ESJF is delighted to announce the results of the 2022 ESJF Chiba Elementary and Middle School Student Art Competition. At ESJF’s second student art contest at Chiba Korean Elementary and Middle School in Japan, four 9th grade students’ artwork, using only black ink, were selected--A Road to Our Common Ideal, With One Button, Holding Hands for a Peaceful World and Things to Leave Behind. To read the artists’ notes on their paintings, click here. Like many Korean schools in Japan, this school has been experiencing state-sanctioned educational injustices based on ethnicity. To learn about Chiba Korean Elementary and Middle School, click here. 

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ESJF welcomes the Respect for Marriage Act being signed into law, which codifies the protection of same-sex marriage. 
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