Preserving California's Japantowns project & volunteer training in Los Angeles Area
Hello I'm writing to introduce Discover Nikkei visitors to "Preserving California's Japantowns," a project to research and document 43 Nihonmachi throughout California. This project was designed to answer the question "Where were California's Japantowns outside of LA, San Francisco and San Jose? And what remains in those communities." This will be the first statewide effort to identify, research and document historic resources located in Japantowns throughout California. The project goal is to reclaim the stories of buildings and landscapes that made up California’s Nihonmachi, including dozens that declined and even disappeared following WWII internment. Preserving California’s Japantowns is sponsored by the California Japanese American Community Leadership Council and funded by the State Library’s CCLPEP program. For more information, pease visit www.californiajapantowns.org. I'm including information about a volunteer training we've organized below. Donna Graves, Director ******************************************* You are invited to a volunteer training to enlist people to help "Preserving California's Japantowns" survey the 8 Japantowns in the greater Los Angeles area: Sawtelle, San Pedro, Terminal Island, Long Beach, Gardena, Glendale, Santa Monica,Venice and Pasadena. Project staff, Donna Graves and Jill Shiraki, will present an overview of "Preserving California’s Japantowns" and the methods for identifying and documenting resources in the many historic Japantown communities in California. Southern CA Japantown Volunteer Training Thursday, October 19th JACCC, Cultural Room, 5th floor RSVP for dinner to Amy Phillips For more info, call Jill Shiraki at (510) 277-2164 The project is sponsored by the California Japanese American Community Leadership Council |