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The South Bay Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League
2009 Scholarship applications are now available!
The deadline to apply for South Bay JACL Chapter Scholarships is April 10, 2009, but the deadline for National JACL scholarships is earlier. If you want more information about our scholarship program, please read about it on our Scholarship Information page.
Youth Camp
TANOSHII Fun Camp, a Nikkei heritage day camp for 2nd through 5th graders will take place July 13-17, 2009. All 50 slots were filled on the first day of registration. Thank you for your overwhelming interest! We are sorry, but we will not be able accomodate any more applicants. We will continue to accept applications from high school students interested in volunteering as counselors through April 17, 2009. Please read more about the program here.
Holiday Giving Project
During the holidays each year, the South Bay JACL has an opportunity to serve our community by “adopting” needy families who are receiving services from the Little Tokyo Service Center. If you'd like to know more about the program or participate, please read about the Holiday Giving Project and the families we sponsored in 2008 here.
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The South Bay chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is a civic organization dedicated to serving the Japanese American community and preserving the cultural heritage of Japanese Americans especially in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. The South Bay JACL was established in 1973 and is one of 35 chapters of JACL Pacific Southwest District. National JACL is the nation's largest membership-based Asian American civic organization. National JACL has more than 20,000 members in 112 chapters across the country, with staffed offices in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle.
Today, the South Bay JACL primarily conducts its activities in Torrance, California. Members come from all over the South Bay area including Long Beach, San Pedro, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Lawndale, Hawthorne, Gardena, Harbor City, Lomita, Wilmington, Carson and Compton. Meetings are typically held the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m., except June, July, August and December. Meetings take place at the Torrance Airport Meeting Room at 3301 Airport Drive, Torrance. If you wish to attend a meeting, please contact support@southbayjacl.org.
The city of Torrance is located in the southwest corner of Los Angeles County and boasts a sizeable Japanese American and Asian American population. Approximately one-third of the city's population, 137,000 residents, is Asian American. Torrance is the North American headquarters for Honda Motors and Toyota Motors, among other corporations.
This Web site was funded by a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program.
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