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DESCRIPTION:&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff0000\;&quot;&gt;＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊
 ＊＊＊＊\n&lt;strong&gt;English workshop will be held as scheduled\, but&amp;nbs
 p\;Japanese workshop has been cancelled.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;\n＊＊＊
 ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ &amp;nbsp\;\n\nWhat&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 yo
 ur name says about you\, and the origins of Nikkei names.&amp;nbsp\;\n\nIn con
 junction with this series\, we are offering&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;FREE one-time wr
 iting workshops&lt;/strong&gt; in multiple cities and countries to encourage sub
 missions to &lt;em&gt;Nikkei Names&lt;/em&gt;. These workshops are designed to help st
 udents of all writing levels develop a point of view\, characters\, and a 
 narrative voice to tell their stories about their names.&amp;nbsp\;This can in
 clude family names\, given names\, and even nicknames!&amp;nbsp\;\n\nPlease jo
 in us at our workshops and share your stories about your name on DiscoverN
 ikkei.org! &amp;nbsp\;\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Date: Saturday\, August 23\, 2014&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;n
 bsp\;\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon&lt;/strong&gt; (Registration starts
  at 9:30 a.m.)&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Location: Gardena Valley Japanese 
 Cultural Institute&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Instructor for Englis
 h: &amp;nbsp\;Patricia Wakida&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;\nPatricia Wakida i
 s a writer\, artist and community historian currently based in Los Angeles
 \, CA. She is the editor of two publications on the Japanese American expe
 rience\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internm
 ent Experience\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;and&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;Unfinished Message: the collecte
 d works of Toshio Mori&lt;/em&gt;\, and has worked in the publishing industry fo
 r almost twenty years. She is the editor of a forthcoming book on Los Ange
 les entitled &lt;em&gt;LAtitudes: An Angelenos&#x27; Atlas&lt;/em&gt;\, and is currently wr
 iting a biography of City Lights bookstore co-owner and bohemian Nisei\, S
 higeyoshi Murao.&amp;nbsp\;\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Instructor for Japanese: &amp;nbsp\;Yukikaz
 u Nagashima&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Enrollment limit: &amp;nbsp\;20 people&lt;
 /strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\n\nTo guarantee a workshop space\, please RSVP by emailing
  us at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Editor@DiscoverNIkkei.org&quot;&gt;Editor@DiscoverNIkkei.or
 g&lt;/a&gt; and include your name and contact information.&amp;nbsp\;\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Bri
 ng:&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp\;\n Paper and pencils will be provided\, but you are we
 lcome to bring your own writing tools. Most importantly\, participants are
  expected to bring an enthusiasm for experimenting with voice and form\, a
 nd a willingness to explore the theme of &lt;em&gt;Nikkei Names &lt;/em&gt;for on-line
  publication at the Discover Nikkei webpage.\n\n&lt;em&gt;* This program is co-s
 ponsored &amp;amp\; co-hosted by the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institut
 e.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;\n&lt;em&gt;\n&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;For workshops in other locatio
 ns\, please check as follow:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\n\nWorkshops in English\n\n&lt;u
 l&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/events/2014/09/28/4662/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anaheim\,
  CA: Sunday\, September 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;Burnaby\, BC: Saturday July 26&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\nat Nikk
 ei National Museum &amp;amp\; Cultural Centre&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;st
 rong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/en/events/2014/07/19/4608/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Chicago\, IL: S
 aturday\, July 19&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\; \nat Church of Christ Presbyt
 erian &amp;nbsp\;&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;/stron
 g&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\nat National Center for the Preserva
 tion of Democracy&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/events/2014/09/21
 /4619/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;San Jose\, CA: Sunday\, September 21&lt;/stro
 ng&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\n at Japanese American Museum of San Jose&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 o
 f the Asian Pacific American Experience&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;\n\nWorkshops in o
 ther languages\n\n&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/ja/events/2014/08/23/4646/&quot; target=&quot;_b
 lank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gardena\, CA: &amp;nbsp\;Saturday\, August 23&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Japa
 nese &amp;amp\; 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; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lima\, Peru: Saturday\, July 5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Spanish)\na
 t Centro Cultural Peruano Japon&amp;eacute\;s&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;
 /es/events/2014/08/16/4677/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lima\, Peru: Saturday\, Augus
 t 16&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Spanish)\nat Centro Cultural Peruano Japon&amp;eacute\;s&amp;nb
 sp\;&lt;/li&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:Gardena - FREE Writing Workshop (English &amp;amp\; Japanese) - Nikkei 
 Names: Taro\, John\, Juan\, João? 
URL:/en/events/2014/08/23/gardena-free-writing-workshop-english-amp-jap/
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