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Yamane Family

May Japanese Conversation Table – Thursday, May 12, 2022

5月の日本語お話会は 5月12日（木）です

開催日：毎月第２木曜日

開催時間：午後1:30から3:00まで

参加費：１人/１回5ドル

日本語で交流したい方へのお知らせです。（日本語の会話クラスではありません。）

コロナ・パンデミックで過去1年以上ズームで続けてきた日本語のお話会ですが、州や市の拘束解除に伴って、今までどおりJASCで開催できることになりました。

普段あまりほかの方との交流のない方、一人でお住まいの方、思いっきり日本語でおしゃべりしてみませんか？楽しい話題や暮らしのアイデアを分け合い、ちょっとした悩みや不安など、皆で話し合えば解決法がでてくるかも知れません。いろいろなことを日本語で話し合い、英語社会で溜まったストレスを解消しましょう。

このプログラムに興味のある方、参加したいと思われる方は、Eメールで川口ケイclasses@jasc-chicago.org または電話：773-275-0097内線226, までご連絡ください。

Do you know a native Japanese speaker who would like to connect and socialize with other native (or native-level) Japanese speakers? Please note this is not a Japanese language class but rather a time for fellowship while speaking in fluent Japanese.

Date: Monthly, second Thursday, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Cost: $5 per person, per session

Following the Covid-19 guidelines for the city and state, we are now resuming in-person gatherings at JASC for our Conversation Table.

JASC's Conversation Table welcomes everyone to share their experiences, ideas, and stories through social interaction, and offers an opportunity to expand their social networks with others in the local community.

If you know someone who would like to participate, please contact Kay Kawaguchi by email at classes@jasc-chicago.org or please call her at 773-275-0097 x 226 and leave a message to RSVP. Kay can answer any questions about the program in Japanese or in English.

JASC is located at 4427 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL

For more information, please visit our website:

https://www.jasc-chicago.org/community-services/for-everyone/tampopo-kai/

See what happens behind the scenes in planning a fun Tampopo class:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PbMTN7ICGI

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Contact Kay Kawaguchi for more information at the JASC office, (773) 275-0097, ext. 226.

Light purple rectangle with dark purple text reading “From the Legacy Center”. Round motifs with stylized lotus blossoms are partially visible in upper left and lower right corners.

“Gray rectangle with a white vertical line dividing two sections of text. Left side text in white and orange reads “Then They Came for Me, Incarceration of Japanese Americans During WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties, Feb 18-May 29”. Right side text reads “Where Conversations Happen” inside a blue speech bubble above “Jewish Museum Milwaukee, A Program of Milwaukee Jewish Federation” with a six-pointed star at lower-left of text.”

Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans During WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties

February 18 – May 29, 2022

Jewish Museum Milwaukee

1360 N Prospect Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53202

A modified version of the groundbreaking Then They Came for Me exhibit that originated at Chicago’s Alphawood Gallery is currently on view at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee. Featuring many items from the JASC Legacy Center’s collections, this is a wonderful opportunity reach a new audience and build new connections in the Midwest.

If you have any friends or family in Milwaukee, tell them to check it out! Admission is free through May 29^th thanks to the generous support of the Yabuki Family Foundation. Click here for full details.

Chicago Northside Origami Group

There is a $5 fee per folder to be paid each time, and children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult (no charge for non-folding adults). Please bring paper for folding, and any models or books you would like to share.

All skill levels welcome!

For more information and future dates, please contact:

June Yamasaki, june.yamasaki@gmail.com

Please note, masks are required in all public areas of JASC.

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About the Event

One man’s courage offers timeless lessons for us all. In this presentation, Adam Schrager tells the story of Ralph Carr, who was drafted to run for governor of Colorado in 1938, turned down the chance to run as a vice presidential candidate in 1940, and was being discussed as a “future presidential candidate” by newspapers in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Carr became a national figure when, after Pearl

Harbor, he defended the constitutional rights of Japanese-Americans and stood against internment. His outspoken and unpopular stance would cost him greatly, both personally and professionally

About the Speaker

Adam Schrager is the Social Impact Storyteller at the American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact. He also teaches journalism at UW-Madison. He worked as a broadcast journalist for nearly 30 years winning more than two dozen Emmy Awards in the process.

He’s the author of four books, including “The Principled Politician,” which led to Colorado lawmakers naming the state’s new justice center and a state highway after its subject, former Gov. Ralph Carr, who defended the rights of Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor and lost his career as a result.

Schrager has an undergraduate degree in American History from the University of Michigan and a graduate degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University.

Work for JACL Chicago!

We're seeking a dynamic Program Director to lead the many and varied programs of JACL Chicago. You can find the full job description HERE. Please submit CV and cover letter by 03/31/22 to president@jaclchicago.org with "Program Director" in the subject line.

The University of Chicago Library Presents, Buddha, Jesus, and the Japanese American Community in Chicago: Wood Carvings by Harry Koizumi

The prince finds enlightenment under the bodhi tree and becomes the Buddha (from painting by Nosu, Japan). Wood carving by Harry Koizumi.

Photo by Paride Stortini, used with permission of the Buddhist Temple of Chicago

The scene represents the moment when Siddhartha achieves enlightenment while meditating under the bodhi tree, becoming the Buddha, and calls the earth to witness his enlightenment by touching it.

Exhibition dates: March 19, 2022 – June 4, 2022

Location: The Joseph Regenstein Library, Fifth Floor Reading Rooms, 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

After learning woodcarving in an internment camp for Japanese Americans during WWII, Harry Koizumi moved to South Side Chicago and made Stations of the Cross and scenes of the life of the Buddha for the local Episcopal Church and Buddhist temple. This exhibit explores Koizumi's art, opening a window on the complex entanglement of religious and national identities of the Japanese American community during and after World War II.

Curator: Paride Stortini, PhD Candidate, History of Religions, the University of Chicago

Thanks to Rev. Patti Nakai, Rev. Barnabas Pusnur, Jerry Morishige, Roy Koizumi, and Mary Naftzger for their collaboration.

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For any inquiries, contact us at tsukasataiko@gmail.com

Tsukasa Taiko and Shubukai are programs of Asian Improv aRts Midwest and is supported in part by The Illinois Arts Council Agency, The MacArthur Funds for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Alphawood Foundation, JCCC Foundation, Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and The Joyce Foundation.

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