| | | | Upcoming JASSC Events Our Holiday Party is coming up on December 8th, from 11am - 2pm. Registration is now closed, but we look forward to seeing those of you who signed up! Mochitsuki in January Save the date for our annual favorite, Mochitsuki (New Year's rice pounding) on Saturday, January 11th 2025, from 10:30am - 12:30pm. New location this year! Pikes Peak United Way Family Success Center
1520 Verde Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80910 | | | Other Events Professional Coaching: Would working for a Japanese company be the right path for you?
| | | You may find this JET event on December 5th (5pm-7pm MST) to be interesting. Note that it is also open to non-JET’s. In partnership with Pasona NA, join us for an engaging discussion on whether working for a Japanese company is the right path for you. Following the presentation, we are offering small-group workshops led by JET alumni career coaches. Plus, registrants will receive priority access to subsidized one-on-one coaching sessions. Don’t miss this chance to turn the page with career coaches and advance in your professional journey! Register: USJETAA - After JET: Turning Your Professional Page Our own Jennifer Basco is one of the career coaches working the event on the 5th. | | | New Book and Zoom Reading
| | | Colorado College professor, Brandon Shimoda, writes that his new book, The Afterlife Is Letting Go — on the afterlife of Japanese American incarceration — is now available, from City Lights Books: https://citylights.com/city-lights-published/afterlife-is-letting-go It's essays, travelogues, history, memoir. Woven throughout are the voices/testimonies of over 200 descendants of people who were incarcerated during WWII. He has talked about it with many of you, so he's happy to finally be sharing it. Brandon will be reading from it for the English Dept's Visiting Writers Series on Thursday, December 12, 5 pm, on Zoom. You can register here: https://coloradocollege.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItc-2trDwqH9BClLEpKiO11G-6qG0V9jqI#/registration Brandon is Assistant Professor / Creative Writing in the Department of English, Colorado College. He is also the author of Hydra Medusa (Nightboat Books, 2023) | | | Maruyama Scholarship This is an educational scholarship sponsored by JASSC in honor of our co-founder and past president, Paul Maruyama. We will be awarding the scholarship at Children’s Day in May. Please watch our website and for an email announcement about how to apply. | | | | | | | Our article last month about The Denver Art Museum's exhibit on the work of Japanese American artist Tokio Ueyama was wrong about the ending date. The exhibit is included with general admission to the museum and will run through the end of June, 2025. Click here for more details. | Sangre de Cristo Arts Center Exhibit Portrait of Nature: Myriads of Gods June 7, 2024 - January 11, 2025
Learn more here | | | Student and Professional Opportunities Applications for the 77th Japan American Student Conference close on Dec. 27: JASC will visit Osaka, Kyoto, Kumamoto, and Tokyo from July 31 - August 21, 2025. 36 American and 36 Japanese undergraduate and graduate students 18 years or older are eligible. All majors are accepted, and Japanese language is not required. View the application here. Now Hiring: The JETAA job board features job listings shared by JET alumni, non-profit and partner organizations and for-profit corporations and companies. 99% of the jobs have a connection to Japan. Share with your networks and make sure to send new listings their way! | | | | | New Consul General of the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver Hiroyuki Okajima. On October 17, Reiwa 6, Consul General Hiroyuki Okajima was newly appointed as the Consul General of the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver. Colorado, where Colorado Springs is located. Due to the special sister city relationship between Colorado Springs and Fujiyoshida, Japan, the CG paid a courtesy visit to the mayor of the Fujiyoshida before coming to the United States. Please see more details and photos on this website. | | | Other Interesting Organizations Want more news? Check out these other organizations supporting Asian Americans in Colorado and beyond!
- Golden Lotus Foundation - The GLF is working hard to build a botanical garden and tea house in Colorado Springs. They are always looking for volunteers, so sign up for their newsletter if you are interested!
- NAJAS - the National Association of Japan America Societies is the hub of all other JAS in the US.
- Japan America Society of Colorado (Denver) - JASC is our closest sibling organization, with most of their happenings located in Denver. They have a community e-bulletin which they send out monthly as well.
- El Pomar Foundation - Elevating Leadership Development Program. The ELD program is run by the El Pomar foundation and creates "greater access and support for people of color in Southern Colorado to tap into their leadership potential for the benefit of community." Their quarterly meetings are free to attend and convene advisory councils for the following groups: Asian / Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic, and Native American.
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- Asian Pacific Islander Business Community of Colorado Springs - this new organization is building better connections to and awareness of Asian-led businesses in Colorado Springs. The link is to their linktree, which includes a newsletter signup.
- Consulate-General of Japan in Denver. Their website is available in both Japanese and English here.
| | | | | About JASSC JASSC web site Send us your news! Let us know what you’d like to see in the next newsletter. Please email the editor, Rayna Lindsey
rayna@japanamerica.org Did you know that you can edit your own address, phone and email information right on the japanamerica.org website? Simply enter your email and password in the upper-right corner and click Login. Don't know your password? Click Forgot Password and the website will help you out. You will also find a secure password-protected online member directory. Use it to look up names, addresses, phone numbers and emails for other members.
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