On February 19, the Day of Remembrance,Sonoma County Museum opened its exhibition Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams. These are photos Adams shot at Manzanar, one of the Japanese American concentration camps.Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)is collaborating with the museum to supplement the exhibit with some artifacts, docent training, and presentations related

It was brought to our attention at AAPIC through our contacts at Sonoma County JACL thatWest County High School (formerly Analy High School) in Sebastopol has recently encountered several incidents of racism and white supremacy. At about the same time, students at the school did some research as part of their Ethnic Studies curriculum into

Co-presented by Asian American Pacific Islander of North Bay and Asian American Alliance of Marin Award winning documentary Chinatown Rising reveals a deeply personal portrait of San Francisco’s Chinatown in transition.Activists of the 1960’s reflect on their years battling for bilingual education, tenants’ rights, and ethnic studies that would shape their community and nation. A

AAPI Monthly Film Series–Online Screening & Conversation Co-presented by Asian American Pacific Islander of North Bay and Asian American Alliance of Marin Another award winning documentary,Geographies of Kinship, reveals a powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and reconnect with their roots, mapping

AAPI Monthly Film Series–Online Screening & Conversation Co-presented by Asian American Pacific Islander of North Bay and Asian American Alliance of Marin A Bitter Legacy is a feature documentary that examines the history of the World War II American incarceration prisons for 122,000 people of Japanese ancestry within the so called“War Relocation Administration” with a

Join Chefs of the Meritage Collection Napa Valley as they team up with different comedians to bring you The Laugh Cellar original show, Cooking with Comedians™. Participants gain culinary tips and tricks, a 3-course farm to fork meal and plenty of laughs along the way. Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is observed in

A showcase of Japanese culture and arts. Taiko drumming, folk dance, language, music, martial arts, foods, crafts, origami, mochi pounding, and more! Free admission. Sonoma County JACL is a proud sponsor of Matsuri! Japanese Arts Festival. Please come visit the booth of Sonoma County JACL at Matsuri! For more information, visit the Sonoma County Matsuri

Now that the Amache Concentration Camp (Granada Relocation Center) has been approved as a National Historic Site, the National Park Service (NPS) is moving on with next steps and they want to hear from you!The NPS is preparing a foundation document to guide future planning and management of Amache National Historic Site.Before writing the document

Sebastopol World Friends, Sebastopol's sister city program, will cerebrate its sister cities and their cultures at this popular annual tradition. They showcase food fromUkraine and Japan, where Sebastopol has its two sister cities: Takeo, Japan, and Chyhyryn, Ukraine. The highlight of this year’s event is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the sister city relationship