2024 Kawabe Summerfest!
Sunday, August 25, 11am to 3pm
Kawabe Memorial House, 221 18th Ave. S.
This one-day event will be held in the street in front of the Kawabe Memorial House. Come and enjoy food, a bake sale, music, demonstrations, raffle drawing, and street dancing. This is a free event! Food for purchase will be provided by the Kawabe House Board of directors and residents. For information, email: emi@kawabehouse.org
Puyallup Valley JACL: Grand Opening of Remembrance Gallery
Washington State Fair Events Center
110 9th Avenue SW, Puyallup, WA
Friday, August 30, Time TBD
The “Puyallup Assembly Center” Remembrance Gallery tells the story of the Nikkei in Washington State who were removed or otherwise affected by Executive Order 9066 during WWII in a unique combination of a memorial and historical experience. Over 7,600 names of Japanese and Japanese Americans who were all wrongfully incarcerated on the Puyallup Fairgrounds will permanently be displayed. For years to come, the Remembrance Gallery will serve as a visual reminder of this injustice. We strive to honor our beloved family and friends who were innocent people wrongly imprisoned, to educate the public, and to highlight that what happened over 80 years ago echoes in the inequities and racial prejudices happening now.
Tsuru for Solidarity: Liberation Obon
Northwest Detention Center, 1623 East J Street, Tacoma, WA
Sunday, September 1, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Tsuru for Solidarity continues its work with La Resistencia to shut down the ICE detention center in Tacoma with a Liberation Obon. Come out to Tacoma and enjoy folk dancing, children’s art, food, giant daruma, healing ceremonies (including a brief Hatsubon service), taiko, and speakers from inside NWDC as we send a message of healing, support, and hope to those kept inside. Wear your yukata, happi, or other heritage clothing! For more information, contact: Kiku Hughes, kikujhughes@gmail.com, (425) 248-0583 or Stan Shikuma, sktaiko1@mac.com (206) 919-1465
“The Volunteer” Film Showing
NVC Memorial Hall, 1212 S King Street, Seattle
Saturday, September 14, 2:00pm
“The Volunteer is a heartbreaking exploration into the devastating, life-long psychological impact of repressed racial trauma, as endured by a Japanese American soldier maneuvering the multi-faceted realities of American and anti-Asian racism during the Vietnam War. It is also a stirring tribute to cross-racial bonds of military brotherhood forged in the shared anguish of racial oppression.” – Kelly H. Chong, PhD, University of Kansas. Admission is Free! Inquiries to Keith Yamaguchi at kyamavet@gmail.com or call (206) 390-1253.
JCCCW Virtual Tomodachi Gala
Online via JCCCW’s YouTube Channel
Thursday, September 19, 6:15pm
The Virtual Tomodachi Gala is the JCCCW’s premier fundraising event, which will be livestreamed on the JCCCW’s YouTube channel on Thursday, September 19th starting at 6:15 p.m. (PT). Actor Yuji and his wife Angie Okumoto will receive the 2024 Tomodachi Award from the JCCCW! Special Auction items, Raffle prizes, and other ways to donate. For more information: www.jcccw.org/tomodachi-gala
Franklin High School Class of 1974 — 50-Year Reunion
Terry’s Kitchen, Bellevue
Saturday, September 21
FHS Class of 1974 will be celebrating their milestone 50-year reunion this year. Mark your calendar for Saturday September 21, 2024. The venue will be “Terry’s Kitchen” in Bellevue, WA with dinner, entertainment, music, dancing and lots of socializing to catch up with classmates. Details will be sent out via email and updated on our Facebook page. Classmates are asked to please send your contact phone # and current email address to “quakers1974@gmail.com“. Tickets are on sale now. Please visit our Facebook page “Franklin High School Class of ’74” or send an email requesting ticket information to quakers1974@gmail.com. Go Fighting Quakers!
SCIDpda Annual Fundraiser: Preserving Legacy, Block by Block
Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave, Seattle
Friday, October 11, 5:30-7:30pm
SCIDpda is a community development organization and steward of the Chinatown International District (CID) that provides affordable housing for low-income residents, support to small businesses, and community-minded real estate development. This year’s fundraiser honors the small businesses that give this neighborhood its identity. Emcee is Aleksa Manila. Registration is now open at: https://scidpda.cheerfulgiving.com/e/2024-scidpda-annual-fundraiser