Japanese American
Citizens League
San Mateo Chapter
San Mateo JACL
Welcome to the San Mateo chapter of the JACL!
Origami Aloha Shirt Festival Collage 2020
Online Origami Festival!
San Mateo JACL is hosting an online origami event! Send us a picture of your origami aloha shirt!
JACL AARP Survey
As part of our partnership with AARP, we've collaborated to produce a survey that will help both of our organizations better understand our membership base, the Japanese American community, and larger Asian American community. This is an opinion survey on recent events, perspectives on aging, and engagement with the Japanese American community. All information will only in aggregate for research purposes. We want to emphasize that one does not need to be a JACL member nor Japanese American to complete the survey. For individuals completing the survey, we will conduct a random drawing of those who complete the survey for five Amazon gift cards worth $100 each. To participate in this random drawing, you have the option to enter your name and email address near the conclusion of the survey along with chapter membership.
Thank you for your time and participation!
Link to survey here:
Note that the website may take a bit of time to load.
80th Anniversary
Celebration!!!
Tanforan Memorial
This is an architectural rendering of the memorial planned to be installed at San Bruno BART station.
The fundraising campaign for this important memorial has begun. See pictures from the reception, held October 31st, 2015. For more information and to donate, please go to
San Mateo JACL
Board Meetings
When: Third Thursday (with rare exceptions) of each month, 7:15PM
Where: San Mateo Japanese American Community Center, located at 415 S. Claremont St. in San Mateo.
Who: Non-board members, visitors, and members of the community are welcomed to attend
SMJACL Needs Board Members! If you would like to be part of our active board please email maryjoka@aol.com.
San Mateo JACL November 2020