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Personal and Analytical Reflection (5 pts) Personal and Analytical Reflection (5 pts) i. Why did you select this organization? (1 paragraph/1 pt) ii. How did any weekly topic covered in this class help you to understand the work of this organization? OR How did this organization help you enrich your understanding of any weekly topic in this course? 2-3 paragraphs/ 2 pts). Please specifically reference any reading/discussions/film you use in the response. iii. How would you envision participating in this organization? What aspect of the organization would you like to help with or be involved in? (1 paragraph/ 1 pts). ● The organization I chose is the Japanese American Citizens League. ● The weekly relative topics are Race/ Racism/ Racializetion, Color Blindness, Privilege, Immigration. Institutions/ Race/ Policies, Criminal Justice. ● I think the Immigration will be the most relative topic for this organization since it’s the organization for Japanese immigration. link of organization is below. ● https://jacl.org YUFENG CHANG Japanese American Citizens League Japanese American Citizens League Table of Contents Name, Location, and Contact 3 Background, Mission &Leadership 3 Action 5 References 7 Name, Location, and Contact The Japanese American Citizens League is an Asian American charity for civil rights purposes and it headquarter is situated in San Francisco with several regional offices across the United States. This organisation is one of the oldest and largest Asian American organisations of charity for the Civil rights of people of the two countries. The main purpose is to assist the citizens who are threatened for the civil rights and human rights aspects in America and they have created Strategies for encouraging various social changes of positivity that can be helpful for the people. The main intention is to generate the citizenship laws and regulations for the benefit of people and to encourage social changes that will impact on the Asian community of America. The Asian community in America has been constantly targeted towards certain violence and lack of civil rights which is why it was necessary to establish this organisation. The Japanese American Citizens League was established in 1929 for the charitable purposes for the Asian American community. Currently the company has various social media contacts through which they connect with the people throughout the world. Their official website contains several information related to the history background mission and vision of the company that can be accessed along with information of their social media connexions that can be beneficial for people to contact them directly for any kind of civil rights needs. Their official website: https://jacl.org Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JACLNational/ Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/jaclnysc?lang=en Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/253210001/united-states/san-francisco-californ ia/japanese-american-citizens-league-jacl/ Background, Mission &Leadership The Japanese American citizens League was founded in 1929 and it is considered as one of the oldest and largest Asian American Civil rights Organization in America. Since the beginning of its Foundation the organisation has been advocating for the benefit of Asian American community and providing them with the justice of civil rights and combating the racial prejudice and bigotry. With the help of this association many Asian American individuals have found justice and helped with the laws and regulations that can provide them with fundamental rights and civil rights. What do you ask the association has touched many historical milestones in the history for the benefit of Japanese American community (Nagata & Patel 2021). In the early years of 1929 used to be one of the most prominent organization that used to contribute for the people of the country. Among various other organisations and small business owners this organisation has been providing free enterprise and three lines towards the United States. https://jacl.org https://www.facebook.com/JACLNational/ https://twitter.com/jaclnysc?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/253210001/united-states/san-francisco-california/japanese-american-citizens-league-jacl/ https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/253210001/united-states/san-francisco-california/japanese-american-citizens-league-jacl/ https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/253210001/united-states/san-francisco-california/japanese-american-citizens-league-jacl/ The first National Conference was held in 1930 in Seattle and soon after that they started expanding their territory over the United States and collecting members who would be delighted to join their venture for the benefit of the Japanese and Asian-American people. The First Target was to initiate cable act of 1922 where they initiated the permanent citizenship of women who had married men of United States or other Asian immigrants (Nakano 2018). The immigrant act of 1924 only helped the men of the community but later, the initial of Japanese American citizens League there have been effective changes in political safety and community expansion for the people of Asian community at the gain citizenship rights. The organisation has marked various phenomenal changes during the World War 2 and the Civil rights movement of America. Because of the attack on Pearl Harbour the FBI started arresting people from Japanese American community especially leaders, priests, school teachers, Marshal art teachers and business owners for verification and many people were assigned to concentration camps where they had to stay under the vigilance of the government. Under the executive order 9066, an order signed by Franklin Roosevelt questioned the loyalty of the Asian American communities and the Japanese American citizens we did not participate in any active protest and prove their loyalty towards the United States by refraining from active riot (Nagata, Kim & Wu 2019). It helped them to gain a certain sense of acknowledgement from the American government and the league constantly getting more protection for the Japanese American settlers inside the concentration camp by providing them with basic amenities. This can be considered as one of the main victories that the organisation could gather bye define the service of US military. Even during the Civil Rights movement, the organisation made some legislative efforts to gain fundamental and civil rights for Japanese Americans. The main intention of the organisation was to establish the immigrants in American soil and owning them land and non-discriminatory status is that used to be the main problems of United States (Frampton 2018). The mission of the organisation is to be aware of the responsibilities as one of the oldest and largest Asian Pacific American civil rights organization. They have thrived to promote a world where there won't be any discrimination and diversity will promote honour and respect for fair and equal Social Justice for the Asian Americans. The mission of the Japanese American citizens League is to secure and maintain the Civil rights for the Asian Americans and all other victims of injustice and bigotry. The leadership of the organisation work in harmony with one another and to promote cultural educational and social values that need to be preserved by people of their communities. The leadership criteria do not follow any balance or any methods of protest and they have always been quite subtle and quiet in their way of establishing their rights and regulations for their community people. Their leadership works for the Heritage and Legacy of the Japanese American community in America and they contribute towards the benefit of the community and the racial problem that the people have to face. Action There are some activities that the organisation have taken part in two for the overall benefit of the people of the society where they have supported other human right aspects like same sex marriage. With the help of these accidents along with supporting their own community they have gained a certain trust from people and their support have come from all over America and across the globe. They have also worked for immigration Reform Asian issues that are another part of civil rights and spoken against military hazing detention of the National Defence authorisation act and the United Nations Security Council resolution of 1882 (Choi 2020). The help of their participation and community programs they have created their popularity for the benefit of the society. One of the most remarkable programs includes the Bridging Community Program where they have brought the Japanese and Asian American youth together with the Arab and Muslim American youths. This has been one of the most remarkable and progressive community programs that aim to create unity between different communities and people of different languages without any racial bias. These mention communities are the victims of recent ethnic by pottery from other people of American that is why they have created this community organisation for better empowerment of the youth and members of the communities. They have also engaged into certain workshops for the community members to attend and learn about the culture and empowerment (Adler 2019). It is to be believed that their vision towards a better future where the youth will learn about the colonial past and other racial and by what actions implemented by other communities of the country. Apart from that they have engaged to certain leadership training summits and youth leadership Summit which have been very beneficial for the youth of the community to become better and stronger for the future. The conferences talked about National Public policy issues among these communities as well as various strategy for elevating the current situation of the organisation and the communities. There are also engaged in to public speaking in national educational association and anti-defamation league that work with immigration reformation and the other policies that are beneficial for the students and their future. Recently the organisation has been engaged into national convention of 2013 in Washington DC which was based on Justice For All. References Adler, S.M., 2019. Mothering, education, and ethnicity: The transformation of Japanese American culture. Routledge. Choi, A.S., 2020. The Japanese American Citizens League, Los Angeles Politics, and the Thomas Noguchi Case. Southern California Quarterly, 102(2), pp.158-192. Frampton, T., 2018. Brief of Amicus Curiae Japanese American Citizens League, Trump V. Hawaii (17-965). Hawaii (17-965)(March 30, 2018). JACL. 2021. JACL — JACL. [online] Available at:
[Accessed 5 November 2021]. https://jacl.org/mission Nagata, D.K. and Patel, R.A., 2021. “Forever foreigners”: Intergenerational impacts of historical trauma from the World War II Japanese American incarceration. Nagata, D.K., Kim, J.H. and Wu, K., 2019. The Japanese American wartime incarceration: Examining the scope of racial trauma. American Psychologist, 74(1), p.36. Nakano, D.Y., 2018. Telling the Right Story: Narrative as a Mechanism for Japanese American Ethnic Boundary Maintenance. Sociological Inquiry, 88(2), pp.216-244.