After speaking with several former inmates about their time in camp.

who suffered shame and stigma during and after the war due to the JACLs attitudes and treatment towards individuals unfairly labeled ‘disloyal.Recommended ways these three obligations could possibly be fulfilled by the JACL are as follows:At the JACL National Convention in Little Tokyo this summer.

an email by Yukio Kawaratani and Kyoko Oda.National Council recognition of Tule Lake Resisters at an appropriate public ceremony still needs to be accomplished.BE IT RESOLVED by the National Council of the Japanese American Citizens League that in the spirit of reconciliation.

addressed to JACL leaders and members and published in the Pacific Citizen reminded them of these obligations.a workshop titled Who Were the Tule Lake Resisters? was held by a panel of five distinguished community members highly versed on the Tule Lake resister experience.

as the greatest numbers of Japanese Americans and JACL members live in Southern California.

the JACL did not support any acts of resistance against the government.and recent Santa Monica College graduate Jackson Tammariello were the student honorees.

” she told the more than 170 in attendance.longtime news director at KPCC/LAist Radio;Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times writer and columnist Pat Morrison;Veteran photographer and photo editor Dean Musgrove;Freelance digital investigative journalist Ben Camacho.

“I braved the 10 during rush hour to get here.so for me to be able to accept this on behalf of the work we do really means a lot.