Searching temple records?

I created a very nice double sided postcard for sending out a request to temples for kakocho. If you would like more information go to "Information" and click on the "Kakocho Request" link on the left!

Not long ago some of our own family members had to endure anti-Japanese legislation in California as well as the anti-miscegenation laws. Some families still feel the effects of this kind of legislation, we should never add discrimination in California's constitution for any group or religion.

Vote NO on 8!

JACL Advacacy

The JACL has a long history of advocating for policies that protect and promote the welfare of Japanese Americans, Asian Americans and other communities. This history of advocacy includes the repeal of the Cable Act during the 1930s, which caused Americans to lose their citizenship if they married an Issei, to the Redress campaign in the 1980s, which provided remedies for the injustice of the internment during World War II.

JACL’s advocacy has included participation in transformational events in American history such as joining in an amicus brief in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and supporting the 1965 Immigration Law, which equalized immigration quotas for Asian countries, providing a pathway to America for many Asians in the years that followed.

Today, the JACL continues its rich history of civil rights advocacy by initiating action or by monitoring important issues in partnership with other major civil rights organizations.

http://www.youtube.com/v/oYljisDxj-M&rel

API Gather In Little Tokyo
“Existing law in California prohibits the government from discriminating based on race, gender or sexual orientation,” said Lieu. “At the same time, there is nothing in the law that prevents churches from continuing to maintain their own religious practices and policies. Proposition 8 would turn this fundamental distinction between the government and religion by elevating religious doctrine which would oppose same-sex marriage over governmental laws that prohibit discrimination. That is wrong. We live in a democracy, not a theocracy.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0atjv8ygiKA

“Our history as Japanese Americans has been our struggle to expand equality, to become full, whole American citizens,” Takei told The Rafu Shimpo. “To me, it is astounding that there are Asian Americans that seem unaware of that history and now are advocating for hate and discrimination. Proposition 8 must be defeated.”

Discrimination; Vote NO on 8!

I'm going to upgrade the site to v7.  This is a major upgrade from v6.01.15, and some functions may not work after the upgrade.  I will be backing up the database, and the site, so nothing will be lost.

The site may go down while I work on upgrading it.

09042008 at 1655, site is updated.  If you find or get any error messages please post it in the bug section of the forums or here under this subject.  Some functions are not compatible to v7, so I had removed them.  I will reinstall other features in time, so that there won't be to many issues after an upgrade.

If you find any posts missing, I'll try to recover them, but it looks like everything is good.

Help WWII Vets Campaign - The Nisei Commemorative Stamp Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ] The Nisei WWII Veterans Stamp Campaign is a nationwide, grassroots campaign created by wives, family members and friends of the veterans. It is all-volunteer run, and funded by individual members who contribute their time and energy. Our goal is to convince the U.S. Postal Service to issue a commemorative postage stamp soon to honor the Japanese Americans who served during WWII. The Postal Service has notified us that they will formally review our proposal in January 2008. Anyone, from any nation, is welcome to help in this effort. Thank you! PLEASE CONTINUE CAMPAIGNING AFTER YOU SIGN THIS INTERNET PETITION. This internet petition does not replace the handwritten one. Sign both petition forms if possible. They will be sent separately. Join in our resolutions and letter-writing campaigns.

http://www.niseistamp.org/

Forbidden From Owning Property
During this time, Kajiro sought to acquire farmland in Chula Vista. Under California's "Alien Land Act," enacted in 1913 and upheld by the Supreme Court 10 years later, he was forbidden to own agricultural property because he was "ineligible for citizenship" as a Japanese immigrant.

“The Gold Hill-Wakamatsu Colony Campaign” was launched by American River Conservancy (ARC), The Sac­ramento, Placer and Florin Chapters of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). Gold Hill, the setting for the tale, is today a rural area, located between Placerville and Coloma in western El Dorado County, Calif. [Read More]

For more information about the Gold Hill-Wakamatsu Colony Campaign, call Rene Hamlin or Alan Ehrgott at (530) 621-1224 or email at arc@arconservancy.org. Fred Kochi at (408) 203-5361. Send all contributions to American River Con­servancy, P.O. Box 562, Coloma, Calif. 95613, and endorse all checks to ARC Gold Hill Wakamatsu Project.

Stalking Strangers’ DNA to Fill in the Family Tree
They swab the cheeks of strangers and pluck hairs from corpses. They travel hundreds of miles to entice their suspects with an old photograph, or sometimes a free drink. Cooperation is preferred, but not necessarily required to achieve their ends.