May 2026

The Monterey JACL has exciting news. We will be hosting our first Japanese Conversation Get Together on June 6, Saturday from 2:00-4:00pm at the JACL Hall, 424 Adams Street, Monterey, CA.  The focus of the get together is to practice and have fun conversing in Japanese for all levels. It not a structured language learning […]

Please join us for the final film of the 2026 Japanese Film Festival, Touch on June 6th, Saturday at 6:00pm. The film will be shown at the JACL Hall, 424 Adams Street, Monterey, CA.  A widower, suffering from memory loss, is advised by his doctor to resolve any unfinished business while he still has time.

There are two great opportunities to view the screening of Enduring Democracy: the Monterey Petition, a documentary sponsored by the JACL of the Monterey Peninsula that examines how Monterey was one of the only communities that publicly welcomed their Japanese neighbors back from the incarceration centers after World War II.  On May 20th, Wednesday at