(r)evolutions – 6th Annual UC Berkeley Nikkei Student Union Culture Show
Our friends (and some current/future Nakayoshi members!) at the UC Berkeley Nikkei Student Union are putting on (r)evolutions, their 6th annual Japanese American culture show at the UC Berkeley campus on the evening of December 7th at 7pm. This year’s show will feature UC Berkeley students in two short plays, issues monologues, as well as […]
Singles Mingle at Nakayoshi Gokon
Now we know all of you joined Nakayoshi because you want to do some good in the community right? Wait, you wanted to meet other (single) people too? Don’t worry, we get it. That’s why Nakayoshi had our first Gokon last Thursday evening at Pisco Latin Lounge. Put together by Nakayoshi committee member Emily Leach, […]
Nakayoshi Bi-weekly Update No. 3 – November 7, 2008
Hey kids, it’s time for another update on Nakayoshi’s upcoming events and activities in November! There are still a couple spots open for the Sushi-making class this Sunday as well as for the Nakayoshi Gokon dinner/mixer next Thursday for you single people, so e-mail us ASAP to RSVP. We also have another fun night out […]
SFGate: Gays and Asians, not so strange bedfellows
In the midst of the excitement I’ve observed (and felt!) around San Francisco from the election of Barack Obama, there is still a lot of remorse and frustration at the passing of Proposition 8. Although APIA’s were seen to be one of the few ethnic minority groups that support same-sex marriage rights overall in polls, […]
Nakayoshi sighted at Sansei Live! in AsianWeek
Looks like we’ve been spotted! Pics of Nakayoshi members were taken from the Sansei Live! event that was on October 18th, 2008. You can see the original at AsianWeek’s online postings of API nightlife events, Asian Nights, at http://www.asianweek.com/2008/10/24/asian-nights-102408/
Spotlight #5 – Haruka Roudebush
Name: Haruka Roudebush Age: 25 Profession: Paralegal at civil rights law firm Favorite Childhood Cartoon: Anpanman! Ok, I totally lagged (like 2 months!) on getting this spotlight done. As you can see, I was busy helping Nakayoshi put on events and writing other posts on this blog. So, so busy. Anyhow, about me… I was […]
Weekend Recap: North Beach Crawl and Volunteering at Sansei Live!
Nakayoshi had quite the fun weekend this past Friday and Saturday. Were you in on it too? We started out with our crawl through North Beach on Friday night. I arrived promptly at 9pm at the SF Brewing Co., but just as I suspected, Nakayoshi members all knew to arrive fashionably late. Luckily that gave […]
National JACL Blog now up and running
I came across a link to the JACL blog on the National JACL website a while ago, but no posts had been made at the time. Lo and behold, today my RSS reader showed there were two posts made today on the JACL blog! Looks like they’re off to a good start: This is the […]
Reel Nikkei Stories Project
Our friends at the JCCCNC are putting on a unique project, REEL NIKKEI STORIES, aiming to give young Japanese Americans the chance to interview and record on video the histories of their families. This is a great project that hopefully some of you can participate in to help preserve our community’s experience as well as […]
Nakayoshi Bi-weekly Update No. 2 – October 15, 2008
Nakayoshi Bi-weekly Update No. 2 – October 15, 2008 Nakayoshi is implementing a biweekly update on upcoming Nakayoshi events that we will send every two weeks to all members of our e-mail list, Facebook group, and post on the Nakayoshi Blog at http://nakayoshi-jacl.blogspot.com/. Hey Nakayoshi members! Here’s the second bi-weekly update for the month of […]