BIJAC: Mochi Tsuki 2024
Saturday, January 6, 11:00am – 4:00pm
Woodward Middle School, 9125 Sportsman Club Rd NE, Bainbridge Island

Mark your calendars! Celebrate the new year while trying your hand at pounding fresh mochi the traditional way. Watch for more details: https://bijac.org/upcoming-events/

First Crash Dance of the Year
Friday, January 12, 2024, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Salsa! with Reinier Valdes

Reinier is a fun, fabulous and charismatic instructor so please join us for some salsa dance, whether you are a beginner or seasoned salsa dancer!  Dance exercises the brain and the body simultaneously, and research has shown there is a strong connection between dance and high-quality longevity!  So, make it a new year’s resolution to dance!

Doors Open:  6:30 pm
Lesson Time:  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Practice: 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Place:  NVC Hall, 1212 S. King St., Seattle
Cost is $15 per person.

Crash Dancers – Building Community through Dance and Music
2024 Schedule — Second Fridays of the Month
NVC Memorial Hall, 1212 S King St, Seattle

January 12 – Reinier Valdes – Salsa
February 9 — Suzanne Simmons – Line Dance 1
March 8 — Suzanne Simmons – Line Dance 2
April 12 — Sean Donovan
May 10 — TBD

You are welcome to bring potluck food to share (optional). However, we ask that you do not bring alcohol due to liability issues. Covid is still a concern, so masks are recommended but not required.

Day of Remembrance 2024
Sunday, February 18
Time and Venues TBA
Densho, La Resistencia, Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee, Puyallup Valley JACL, Seattle JACL

February 19, 2024, marks 82 years since President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the military to remove over 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes on the West Coast and detain them in inland prison camps. Many JAs in King and Pierce counties were first detained at Puyallup Fairground before long-term incarceration at Minidoka, ID and Tule Lake, CA. Today, just ten miles away in Tacoma, hundreds of migrants from the southern border are being held in the Northwest Detention Center. Families are still being separated. Join us in saying Stop Repeating History and Never Again Is Now.