Spotlight #6 – Emily Leach
Full Name: Emily Yukiko LeachAge: 26Profession: Formerly Interactive Marketing, Transitioning to NursingA Few of My Favorite Things: Planetariums, Rainy Weather, Audrey Hepburn, Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Zombie Contingency Plans, Japanese Dramas and NapsPower Animal: The Sqwerl Now it’s my turn to apologize for taking so long to put my piece on the blog. Or, perhaps I […]
Get Involved: NJAHS Day Of Remembrance 2009
Nakayoshi received an email notification that the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) is having their first Planning Session for their Day of Remembrance 2009 this Sunday. If you can and want to get more involved, stop on by or contact Executive Director Rosalyn Tonai at rtonai@njahs.org for more information. Planning Session for Day of […]
APIA Vote Wants Your Help Protecting Voter’s Rights
Our friends at APIA Vote need your help, if you’re available and want to be more involved, check out the opportunities they’re offering! Immediate action needed if you’re interested, so check it out or pass it along to people who may be interested. Are you a California Attorney, Law Student, and/or Volunteer Looking to help […]
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 […]
Vow To Vote No on Prop. 8 – Equality for All
No matter how you look at it, Proposition 8 is discriminatory and hateful. By using your voice and vowing to Vote No on Prop. 8 this coming election, you can help send a message that Californians wont tolerate the law dictating and defining who we love and our right to choose who we share our […]