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November 15, 2024 (Friday) - THE HEART SELLERS - Special benefit performance at Capital Stage - Additional information and tickets HERE   

Recent Events

September 22, 2024 (Sunday) - 36th Annual Golf Invitational - Haggin Oaks Golf Course

August 22, 2024 (Thursday) – An Evening to Honor Yoshinori "Toso" Himel (our immediate Past President) and recognize our 2024 Scholarship recipients.

Click Here for event photos

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OUR ANNUAL DONORS:

Executive Producers:

Clement Kong

Kathryn E. Doi

Producers:

Tim Yeung

YOSHINORI "TOSO" HIMEL

THANK YOU!
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Become a Donor

Learn more about how to become a donor in support of the Foundation's annual scholarships and educational programs:

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We salute and give eternal thanks to our immediate past president, Toso Himel.  Toso's leadership and service over the many years has immeasurably helped and advanced both our ABAS community and many of us personally as well.  His dedication to the pursuit of justice has been tireless. The below-linked article, by Justice Shama Hakim Mesiwala and Jerilyn Paik, will give you a glimpse of Toso's story. (The article was previously published in Vol. 4-2024 of the Sacramento Lawyer magazine.)

About the Speaker Series

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February 8th, 2025 - Florin, Lodi, Placer, and Sacramento JACL Chapters - Northern California Time of Remembrance, commemorating Executive Order 9066 - More Information: HERE

February 8th, 2025 - Legal Services of Northern California Valentine's Day Run/Walk - More information: HERE.

November 16, 2024 - AAPI Lift Leadership Program - Sierra Health Foundation, Sacramento.  More information HERE.

September 27, 2024 -  SacFALA Gala - The Urban Hive, benefits law student scholarships. Tickets through Eventbrite.

October 1, 2024 - Unity Bar Dinner - Double Tree Hilton Hotel, Sacramento. Tickets at UnityBar2024.eventbrite.com

July 12, 2024 - Special benefit performance of Now Circa Then, Capital Stage, Sacramento.

June 30, 2024 - Sacramento premiere showing of KINTSUKUROI and Wakasa Memorial Panel Discussion, The Sofia, Sacramento (Sold Out).

May 25-26, 2024  - 8th Annual Sacramento Asian Pacific Film Festival, "We Belong" featuring themes of cultural expression, community vitality, resilience, and justice. The Sofia, Sacramento.  Schedule here: SAPFF.

May 29th, 2024 - Celebrate the Sac-J Town Art Mural, Corner of 4th and Capitol Mall, Sacramento - 4:00-5:00PM

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Thank you for your interest in the ABAS Law Foundation’s scholarship program. The Foundation awards scholarships to law students and very recent law school graduates from local law schools who have demonstrated potential for community service and leadership in the Asian-Pacific Islander community, academic achievement, and financial need. In recent years, the Foundation has predominantly awarded scholarships to students and recent graduates from Lincoln Law School of Sacramento, U.C. Davis School of Law, and the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law. The application deadline for the 2025 scholarship program is 5:00 pm Friday February 28, 2025.

Congratulations 2024 Scholarship Recipients!

Please click below to learn more about each of our 6 scholarship recipients:

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The ABAS Law Foundation, established in 1997, by Jerilyn Paik, Esq., is the 501(c)(3) educational and charitable partner of ABAS, the Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento. The Foundation supports and initiates law-related educational and charitable works in greater Sacramento's API community. Its activities include awarding approximately $18,000 per year in scholarships to nurture law students who show promise of becoming activist, API community-conscious lawyers. Criteria include potential for leadership in the API communities, good scholarship, and financial need.

Tule Lake Project

The Foundation supported Roger Daniels (1927-2022), the nationally-known historian, and Barbara Takei, the writer and organizer on Tule Lake, in their archival research for a jointly authored book on the subject of the Tule Lake concentration camp.

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