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DESCRIPTION:The Ties That Bind group would like to invite you to participat
 e in planning Nikkei Community Day\, which will take place on Saturday\, M
 ay 12\, 2007\, concurrent with Family Fun Fest and the San-Tai-San basketb
 all tournament in Little Tokyo (Los Angeles\, CA).\n\nPlease save the date
  for Nikkei Community Day\, and join us for a planning meeting on Saturday
 \, January 6\, 2007\, at 9:30am at the JACCC. We hope to have as many comm
 unity centers\, JACL chapters\, non-profit organizations\, student groups\
 , kenjinkais\, athletics groups\, martial arts organizations\, etc.\, repr
 esented as possible. \n\nA general description of Nikkei Community Day is 
 below. \n\nFrom the Nikkei Community Day concept paper draft:\n\nWith the 
 Japanese American community spread out in pockets all over the L.A.\narea\
 , a certain sense of a unified\, cohesive community has been lost.\nPromot
 ing activities that connect the disparate parts\, can only strengthen\nthe
  ties that bind the community and ensure its survival and prosperity in\nt
 he future. One such activity that could bring the entire community togethe
 r\nwould be a one-day event called Nikkei Community Day\, to be commemorat
 ed in\nMay as part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.\n\nA “Nikke
 i Community Day” could bring the whole community together for a day\,\na
 nd jumpstart something new and significant for the future.  It would be a\
 nday when Nikkei from every part of the L.A. region come to the cultural a
 nd\nsymbolic home of their community--Little Tokyo--to say three things:  
 “we are\nhere\,” “we are a strong and viable community together with
  a significant\nvoice\,” and “we have something important and valuable
  to contribute to our\ndiverse region\, our country\, and the world.”  I
 t would be a celebration of\n“who we are and what we do” as an ethnic 
 community with a long history in the\nU.S.  And it would bring together al
 l of the various Nikkei community centers\nand community organizations to 
 showcase who they are and what they do\, and to\n share information and re
 sources with each other.  A day like this would go a\nlong way toward conn
 ecting the community and developing community infrastructure.\n\nAt Nikkei
  Community Day\, community centers and community organizations will\nbe in
 vited to have booths on the JACCC's Noguchi Plaza. They will put on\ndispl
 ay whatever they want to show about their centers or organizations and\nwi
 ll share information about their mission and activities.  The\nparticipati
 on of groups from all over the L.A. area will give each group a\nstake in 
 this event and thereby  encourage Nikkei from different parts of the\nregi
 on to make a special trip to Little Tokyo for this one day out of the\nyea
 r.  Participating groups will be given stage time on the plaza for\nperfor
 mances (music\, dance\, martial arts\, etc.). .\n\nA keynote speaker will 
 address the topic of “The State of the Nikkei\nCommunity”and a panel o
 f Nikkei leaders will respond to kick off the day. \nIt is a topic that ca
 n be addressed every year.\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Nikkei Community Day\, Little Tokyo (Los Angeles\, CA)
URL:/en/events/2007/05/12/nikkei-community-day-little-tokyo/
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