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SUMMARY:Seattle JACL Scholarship Deadline
DESCRIPTION:2026 Seattle JACL Scholarship–APPLY NOW \nWe are proud to announce we are now accepting applications for our six 2026 Youth Scholarships to support students to continue their education.\nEach of the six scholarships were established in honor of Seattle-area Japanese American activists and leaders that made strides in community engagement and advancing access to education. They are the:\n– Aki Kurose Memorial Scholarship\n– Cherry and Mas Kinoshita Scholarship\n– Dr. Susumu Shimokon Memorial and Isera Family Scholarship\n– Elaine Reiko Akagi Scholarship\n– Minoru Tamesa Scholarship\n– Bunshiro Tazuma Scholarship \nThose eligible to apply include graduating high school seniors\, current undergraduate\, graduate\, and medical school students.\nAll scholarship applications and supplemental documents are due on Monday\, March 2\, 2026. \nFor more information on the Seattle JACL Scholarship Program please visit our website!\nhttp://seattlejacl.org/programs/scholarships/
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SUMMARY:Tadaima: I'm Home!
DESCRIPTION:After more than 80 years\, a treasured collection returns “home” to Seattle’s Japanese American community. In 1942 dozens of traditional Boys’ and Girls’ Day dolls were entrusted to Bailey Gatzert Elementary School by Japanese American families facing forced incarceration. Most were never reclaimed after the war. Artist Miya Sukune uses recent research in MOHAI’s collection\, as well as portraits Japanese American survivors and their descendants\, to create an installation called “Tadaima\,” meaning “I’m home.” \nTADAIMA: “I’m Home!” Bringing Seattle’s Girls’ and Boys’ Day Dolls Home reconnects the dolls with their traditional role of protecting and blessing children. It invites visitors to celebrate the resilience\, memory\, and enduring traditions of the Japanese American Community.
URL:https://napost.com/event/tadaima-im-home/
LOCATION:The Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI)\, 860 Terry Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lunar New Year Exhibition and Art-Making
DESCRIPTION:Cascadia Art Museum is proud to present a special exhibition of works from its permanent collection by Northwest Asian artists in celebration of the Lunar New Year. \nSince opening in 2015\, Cascadia Art Museum has been the leading institution in Washington state to actively research\, collect and publish on the Northwest’s Asian diasporic artists. \nThis exhibition of works by such artists\, consisting of pieces from Cascadia’s collection\, includes Paul Horiuchi’s masterful collage titled “Early Frost”; George Tsutakawa’s watercolor “Summer of 1950” which was also included in our 2022 publication George Tsutakawa: Early Works on Paper; Kenjiro Nomura’s “Geese and Moon” wooden panel\, created when he was incarcerated at the Minidoka concentration camp during WWII; and Frank Okada’s untitled sumi-ink abstraction from the early 1960’s. The exhibition will be on display in the museum’s Learning Gallery from February 25th to March 8th\, 2026. \nOn Saturday\, February 28th\, from 11am – 5pm\, the museum will also be offering drop-in art making activities. Create festive citrus fruit decorations inspired by traditional Lunar New Year symbols of luck and prosperity\, fun for the whole family and free with purchase of admission.
URL:https://napost.com/event/lunar-new-year-exhibition-and-art-making/
LOCATION:Cascadia Art Museum\, 190 Sunset Ave. S.\, #E\, Edmonds\, WA\, 98020\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tacoma Buddhist Temple Sukiyaki Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy our flavorful beef or vegetarian sukiyaki ($24) cooked in special sukiyaki pans. Or try our tender and juicy chicken teriyaki ($20). Meals include a mochi cupcake\, Japanese rice and pickled vegetable tsukemono. Meals must be pre-ordered by 10 p.m. Feb. 22 and picked up or eaten at the temple at the March 1 fundraiser. Order and more information at tacomabt.org.
URL:https://napost.com/event/tacoma-buddhist-temple-sukiyaki-fundraiser-2/
LOCATION:Tacoma Buddhist Temple\, 1717 S. Fawcett Ave.\, Tacoma\, 98402
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tacoma Buddhist Temple":MAILTO:tacoma.buddhist.temple@tacomabt.org
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SUMMARY:David Neiwert Author Visit: The American Experience of Bellevue’s Japanese American Families
DESCRIPTION:In commemoration of Day of Remembrance 2026\, join us for a reading and discussion with David Neiwert\, journalist and author of the book Strawberry Days: How Internment Destroyed a Japanese American Community. \nDavid Neiwert’s Strawberry Days shares local knowledge about the creation and WWII-era eradication of Bellevue’s once-vibrant Japanese American community. With compelling storytelling\, firsthand interviews\, and analysis of previously suppressed documents\, Neiwert vividly presents the history of our Eastside community and the racist schemes that prevented families from returning or reclaiming their land after being wrongfully incarcerated by our government. Strawberry Days invites us to think about the kind of community we want to belong to\, and ways to help ensure it is a place where all of us are respected. \nDavid Neiwert is a veteran Northwest journalist who was news editor of the Bellevue Journal American in the 1990s; Strawberry Days began as a historical project for the JA. Since then\, Neiwert has gone on to work at MSNBC.com and as the Northwest correspondent for the Southern Poverty Law Center. He has also authored nine other books\, including his most recent\, The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s Assault on American Democracy (2023). He lives in Friday Harbor. David will be joined in conversation by Alice Ito. \nAlice’s late father Toshio Ito was a Veteran of the U.S. Army. He was born on his parents’ farm and graduated from Bellevue High School before being removed and incarcerated along with all other community members of Japanese descent. Toshio spoke with David Neiwert about his experiences\, and warned that our government was likely to take similar actions against other community members.
URL:https://napost.com/event/david-neiwert-author-visit-the-american-experience-of-bellevues-japanese-american-families/
LOCATION:Bellevue Library\, 1111 110th Avenue NE\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004
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ORGANIZER;CN="King County Library System":MAILTO:chawakai25@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Origins: Our Thousand Days Film Screening and Director Q&A Presented by Cascade PBS
DESCRIPTION:The screening is the fourth season of Origins titled Our ‘Thousand Days’- info below. \nEVENT INFO:\nJoin Cascade PBS for a preview screening of Origins Season 4\, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Andrew Inaba and special guests. This new short-form docuseries explores the story of Japanese American imprisonment following the attack on Pearl Harbor\, told through the unique lens of Pacific Northwest communities. \nDate: March 12\, 2026\nTime: Doors @ 6:00 PM\, Program @ 7:00 PM\nVenue: SIFF Uptown\nTickets: Free and open to the public with RSVP – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/origins-our-thousand-days-tickets-1981873980426?aff=oddtdtcreator \nABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY:\nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941\, Japanese American citizens and Japanese nationals in the Pacific Northwest were forcibly removed and imprisoned in concentration camps without trial or due process. Five episodes look back at two women who were children at the time of their imprisonment\, revealing a story of resilience against injustice that resonates today. \nABOUT THE FILMMAKER:\nAndrew Inaba’s roots in the Pacific Northwest begin with his grandmother\, who left Japan immediately following the war and settled near Seattle’s Nihonmachi. In a community shaped by wartime incarceration\, he absorbed the stories and came to understand the region’s role in this history. With Our Thousand Days\, Andrew gives voice to those who lived this history and carries it forward for another generation\, so that it may never happen again.
URL:https://napost.com/event/origins-our-thousand-days-film-screening-and-director-qa-presented-by-cascade-pbs/
LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, 98109\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cascade PBS":MAILTO:natalie.meek@cascadepbs.org
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SUMMARY:Origins: Our Thousand Days preview at SIFF
DESCRIPTION:Join Cascade PBS for a preview screening of Origins Season 4\, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Andrew Inaba and special guests Lilly Kodama\, Lorraine Bannai\, and Ellen Sato Faust. This new short-form docuseries explores the story of Japanese American imprisonment following the attack on Pearl Harbor\, told through the unique lens of Pacific Northwest communities. The event is free with RSVP.
URL:https://napost.com/event/origins-our-thousand-days-preview-at-siff/
LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, 98109\, United States
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