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Get Your JACL Scholarship Applications in Today! (Deadlines: March 1 and April 1)

Tue, 02/22/2011 - 11:12

National News - JACL is kicking off its Scholarship Program for the 2011 academic year. Need not be Japanese American to apply and non-members are welcomed and encouraged to apply. At the national level, JACL offers over 30 awards, with an annual total of over $60,000 in scholarships.  


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FilAm Students Supporting UC Demonstration

Mon, 01/18/2010 - 13:53
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FilAm Students Supporting UC Demonstration

By Erin Pangilinan

Earlier this fall, students, staff, and faculty across the University of California demonstrated against the 32% tuition fee hikes. What was intended as peaceful protests for some in the recent weeks, ended not only in arrests--but also beating, tasering, and shooting of students by police and demonstrators at various campuses, including UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Davis.


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Schwarzenegger Aims to Co-opt “Books, Not Bars!”

Thu, 01/07/2010 - 12:31

By Tam Ma and Oiyan Poon


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Students of Color Fight Back at the U of California!

Sun, 11/22/2009 - 22:29

November 18 and 19, 2009


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Pao! Faculty, Staff, and Students Protest UC Budget Cuts and Fee Hikes

Thu, 09/24/2009 - 22:28

Pictured above: Pao Xiong, undergrad at UCLA and Association of Hmong Students leader (photo credit: Sacramento Bee)


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University of California Systemwide WALK OUT on 9-24-09

Tue, 09/22/2009 - 13:34

Last week I overheard two senior faculty members at UCLA discuss their plans for this Thursday's walkout.


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UC awards honorary degrees to WWII Japanese American Internees

Mon, 07/20/2009 - 00:19

Last week I went to the UC Regents meeting at UC San Francisco, and was humbled to be there for the UC Board of Regents' vote to award honorary degrees to the over 700 Japanese Americans who were enrolled at the UC in 1941-42, but could not complete their degrees because they were unjustly incarcerated for being Japanese Americans and sent to concentration camps during WWII.  Sad sad chapter in U.S.


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30 Under 30: "Count Me In" Campaign

Tue, 05/12/2009 - 01:22
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