Getting started

We set up our Community Collage space in the lobby of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, which is part of the Japanese American National Museum's campus.

This is where the opening program was held, as well as a couple of the workshops, and the closing reception.

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Starting the collage
提供： editor

Professor Lane Hirabayashi

Professor Lane R. Hirabayashi participated in our Community Collage.

Professor Hirabayashi is the George & Sakaye Aratani Endowed Chair of the Japanese American Internment, Redress, and Community, Asian American Studies Department of the University of California at Los Angeles, co-sponsor for the conference.

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Lane Hirabayashi
提供： editor

Prof. Hirabayashi's posting

"Sometimes I wonder about my father's stories - about the family farm; about his youthful pranks & highjinks; about my grandmother and my uncles & auntie; about Pinedale and Tule Lake; about topping beets in Idaho; about his dad. If I don't pass these along, where will they go?????"

We …

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Father's stories
提供： editor

NSU Modern

UCLA's NSU Modern student dance group performed during the opening program for the conference.

They added this message: "NSU Modern from UCLA sends their love to the Nikkei community"

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - NSU Modern from UCLA
提供： editor

Cammy

There were some drawings added to the collage as well. We really liked this one!

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Cammy
提供： editor

Multicultural communities

The participants were primarily younger, college-age Asian Americans, including a number of multiracial/Hapa attendees.

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - I Love Multiracial Communities
提供： editor

Blogging about Sawtelle

One of the workshops was on Blogs/New Media with Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man.

This participant appears to have been inspired by it.

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Blogging about Sawtelle
提供： editor

A community connects

People weren't just adding to our collage, they were also checking out what others had posted.

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Sharing ideas
提供： editor

Obon

"Remembering & reflecting on our past while supporting understanding & the knowledge for our future through dance... through OBON."

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Obon
提供： editor

Oshogatsu at grandma's

"Oshogatsu at grandma's...
sushi making while watching
the rose parade...
taking pictures..."

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Oshogatsu at Grandma's
提供： editor

Eruption

Award-winning author Naomi Hirahara contributed this drawing to the collage. She led the workshop on writing fiction.

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - eruption
提供： editor

Japanese school

"Nihongo gakkou...
for seven years.
:)"

*Nihongo gakkou --> Japanese school

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Nihongo gakkou
提供： editor

Ryan Suda

Ryan Suda of Blacklava contributed to the collage too. Ryan led a workshop titled "The Art and Business of Clothes"

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Ryan Suda
提供： editor

Spam musubi IS community

This is what Ryan posted to our collage. It incorporates food, identity, and community!

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Spam musubi IS community!
提供： editor

Words evoking community & family

"Gaman * Nikkei
Gokurosama * Musubi
Gambaru * Mochi
Oishii * Baachan
Natsukashi * Obon"

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Nikkei Community Themes
提供： editor

Community MATTERS

We agree!

Discover Nikkei Community Collage: May 2009 - Community MATTERS
提供： editor