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DESCRIPTION:Over nine months ago 35 individuals set out to discover the his
 tory of their family through the Nikkei Family Legacy Project organized by
  the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California. And on
  June 23\, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. &ndash\; 4:00 p.m. at the JCCCNC\, the&nbsp
 \;public is invited to celebrate with project participants at the NFLP clo
 seout exhibition. The event will feature excerpts from the participants&rs
 quo\; hardbound family history books\, which they will receive at the even
 t\, and unique stories shared by the participants about their journey as t
 hey delved into their family&rsquo\;s past.\n\n&ldquo\;It will be a very e
 xciting and rewarding event that will probably end with a huge sigh of rel
 ief\,&rdquo\; says Ryan Kimura\, NFLP Project Coordinator. &ldquo\;They ha
 ve spent so many hours researching and compiling stories and photos. It&rs
 quo\;s been a very emotional journey for them and I think they are happy t
 hat it is finally coming to a close.&rdquo\;\n\nBut although the project s
 tops and books printed and handed out to the participants at the event\, t
 he journey is still not over. It may never be over and that&rsquo\;s the h
 ope for at least one of the participants\, Mabel Miyasaki. &ldquo\;The pur
 pose of my book? The next generations of relatives who may not know each o
 ther and who likely may not even know of each other's existence or linkage
 s. My book will be very incomplete&hellip\; a teaser and a first connector
 .&rdquo\;\n\nThe Nikkei Family Legacy Project began on August 6\, 2011 and
  over the past nine months participants spent well over 100 hours attendin
 g numerous workshops and seminars\, visiting the National Archives\, condu
 cting research online\, on Ancestry.com and on the phone trying\nto locate
  family members and gather stories\, and scanning and uploading photos and
  documents to create their book on blurb.com.\n\nThroughout the lengthy an
 d sometimes very emotional process\, participants received support and gui
 dance from the following individuals and organizations: Angel Island Immig
 ration Station Foundation\; International Management Solution Legal Profes
 sional Corporation\;\nNational Archives\; Donna Kotake\, NFLP Advisor and 
 Workshop Leader\; Ryan Kimura and Courtney Okuhara\, NFLP Project Coordina
 tors\; and guest speakers\, Chester Hashizume and Corey Oiesen.\n\nThe Nik
 kei Family Legacy Project is made possible by a grant from the California 
 Civil Liberties Public Education Program\, a program of the California Sta
 te Library\, as well as donations from the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Char
 itable Foundation and the 100th Anniversary of Japantown Fund.\n\nThe even
 t is free and open to the public. RSVP is required by Friday\, June 15th. 
 To register\, please contact the JCCCNC at (415) 567-5505 or e-mail nflp@j
 cccnc.org.\n\nFacebook event page:&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.facebook.com
 /events/189347881191671/">https://www.facebook.com/events/189347881191671/
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SUMMARY:Nikkei Family Legacy Project Exhibition
URL:/en/events/2012/06/23/nikkei-family-legacy-project-exhibition/
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