Asian Americans encourage The not-so-nice girls of the FEBRUARY 17 - MARCH 1, 2012 more marrow donors. >> pg 4 ‘Nice Girls Crew’. >> pg 9 OF THE THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER JACL PHOTO: SHAMA KO >> pg 3 APAs HIV: WORKING TO ERASE THE STIGMA # 3183 / VOL. 154, No. 3 ISSN: 0030-8579 WWW.PACIFICCITIZEN.ORG 2 feb. 17-MAR. 1, 2012 LETTERS/NATIONAL PACIFIC CITIZEN PACIFIC CITIZEN HOW TO REACH US NATIONAL JACL CONVENTION SET FOR E-mail:
[email protected] Online: www.pacificcitizen.org Tel: (213) 620-1767 Fax: (213) 620-1768 JULY 5 TO 8 IN BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON Mail: 250 E. First Street, Suite 301 Los Angeles, CA 90012 The theme for this year’s Staff Executive Editor annual meeting is “Inform, Caroline Y. Aoyagi-Stom Assistant Editor Transform, Perform: Em- Lynda Lin bracing JACL in an era of Reporter Nalea J. Ko transformation.” Business Manager Staci Hisayasu By National JACL Convention Circulation Eva Lau-Ting Planning Committee The Pacific Citizen newspaper The annual national JACL convention has (ISSN: 0030-8579) is published semi-monthly (except once in De- been set and this year’s event will take place cember and January) by the Japa- July 5 to 8 in Bellevue, Washington at the Hyatt nese American Citizens League, Regency Bellevue. Pacific Citizen, 250 E. 1st Street, Suite 301, Los With the theme, “Inform, Transform, Per- Angeles, CA 90012 form: Embracing JACL in an era of transforma- Periodical postage paid at L.A., CA tion,” the event is being sponsored by the Seattle POSTMASTER: send address theater, multi-media game room, restaurants JACL will be the National Youth/Student Coun- changes to National JACL, 1765 chapter with support from the Lake Washington Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94115 and Puyallup Chapters.