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The JACL Southeast Chapter s offering two $500.00 scholarships
this year. One is for a deserving high school senior who will
enter college this fall of 2005. The other is for an undergraduate
presently attending college or will enter a graduate school
or other institution of higher learning. The eligibility requirements
are stated in the application forms but please remember that
the applicant must be a member of the JACL Southeast Chapter
in order to apply and have a 3.0 average for the freshman scholarship
and a 2.0 average for the undergraduate/graduate scholarship.
The deadline for all forms and attachments to be postmarked
and received is May 1, 2005.
(Deadline has expired)
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is a membership
organization whose mission is to secure and maintain the human
and civil rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry and others
victimized by injustice.
The JACL has 126 chapters nationwide and eight regional districts
with over 24,000 members found in twenty-three states and Japan.
In addition to its national headquarters in San Francisco,
the JACL has five regional offices (Los Angeles, Fresno, San
Francisco, Seattle, Chicago), as well as an office in Washington
D.C. and an organizational newspaper, the Pacific Citizen, distributed
nationally from its office in Los Angeles.
The JACL derives its effectiveness through its regional offices
located in key cities and areas to serve the needs of the organization's
members and to maintain the well-being of all Asian Pacific
Americans.
The
JACL-Southeast Chapter was chartered in 1993. The mission of the
Southeast Chapter is to: