Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)

1765 Sutter St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
415-921-5225 phone
415-931-4671 fax
jacl@jacl.org email
www.jacl.org website

Area of Inerest:
Organization - Political empowerment

Primary Ethnic Community Served:
Japanese

Description:
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is a membership organization whose mission is to secure and maintain the human and civil rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry and others victimized by injustice. The JACL has 112 chapters nationwide and eight regional districts with over 24,000 members found in twenty-three states. In addition to its national headquarters in San Francisco, the JACL has five regional offices (Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago), as well as an office in Washington D.C. and an organizational newspaper, the Pacific Citizen, distributed nationally from its office in Los Angeles. The JACL derives its effectiveness through its regional offices located in key cities and areas to serve the needs of the organization's members and to maintain the well-being of all Asian Americans.

Staff:
S. Floyd Mori - President
David H. Kawamoto - Vice President of General Operations
Kenneth K. Inouye - Vice President of Public Affairs
David Hayashi - Vice President of Planning & Development

Submitted by:
AIA Staff

New - 07/03/03