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DESCRIPTION:What&amp;rsquo\;s in a name?&amp;nbsp\;\n\nDiscover Nikkei is launching
  a new writing series called &amp;ldquo\;&lt;a href=&quot;/en/journal/chronicles/name/
 &quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nikkei Names: Taro\, John\, Juan\, Jo&amp;atilde\;o?
 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo\; to explore what your name says about you\, and the o
 rigins of Nikkei names.&amp;nbsp\;\n\nIn conjunction with this series\, we are
  offering&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;FREE one-time writing workshops&lt;/strong&gt; in multip
 le cities and countries to encourage submissions to &lt;em&gt;Nikkei Names&lt;/em&gt;.
  These workshops are designed to help students of all writing levels devel
 op a point of view\, characters\, and a narrative voice to tell their stor
 ies about their names.&amp;nbsp\;This can include family names\, given names\,
  and even nicknames!&amp;nbsp\;\n\nPlease join us at our workshops and share y
 our stories about your name on DiscoverNikkei.org! &amp;nbsp\;\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Date
 : Sunday\, September 21\, 2014&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Time:&amp;nbsp\;1:00
  - 3:00 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Location: &amp;nbsp\;Japanese American
  Museum of San Jose&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Instructor: &amp;nbsp\;Susan It
 o&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;\nSusan Ito co-edited the literary anthology&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;A 
 Ghost At Heart&amp;rsquo\;s Edge: Stories &amp;amp\; Poems of Adoption&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;
 (North Atlantic Books). Her work has appeared in&lt;em&gt;Growing Up Asian Ameri
 can\, Choice\, Literary Mama\, The Bellevue Literary Review\, Making More 
 Waves&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;and elsewhere. She writes and teaches at the San Francisc
 o Writers&amp;rsquo\; Grotto\, at UC Berkeley Extension\, and the MFA Program 
 at Bay Path College. Her website is&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;http://susanito.com/&quot; t
 arget=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://susanito.com&lt;/a&gt;.\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Enrollment limit: &amp;nbsp
 \;20 people&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\n\nTo guarantee your space\, please RSVP by em
 ailing us at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Editor@DiscoverNikkei.org&quot;&gt;Editor@DiscoverNik
 kei.org&lt;/a&gt; and include your name\, contact information\, and the date / l
 ocation for the workshop that you would like to attend.  &amp;nbsp\;\n\n&lt;stron
 g&gt;Bring:&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp\;\n Paper and pencils will be provided\, but you a
 re welcome to bring your own writing tools. A photograph of yourself is al
 so suggested\, both as a writing prompt and for your author bio. Most impo
 rtantly\, participants are expected to bring an enthusiasm for experimenti
 ng with voice and form\, and a willingness to explore the theme of &lt;em&gt;Nik
 kei Names&lt;/em&gt; for on-line publication at the Discover Nikkei webpage.\n\n
 &lt;em&gt;* This program is co-sponsored &amp;amp\; co-hosted by the Japanese Americ
 an Museum of San Jose and the Japanese American National Museum.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/e
 m&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;\n&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;For workshops in other locations\, please check a
 s follow:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\n\nWorkshops in English\n\n&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/eve
 nts/2014/09/28/4662/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anaheim\, CA: Sunday\, Septe
 mber 28&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\nat Orange County Buddhist Church &amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp
 \;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/events/2014/07/26/4644/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Burn
 aby\, BC: Saturday\, July 26&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\nat Nikkei National Museu
 m &amp;amp\; Cultural Centre&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/en
 /events/2014/07/19/4608/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Chicago\, IL: Saturday\, July 19
 &lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\; \nat Church of Christ Presbyterian &amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbs
 p\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/events/2014/08/23/4646/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;str
 ong&gt;Gardena\, CA: &amp;nbsp\;Saturday\, August 23&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\nat Gard
 ena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/en/
 events/2014/06/28/4607/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Los Angeles\, CA: &amp;nbsp\;
 Saturday\, June 28&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\nat Nationa
 l Center for the Preservation of Democracy&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a
  href=&quot;/en/events/2014/09/20/4620/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seattle\, WA: 
 Saturday\, September 20&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\n at Wing Luke Museum of the A
 sian Pacific American Experience&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;\n\nWorkshops in other la
 nguages\n\n&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/ja/events/2014/08/23/4646/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;
 strong&gt;Gardena\, CA: &amp;nbsp\;Saturday\, August 23&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Japanese &amp;a
 mp\; English)&amp;nbsp\;\nat Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute&amp;nbsp\;
 &amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/es/events/2014/07/05/4676/&quot; targe
 t=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lima\, Peru: Saturday\, July 5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Spanish)\nat Centr
 o Cultural Peruano Japon&amp;eacute\;s&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/es/eve
 nts/2014/08/16/4677/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lima\, Peru: Saturday\, August 16&lt;/a
 &gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Spanish)\nat Centro Cultural Peruano Japon&amp;eacute\;s&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/l
 i&gt;&lt;li&gt;S&amp;atilde\;o Paulo\, Brazil: TBA &amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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SUMMARY:San Jose - FREE Writing Workshop - Nikkei Names: Taro\, John\, Juan
 \, João?
URL:/en/events/2014/09/21/san-jose-free-writing-workshop-nikkei-names-t/
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