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Over the past eleven years, the Kansha Project has grown from a mere idea into a flagship program of JACL Chicago, sending over 100 alumni across ten cohorts to Little Tokyo, Los Angeles and Manzanar National Historic Site.The Kansha Project is a transformative program that provides young Japanese Americans the opportunity to learn about our community’s history, develop unique insights about our community’s legacy, and allows participants to explore their identity with other Japanese American young adults. In addition, the Kansha Project provides an entry point for community engagement and a pathway for youth leadership that is vital to the future of the Japanese American community at large.
This year, the trip will take place from June 6-9 and celebrate the 2024 Kansha Project cohort with Culmination in Chicago on Saturday, June 29.
Conal Abatangelo
Emiko Akiyama Tahara
Sai Clayton
Mia Combs
Amy Do
Mariko Dowling
Yukiko Nakano
Sophia Saito
Gabriela Senno
Kei Smith
Haruka Yukioka
We invite you to join us at Culmination to celebrate this year’s Kansha Project with the Kansha Alumni Leadership Board (ALB) and the 2024 program participants! Participants will share reflections of their experience of their trip to Little Tokyo, LA and Manzanar Historic Site and present their unique projects summarizing their experience to the community.
We hope you'll join us for this celebration of community, youth leadership, and legacy.
Questions? Contact JACL Program Director, Rebecca Ozaki and the Kansha Alumni Leadership Board at [email protected]
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Midwest Buddhist Temple 435 W. Menomonee Chicago, IL 60614, 435 W Menomonee St, Chicago, IL 60614-5244, United States,Chicago, Illinois
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