Join St. Louis JACL at the Annual Fourth of July Picnic on July 4, 2023 at Vlasis Park, 300 Park Dr., Ballwin, Missouri 63011 in Pavilion #1 (closest to the rest rooms). The picnic is Pot Luck and cold drinks will be provided until they run out. The scheduled events will be a raffle, short trivia and scholarship award presentation. JACL members and friends of JACL are invited!
Sydney Suvansri graduated from Pattonville High School where she was heavily involved in band and musicals. Sydney plans to attend Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville as a biology major and music minor.
Mickey Hosack was the senior representative of Eureka High School’s Gender and Sexuality Advocacy group. Mickey is planning on attending Webster University as a Television, Video, and Film Production major.
Sela Masaki has been a keynote speaker for Nisei veterans gatherings in addition to lobbying for justice as a Jewish, queer, person of color. Sela graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School and plans on attending American University to major in Global International Relations.
Congratulations to all of the deserving scholarship award winners!
St. Louis JACL is participating in Japan America Society’s Trivia Night on June 17 at Community Christian Church, 623 Meramec Station Road, Ballwin, MO 63021. Please join in the fun!
The event begins at 6:00pm, so please arrive earlier so that you may order your food starting at 5:30pm before the program begins. We hope to see you there!
The Ladue Rams’ Around The World Event will be held at Ladue Watkins High School’s Multipurpose Room on April 26, 2023 from 5:00pm – 7:00pm. The St. Louis JACL will have an information booth at this fair. Please stop by and say hello!
Students are welcome to apply to the local St. Louis JACL Scholarship that is separate from National JACL Scholarships starting April 1 until May 15, 2023. Any current or incoming undergraduates or graduate students at any college, trade school or graduate school may qualify. Preferred consideration will be given to students that participate in current or past events with the St. Louis JACL Chapter. However, the applicant does not need to be a member of the St. Louis JACL Chapter. Applicants must be active in issues of diversity, civil rights, and/or social justice. Applicants cannot apply if they have previously received a scholarship from a JACL Chapter.
The link below will take you to the webpage where you may enter in your scholarship application online. Applications must be completed and submitted by May 15, 2023, midnight Central Time.
Due to budgetary constraints from St. Louis JACL events during the last six months, the Board of Directors decided to cancel the 2023 Japanese Festival Appreciation Lunch. We hope to bring the Appreciation Lunch back in 2024. The St. Louis JACL greatly appreciates the support of all of the volunteers at the successful 2022 Japanese Festival.
University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL) Global is welcoming Mr. Sam Hyun on March 23, 2023 at 7:00pm in the Millennium Student Center to present The Invisible Race. Mr. Hyun is a speaker focused on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and social movements. He has been featured in Forbes, Good Morning America, Boston Globe and many other publications.
