JACL Announces the Pacific Southwest District
2009 October 31, 2008 Los Angeles, CA - The Japanese American Citizens League Pacific Southwest District (JACLPSW) announces its slate of youth leadership programs in 2009. Each program is designed to not just train leadership but to create young community advocates in the community, civil rights and policy arenas. These programs will cumulatively train over 100 youth on advocacy issues in the community. Washington DC Leadership Conference October 1, 2008 Washington, DC - This annual leadership training conference is a joint program organized by the JACL which includes participants from the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), the second largest Asian Pacific American civil rights organizations in the United States. This four-day conference provides an opportunity for thirty emerging leaders of the JACL and OCA to learn firsthand about current national public policy issues facing our communities. The application for this leadership conference is now available. |
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