Greater Los Angeles Chapter
Japanese American Citizens League
(L-R) Matthew Clingerman (scholarship chair), Seia Watanabe (JACL public affairs), River Vu, Elena Miyamoto, Ashley Mori, Keerstin Baltazar, Hikaru Nakasone, H. Miles Dodson, Mitchell Matsumura (GLA president)
The Greater Los Angeles JACL chapter held its 2026 scholarship luncheon on June 7 in the meeting room of the Torrance Municipal Airport-Zamperini Field in Torrance, CA to recognize six former high school students headed to college.
Receiving awards from the chapter were Keerstin Baltazar, H. Miles Dodson, Elena Miyamoto, Ashley Mori, Hikaru Nakasone and River Vu.
The event’s speaker was Seia Watanabe. National JACL VP of Public Affairs.
M. Kadogawa speaking at Justice for Suehiro! Fight Gentrification Rally on Sunday, 12/10/2023.
The Greater Los Angeles Young Adult Group would like to thank all those who contributed to the Winter Clothing Drive. The donations were presented to LAC+USC Medical Center on 02/22/2022 by Layne Sakamoto. All of the donations will be distributed to patients in need of warm clothing during the cold winter months. Approximately 30 bags of clothing were donated to the hospital in total.