Discussion and announcement of new endowment
Japanese American in the 21st Century – Announcing the George and Sakaye Aratani UCLA-Community Advancement Research Endowment
Saturday, May 22
9 am – 12 noon
Registration 8:30 am
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, 244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Garden Level
Free and open to public
UCLA’s Asian America Studies Center will announce the creation of the George and Sakaye Aratani UCLA-Community Advancement Research Endowment.
Learn how you and your organization can apply and qualify for new project/research funding that will benefit Japanese American Communities.
Join Asian American Studies faculty from UCLA and community leaders for information and stimulating – discussion on important issues including contemporary Japanese immigration and new directions in Japanese American Studies.
Panel 1:
Japanese Newcomers and Japanese American Women
Professors Tritia Toyota, Valerie Matsumoto, & Ms. Christina Chin
Panel 2:
New Direction: Literature, Community, and Youth
Ms. Naomi Hirahara, Ms. Evelyn Yoshimura, & Ms. Dana Heatherton
Panel 3:
Information on the Endowment
Professors Tritia Toyota, Valerie Matsumoto, & Lane Hirabayashi