hawaii and Ismail
Elshikh v. Trump et al., pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of
Hawaii. The brief supports a legal challenge to the Trump Administration’s
Executive Order 13780 (March 6, 2017), entitled “Protecting the Nation from
Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” which replaces Executive Order
13769 (January 27, 2017), of the same title.

The challengers allege that the Executive Order violates the First and Fifth
Amendments, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Religious Freedom and
Restoration Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.
 
In their amicus brief, the Korematsu Center and joining amici assert that courts
can and should review executive branch action on immigration. The “plenary power
doctrine”—arguably conferring a blank check to the executive branch—is based on
a string of overtly racist and outdated cases. During World War II, the federal
government used arguments similar to those it has submitted in opposing the
State of Hawaii’s challenge. In accepting those arguments then, the Court
acquiesced to the incarceration of Japanese Americans by executive order. Those
arguments should have been rejected then and they should be rejected now—the 9th
Circuit and the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia have already
rejected them in their review of the previous Executive Order.  
 
“The JACL-Honolulu has a proud history of standing up to those who misuse their
power to discriminate against groups based on ethnicity or religion.
Seventy-five years ago another administration tragically instituted Executive
Order 9066, which led to the wrongful incarceration of thousands of American
citizens. We must not let prejudice and racism enter the sphere of public policy
again. We oppose the current administration’s discriminatory executive orders
and we stand strong with our community,” said Alison Kunishige, JACL-Honolulu
president.
 
Hawaii counsel includes Louise Ing and Claire Wong Black of Alston Hunt Floyd &
Ing, as well as Eric Yamamoto of the University of Hawaii Manoa William S.
Richardson School of Law. Oral arguments in the State of Hawaii case are
scheduled for March 15, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. Hawaii time.
                 
For further information, please email jaclhon@gmail.com.                  


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AMERICA, DON’T LET HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF

Posted on February 19, 2017 by admin

Today marks 75 years since the signing of Executive Order 9066, the executive
order issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that cleared the way for the
internment of American citizens of Japanese ancestry in internment camps. JACL
Honolulu placed this advertisment in this weekend’s special edition of the
Hawaii Herald as a call to not let this dark chapter of our nation’s history
repeat itself.




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CORAM NOBIS: REOPENING THE 1944 SUPREME COURT KOREMATSU DECISION

Posted on February 4, 2017 by admin


“NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEMOCRATIC LIBERTIES: THE CONTINUING IMPORT OF KOREMATSU
V. U.S.”

This year marks the 75th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s
Executive Order 9066 (EO 9066) issued during World War II that cleared the way
for the internment of Japanese-, German- and Italian-Americans to camps across
the country. In 1944, Fred Korematsu challenged the constitutionality of EO 9066
and his incarceration in the historic Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United
States and lost. To this day, while Mr. Korematsu’s original conviction was
overturned the Korematsu decision still stands.

Two events will examine the significance of Korematsu and particularly in light
of current events in America:

The first, on Thursday, February 23rd at the William S. Richardson School of
Law, is a forum featuring presentations by Korematsu coram nobis legal team
members Dale Minami, Lori Bannai and Eric Yamamoto, with Karen Korematsu and
Richardson Scholar Advocate law students Anna Jang and Jaime Tokioka. 

The second, on Friday, February 24th downtown at the Judicial History Center, is
a reception and roundtable Q&A with the same panelists, plus coram nobis team
member Leigh-Ann Miyasato. 

Both events are open to the public and have limited seating.

For more information, please contact Julie Levine of UH Foundation at
julie.levine@uhfoundation.org or (808) 956-8395.

Download a PDF of the event flyer.


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