The purpose of Project: Community! is to develop and empower the youth's voice in Little Tokyo. Through a series of interactive sessions, high school participants will gain an understanding of identity as well as the importance of preservation of the Japanese American community. Each session will gather facilitators and speakers from various parts of the community to conduct interactive workshops focused on specific topics ranging from identity, to the power of place, to grassroots organizing on a youth level.
- Who? High School Students (9th-12th Grades)
- When? Every Tuesday evening from June 24, 2008-August 12, 2008 (6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12), 6:00-9:30pm
- Where? Sessions will take place in the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC)
- SESSIONS
- Session 1: Identity & Community (Parents must be in attendance)
- Understanding the idea of what a community is
- Understanding your own individual identity with the JA community
- Your own personal definition of the JA Community
- Discussion on JA Community
- Session 2: The Power of Place
- The significance of a physical community to an ethnic population
- Linkage of Little Tokyo and the JA Community
- Session 3: Little Tokyo in Danger
- Explanation of issues the community faces
- Looking at the future of the community
- Session 4: Community Organizations
- Explanation of the different non-profits in the community
- What non-profits do for the community
- Session 5: How can you be a voice in the community
- The power of the grassroots activism
- Session 6: Parent's Night (Parents must be in attendance)
- Explanation of the program to the parents
- Session 7: The Strategy
- Event planning 101
- Community event planning
- Session 8: Program Culmination Event
- Session 1: Identity & Community (Parents must be in attendance)
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE/POSTMARKED BY FRIDAY, APRIL 11
(original date was April 1, 2008)
For more information contact the JACL at (213) 626-4471,
www.jaclpsw.org or programs@jacl.org