Megan Nakano, President
chicago(at)jacl.org
History
THE EARLY YEARS
The Japanese American community has existed in Chicago since the time of The
Colombian Exposition in 1893. Prior to World War II, it numbered between 100 and 400 people and consisted primarily of proprietors involved in the food industry, merchants working for import/export companies, and foreign students. Between 1942 and 1945, however, as the War Relocation Authority (WRA) began the resettlement program, over 30,000 Japanese Americans came through Chicago, some moving on to other midwestern
cities, many taking root in the metropolitan area. Concurrent with the reopening of the
west coast to Japanese Americans near the close of World War II, this population receded
to approximately 11,000 people. According to the 1990 census, 21,831 Japanese
Americans currently live in Chicagoland.
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Activities
Currently, the Chapter co-hosts the annual Day of Remembrance and the annual Nikkei community picnic with several other organizations and its own annual golf tournament in July. The Chapter is also busy planning the 2010 JACL National Convention.
Chapter Newsletters
January - February 2010
November - December 2009
September - October 2009
July - August 2009
May - June 2009
March - April 2009
January - February 2009
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