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Community Focus
Location
Community Focus
East Asian, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
, CA
Tsuru for Solidarity is a way to give voice to the moral outrage of the Japanese American community at ongoing mass detentions in the US and to show solidarity with front-line immigrant communities fighting injustice, mass incarceration and deportation.
Community Focus
East Asian, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Seattle, WA
Kaze Daiko has been providing Seattle area youth and their families with unique opportunities in culture, rhythm. movement, friendship, and community involvement since 2000.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Seattle, WA
Japanese American News Outlet
Community Focus
WA, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Seattle, WA
Keiro NW is a nonprofit in Seattle, WA working to provide culturally-competent elder care to the community.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Vashon, WA
Founded by Issei pioneer B.D. Mukai in 1926 as a strawberry farm, Mukai Farm & Garden today is on the National Register of Historic places with its rare heritage home, Japanese Garden, and Barreling Plant. Open and free to the public, it celebrates Vashon Island’s Japanese American and agrarian heritage. Come visit!
Community Focus
WA, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Seattle, WA
The Northwest Nikkei Museum is a program of JCCCW dedicated to promoting the heritage of the Pacific Northwest’s Nikkei community. We preserve and exhibit objects, photographs and more related to local Japanese American history.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Seattle, WA
Seattle Dojo, the oldest Judo dojo in the United States, was established in the early 1900’s. The club moved several times until the present dojo was built in the 1930’s by first generation Japanese Americans.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Seattle, WA
Hear the story of the Japanese American incarceration experience from those who lived it, and find thousands of historic photographs, documents, newspapers, letters and other primary source materials from immigration to the WWII incarceration and its aftermath.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Seattle, WA
North American Post publishing is one of the oldest minority-owned publishing company in the Greater Seattle area.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Seattle, WA
Kristi Nakata (she/her) is a Yonsei (fourth generation) Japanese American fiber artist born and raised in the Seattle area, on Duwamish and Coast Salish land. Kristi creates macraweave wall hangings combining techniques of macrame and weaving. Inspired by the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, she creates mountainscapes and abstract interpretations of the colors of our region.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Seattle, WA
Seattle Kokon Taiko is a performing group based in the local Japanese American community.
Community Focus
East Asian, OR, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Portland, OR
Sharing and preserving Japanese American history and culture in the Pacific Northwest.
Community Focus
East Asian, OR, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Portland, OR
Open to everyone, Portland JACL is a civil rights advocacy group who strives to educate the public about human and civil rights issues we all face.
Community Focus
OR, Japanese, Japanese American, For All, Multicultural
Location
Portland , OR
Beginning over 40 years ago as a lunch program for senior citizens, Ikoi no Kai has evolved into a program for the entire Nikkei community. The nourishing communal meal is the central activity of Ikoi no Kai with recreational and educational activities enhancing and enlivening the center’s spirit. We invite the participation of all age groups, adults and children alike. Ikoi no Kai offers not only Asian-themed meals but also provides a gathering place for the community to renew friendships as well as to make new friends.
Ikoi no Kai is sponsored by the Japanese Ancestral Society, a 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to promote the cultural heritage and traditions of the Japanese American community through its multigenerational programs.
Community Focus
AK, East Asian, American (US), Asian, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
, AK
JACL Alaska is a chapter within the national Japanese American Citizens League, which is the oldest pan-Asian civil rights organization in America. JACL Alaska is a cultural, educational and non-partisan civil rights organization that supports local and JACL National initiatives.