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5
May

Announcing the Japanese American Museum of Oregon’s New Executive Director

By JAMO Category:News, Press Release

Announcing the Japanese American Museum of Oregon’s New Executive Director The Japanese American Museum of Oregon (JAMO) is excited to announce that after a prolonged, extensive search, Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong will

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15
Apr

Beatrice Stevens, Ally at Home

By Erin Schmith Category:Blog Post, Exhibits, From the Archives

Beatrice Stevens, Ally at Home By Marie Hashimoto Photo courtesy of Urban League of Portland Records, 1945-2008 (MSS UrbanLeague), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

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1
Apr

Protect Minidoka from Proposed Lava Ridge Wind Farm

By JAMO Category:Blog Post

Updated April 2023: ACTION ALERT! Deadline Extended Submit comments to the BLM by April 20 The Bureau of Land Management is accepting comments on their Draft Environmental Impact Statement for

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14
Mar

‘We’re still here’: Demolition of historic Japanese hotel

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage, News

‘We’re still here’: Demolition of historic Japanese hotel in Old Town prompts outcry The Oregonian, March 14, 2023 The structure that stands at the intersection of Northwest 4th Avenue and

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13
Mar

Historic Old Town hotel set to be demolished

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage, News

Historic Old Town hotel set to be demolished KGW, March 13, 2023 PORTLAND, Ore. — A historic hotel in Old Town that was a landmark for the Japanese-American community in

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13
Mar

The fight over Portland’s Yamaguchi Hotel

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage, News

The fight over Portland’s Yamaguchi Hotel, and the future of Japantown OPB, March 13, 2023 Demolition of the historic Yamaguchi Hotel, the last building in Portland’s New Chinatown/Japantown district with

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16
Nov

American Legion Post 22 apologizes

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage, News

American Legion Post 22 apologizes: Actions in 1944 ‘ultimately caused great harm’ Columbia Gorge News, November 16, 2022 HOOD RIVER — More than 75 years after Hood River American Legion

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25
Oct

What’s next for the Portland Expo Center?

By JAMO Category:Blog Post

Originally published August 2022; updated October 15, 2022. The Portland Expo Center, a site of great significance to a number of different communities, will be undergoing some major changes in

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16
Aug

A Hood River ceremony recognizes and honors the past

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage, News

A Hood River ceremony recognizes and honors the past and the people who lived it The Oregonian, August 14, 2022 To understand the meaning and humanity of Saturday’s highway renaming

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16
Aug

Letter to Criminal Justice Advisory Committee regarding bias crimes

By JAMO Category:News

In solidarity with 15 other Asian American organizations, Portland JACL submitted this letter on August 15 to the Oregon Chief Justice’s Criminal Justice Advisory Committee urging them to begin discussions

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