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Faces at the Cultural Center -Penny Kumagai Atcheson JCCCW News and Updates -Mochitsuki 2010 Pictures and Wrap Up -Adult Japanese Classes starting up again in January 2011 Ways to get Involved With the JCCCW -Become a Gambaru Intern Today! Community Events and News -Minidoka Pilgrimage Taiko Fundraiser: Sunday, Feb. 20th -Japan Night at John Stanford International School: Friday, Jan 21st | |||||||||||
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Faces at the Cultural Center Penny Kumagai Atcheson 
JCCCW is happy to announce that Penny Kumagai Atcheson (pictured on right with family) has volunteered to become the Chair of the new JCCCW English Language Resource Center. Located in the Japanese Language School front office the JCCCW’s English Language Resource Center is a library of English language books and other written materials that cover a wide variety of topics surrounding Japanese and Japanese American heritage and culture. Penny has a deep background in both educational curriculum development and writing having worked extensively with the Chicago Science Group/Science Companion, Evan Moore Educational Publications, Microsoft and Reading A to Z. She is also very involved in the Seattle area Japanese American Community and is an active member of the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Church, the Japanese American Citizens League and volunteers with a variety of other community organizations where she teaches Japanese culture to children. Penny has been a long time supporter of the JCCCW having worked to create curriculum and lesson plans for JCCCW’s Omoide Project and has also donated countless cookies and baked treats for JCCCW functions like Kodomo no Hi, the Tomodachi Luncheon and many, many others as a member of the “Goodie Gals”. She first heard about the JCCCW through Janet Baba, a member of the Omoide Project team, and decided to volunteer in order to assist in the preservation of Japanese American culture and to help define the "new" Japanese America evolving among yonsei, gosei and other interested parties. Penny enjoys volunteering at JCCCW because she feels it helps her to stay in touch with the Japanese American community. As a sansei Penny believes that the Cultural Center Project is important because: “It helps define Japanese American culture as unique in the US, not specifically Japanese and not specifically American. It can act as a teaching tool for ethnic/racial diversity in the US and be a safe setting for those who identify with a group culture. But most importantly I think it serves as an identity bridge for youth and seniors who both are defining who they were, are and can be.” The JCCCW welcomes Penny’s enthusiasm, expertise in education and commitment to the Cultural Center’s mission of creating a place where Japanese and Japanese American heritage, culture, and community events can be celebrated and shared. | |||||||||||
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JCCCW News and Updates Mochitsuki 2010 Pictures and Wrap Up
On December 30th JCCCW held its sixth annual Mochitsuki at Nisei Veterans Hall and we are pleased to report that it was JCCCW’s most successful to date with approximately two hundred Yoisho! volunteers and other participants in attendance. The event, which was held partnership with Nisei Veterans Center, Fukuoka Kenjin Kai, and Hyogo Business and Cultural Center, gave community members the opportunity to pound mochi in the traditional manner with the wooden kine (mallet) and stone usu (mortar) as well as participate in other areas of the mochi production process such as shaping and cutting the pounded rice into individual cakes. Thanks to the hard work of our Yoisho! volunteers 200 pounds of rice were soaked, steamed, pounded, cut and shaped into over 200 dozen mochi cakes. However Mochitsuki 2010 wasn’t all work as there was ample opportunity for folks to sample the fruits of their labor and eat the fresh mochi being made as well as socialize, meet new people and build community.
JCCCW would like to thank its community partners Nisei Veterans Center, Fukuoka Kenjin Kai, Hyogo Business and Cultural Center, Blaine Methodist Church, Seattle Buddhist Temple and Nichiren Buddhist Church for their donations of time, and equipment as well as all of its Yoisho! volunteers who donated well over one hundred total man hours to the event. JCCCW would also like to recognize Ritsko Kawahara, Keith Yamagaguchi, Stan Shukuma, Ben Erickson, Paul Murakami, Glen Tami, Shoichi Sugiyama, Jin Kitaoka and Tak and Tomoko Yoshinaga whose expertise and exceptional hard work were integral in making the event a success. To view pictures from the event click here.
There is still time to sign up for the next session of Seattle Japanese Language School’s Adult Evening Classes! SJLS Adult Evening Classes meet once a week for eight weeks on a weekday evening from 6:30 – 8:30 pm making them perfect for busy professionals and college students. These classes range in level from Beginner 1 (Introductory Japanese, no experience needed) to Advanced and the cost is only $120, making them very affordable. The next session starts in January on the week of the 17th and runs until the second week of March and the full class schedule is as follows:
For more information about the class schedule, curriculum or to register for class visit the Seattle Japanese Language School website at http://jcccw.org/Adult-Evening-Classes.html or email head of school Machiko Wada at machikow@jcccw.org.
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Ways to Get Involved With the JCCCW
JCCCW is now looking for new Ganbaru Interns to fill a variety of positions for the winter semester/quarter. JCCCW’s Ganbaru Internship Program gives interns the opportunity to work with the JCCCW in a substantive and involved way; working closely with our staff to coordinate and implement many of the different projects and programs at the JCCCW. Past interns have worked on web development projects, volunteer coordination, communications, museum and library cataloging, event planning and much more. The Ganbaru internship Program is designed to give interns valuable work experience and acquire meaningful skills that will help them in their future careers while simultaneously making an important contribution to the JCCCW. Interns should be able to commit at least 10 hours a week for at least three months. If you would like to make a positive contribution to the JCCCW while gaining marketable skills and experience fill out our online application today or contact Program Director Bif Brigman at bif@jcccw.org for more information.
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Community Events and News Minidoka Pilgrimage Taiko Fundraiser: Sunday, Feb. 20th
On February 19th, 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which forcibly expelled over 120,000 Japanese American citizens and legal residents from the west coast and into incarceration camps during the Second World War. In order to raise awareness of this historic event the Minidoka Pilgrimage Committee, in partnership with the Friends of Minidoka and Seattle University, is proud to present the second annual Day of Remembrance Taiko Festival on Sunday February 20th, 2011. The concert will take place at Seattle University’s Pigott Auditorium located at 1016 E. Marion St. from 2 pm – 4pm and will feature a variety of performances from local Pacific Northwest Taiko Groups including Inochi Taiko, Kaze Daiko, One World Taiko, Northwest Taiko, The School of Taiko, Seattle Kokon Taiko and Seattle Matsuri Taiko.
The concert is being held in conjunction with Seattle University’s observation of the national Day of Remembrance which commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 and provides an ongoing reminder about the dangers of sacrificing civil and constitutional rights in the name of national security. In recalling the events of February 1942, the Japanese American community aims to remind the public about the need to protect civil rights and is especially relevant in a post 9/11 world.
Tickets for the concert are only $20 and can be purchased at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) main office at 511 16th Ave. South and via Pay Pal on the Day of Remembrance Taiko Festival website (https://sites.google.com/site/dayofremembrancetaikofestival/home). Tickets purchased through Pay Pal will be available at will-call on the day of the concert. Raffle tickets will also be sold for a chance to win a 42” LCD television. Cost is $10 per ticket, and will be available from Minidoka Pilgrimage Committee members at the concert, and through the JCCCW (participants need not be present at the concert to be eligible to win the grand prize).
Thanks to the generosity of sponsors including Union Bank, Seattle University and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality nearly 100% of the proceeds raised through concert and raffle ticket sales will directly benefit the 2011 Minidoka Pilgrimage.
For more information about this fantastic fundraising concert please visit the Day of Remembrance Taiko Festival website or contact the JCCCW at Admin@jcccw.org. To view a full sized image of the poster please click on the image at left.
John Stanford International School is having Japan Night 2011 on Friday January 21st from 6 pm - 8 pm inside the school gym and cafeteria. There will be a number of fun activities for kids including manga drawing, origami, mizu fusen, shodo, kanji name face painting abd koto performance. There will be complimentary green tea, and food for sale by 4th/5th Japanese classes as well as a raffle with donated items from area Japanese restaurants. John Stanford International School is located at 4057 5th Avenue Northeast Seattle, WA 98105 and is an award-winning Seattle public elementary school (K-5) that offers language immersion in both Japanese and Spanish. For more information about the school visit their website at http://www.jsisweb.com/.
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