SECOND ANNUAL NIKKEI COMMUNITY DAY
JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER PLAZA
MAY 17, 2008
The Second Annual Nikkei Community Day will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Little Tokyo's JACCC Plaza, from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Nikkei Community Day will bring together Japanese and Japanese American community groups and people scattered throughout the Greater Los Angeles Area for a one-day celebration of Japanese and Japanese American heritage, culture, and community. This year, with the theme, "Changing Landscape: From Redress to Redevelopment to Redefinition," Nikkei Community Day will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Japanese American redress bill and highlight the issues beyond redress that are now of concern to the community. In a symposium entitled "The State and Future of the Nikkie Community," community leaders and interested individuals from both the English-speaking and Japanese-speaking sectors will address the significance of the bill and its impact on the community, as well as where the community is now--with the gentrification and changing land ownership in Little Tokyo and San Francisco's Japantown--and where it is going--as Japanese American community centers consider the changes they need to make in order to survive and prosper in the future. Community groups will share information, provide games, display crafts and sell food at booths throughout the day. Community people will display their unique cultural talents by performing on stage. Community advocates will speak at a health forum on topics to increase awareness of health issues of concern to the Nikkei community.
The Second Annual Nikkei Community Day is sponsored by Ties That Bind, a Japanese American community planning committee, in conjunction with the Nikkei Federation, Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC), Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and Little Tokyo Recreation Center. This year's Day will be a part of a whole weekend festival called Little Tokyo FunFest which includes the San Tai San (3-on-3) Basketball Tournament sponsored by the Recreation Center on Saturday, Children's Day Chibi-K Fun Run and Cultural Discovery Workshops, such as manju-making and taiko drumming, sponsored by JACCC on Sunday, and the Asian Pacific Arts & Crafts Faire sponsored by JACCC on both days. Please join us as the whole Nikkei community, together for one day, celebrates who we are and what we do!
So be a part of Nikkei Community Day by reserving a booth, providing a performance, and taking an ad in the program booklet. Download form below.
To learn more, go to www.myspace.com/ttbncd or contact us at nikkeicommunityday@gmail.com.
