​2026 Calendar of Events

• Jan 15 -  SDJACL Community Dialogue | Teresa Stivers

• Feb 11 - DOR 'Resistance at Tule Lake' film screening

• Mar 11 - DOR 'Loyal American' and 'One Fighting Irishman' film screenings

• Mar 22 - SDJACL Temari Zushi Cooking Demonstration

• Apr 9 - Monthly Dialogue - Kakehashi Project

• ​May 6 - Hapa Awa Social​

• Jun 28 - 75th Annual SD JACL Community Picnic

• Aug 13 - Monthly Dialogue feat. Miki Iwasaki

• Sep 12 - 2026 SDJACL "Never Forget" Gala

• Oct 8 - Monthly Dialogue feat. Sophia Bell

• Nov 15 - Temari Zushi Cooking Demonstration

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​2025 Calendar of Events

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• Mar 13 - Monthly Dialogue featuring JACL's Kakehashi Project
• May 6 - Shin Nisei Panel Discussion - What Does it Mean to be Japanese American?
• May 31 - League of Dreams Film Premiere
• Jun 12 - Monthly Dialogue featuring Janet Hamada-Kelley
• Jun 29 - JACL Annual Picnic

• Jul 10 - SD JACL Social at New English Brewing​​​

• Aug 14 - Monthly Dialogue Featuring Ada Shido

• Sept 20 - JACL Never Forget - United We Stand Gala

• Oct 4 - Mochi Ice Cream Social and Moon Festival

• Nov 6 - Anju Madoka Shamisen Minyo Concert

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PAST EVENTS ARCHIVE

 

2024

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• Feb 8 -  SDJACL Community Dialogue | Filmmaker Antonia Glenn

• Feb 20 - UCSD Day of Remembrance Event (6 PM, Dolores Huerta Room)

• Feb 25 - UCSD Coffee & Cranes Panel (12 - 1 PM)

• Mar 7 - Anju Madoka Shamisen Performance at Village Gate Academy Encinitas (10 AM - 12 PM)

• Mar 8-10 - Anju Madoka Shamisen Performances at Japanese Friendship Garden (1 - 2 PM)

• Mar 9 - Anju Madoka Shamisen Performance at Minato Gakuen (2 - 3 PM)

• Mar 10 - Anju Madoka Shamisen Performance at Serra Mesa-Kearney Mesa Library and reception (2:30 - 3:30 PM)

• Mar 11 - Anju Madoka Shamisen Performance at La Jolla Library and reception (5:30 - 6:30 PM)

• Mar 14 - SDJACL Community Dialogue | YELLOWFACE:  Insidious and Still Pervasive in Professional Theater

• Mar 24 - Annual Membership Meeting - 12-2p - at Rancho Guejito - ***CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER***

• May 9 -- SDJACL Community Dialogue | IN DEFIANCE OF RACISM: How a Black and a Chinese American Family Defied Racism Together in Early San Diego

• June 13 - SDJACL Community Dialogue | Eva Kurima and the Reischauer Scholars Program

• Jun 30 - SDJACL Annual Community Picnic 

• Aug 8 - SDJACL Community Dialogue - Ryan Yoshikawa, VP General Operations, National JACL - RSVP

• Aug 10 - Community Event - Lost Kinjo Lecture at SD Central Public Library

• Aug 18 - Japanese Cooking Demonstration with Keiko Jinno

• Sept 12 - SDJACL Community Dialogue - Kim Fountain, CEO, San Diego LGBT Community Center - RSVP

• Sept 20 - Otsukimi Celebration - Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

• Sept 30 - Shin Nikkei Panel Discussion

• Oct 10 - SDJACL Community Dialogue - Sebastian Yosuda, Owner of Yasuda Baseball Academy

• Oct 14 - Community Event - Frank Abe presents on The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration, San Diego Central Public Library at 6 PM 

• Oct 26 -  2024 SDJACL "Never Forget" Gala

• Nov 14 - SDJACL Community Dialogue - John Suzuki, Author of American Grit - From a Japanese Concentration Camp Rises an American Hero - RSVP

• Dec 12 - SDJACL Community Dialogue - Ada Shido, San Diego County Arts and Culture Commission - RSVP

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2023

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• Jan 29 - Annual Membership Meeting & Flag Signing Event with Judge Johnny Gogo

• Feb 4 -  Rally Against Hate - Lantern Parade For Inclusion

• Feb 9 -  SDJACL Community Dialogue | Godwin Higa on Restorative Justice

• Feb 25 - JAHSSD Day of Remembrance Event at 1:00 PM (Pacific) - Register HERE

• Mar 16 - SDJACL Community Dialogue | Kay Ochi and Stand Up For Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story film showing

• Apr 12 -  SDJACL Community Dialogue | Matthew Weisbly and Jewish-Japanese Identity

• Apr 23 -  Spring Obento Cooking Demonstration

• May 6 - Una Storia Segreta Panel and Film Screening 

• May 11 -  SDJACL Community Dialogue | Captain Shawn Takeuchi, San Diego Police Department

• Jun 4:  Japanese Cultural Bazaar at the Buddhist Temple of San Diego, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

• Jun 8 -  SDJACL Community Dialogue | Mariko Nakawatase, Assistant Dist. Dir. for County District 2

• Jun 25 - SDJACL Annual Community Picnic 

• Jul 13 -  SDJACL Community Dialogue | Shirley Nakawatase on Running for Local Public Office

• Jul 30 - SDJACL Discussion Panel on 終活 [shuukatsu]

• Aug 10 -  SDJACL Community Dialogue | Michele Tsutagawa Ward, Carlsbad USD Board of Trustees, Member, Trustee Area 1

• Sept 14 -  SDJACL Community Dialogue | Kristen Takeda, SDUT Education Reporter​

• Oct 7 -  2023 "Never Forget" Gala

• Oct 12 -  SDJACL Community Dialogue | BJ Watanabe, Community Activist​

• Oct 22 - Osechi Cooking Demonstration with Keiko Jinno

• Nov 9 -  SDJACL Community Dialogue | Veterans Day Discussion with veterans Taiga Takahashi (Navy) and Leo Tanaka (Air Force)​

• Nov. 11:  SDAFF 2023 - The Oath of the Sword - Sponsored by SDJACL

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2022 
 

• Jan 13 - SDJACL Community Dialogue: Impacts of Dementia

• Jan 30 - Korematsu Day

• Feb 10 - SDJACL Community Dialogue: Dealing with Dementia

• Feb 16 & 23 - SDJACL-Hosted Bystander Intervention Training with NCRC 

• Feb 19 - Day of Remembrance

• Mar 10 - SDJACL Community Dialogue: Prof. Christen Sasaki

• Apr 14 - SDJACL Community Dialogue: Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan

• May 12 - SDJACL Community Dialogue: Prof. Susan Hasegawa

• May 25 & June 1 - The Art of Inclusive Communication Workshops - Register HERE

• Jun 2 - SDJACL Community Dialogue: UC San Diego Project GROW

• Jun 26 - SDJACL Annual Community Picnic

• Aug 11 - SDJACL Community Dialogue: Lane Nishikawa on 親孝行 (oyakoukou)

• Sept 8 - SDJACL Community Dialogue: "Not Your Model Minority"

• Sept 24 - 2022 "Never Forget" Gala: Stop AAPI Hate​

• Oct 13 - SDJACL Community Dialogue: Jack Kubota

• Nov 10 - SDJACL Community Dialogue:  Special Veterans Day Discussion

• Nov 20 - Inaugural Pacific Rim Park Friendship Walk - Register HERE

• Dec 8 - SDJACL Community Dialogue: Prof. Gary Sosa on Mixed Race, Mixed Culture, Mixed Identity​