community news & events

Find out what's happening in the broader JCCCNC community, including events sponsored by other organizations.

 

The Takahashi Dinner Series

An Introduction to the Health Benefits of the Japanese Diet

Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 6:00pm

Hotel Kabuki, Grand Ball Room

San Francisco, CA
Presenters: Dr. Donald Abrams and Dr. Wendy Kohatsu

Cost: $75 per person (lecture and dinner)

For info and reservations call: 415-353-7718

or visit the Osher Center website: http://www.osher.ucsf.edu

 

Donald I. Abrams, M.D., is Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, Chief of Hematology / Oncology at San Francisco General Hospital and Director of Clinical Programs at the Osher Center. He has conducted numerous clinical trials investigating complemetary therapies in patients with HIV including therapeutic touch, Traditional Chinese Medicine interventions, medicinal mushrooms and distant healing.

Wendy Kohatsu, M.D.graduated as one of the inaugural fellows in the Program in ntegrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Weil in 1999. Dr.Kohatsu's dream is to create an interactive TEACHING KITCHEN to cook, educate, and inspire people to not only eat healthier, but to use food as medicine, and savor life.

 

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Third Thursdays

Third Thursdays, the monthly dinner series brings together the nonprofit, for-profit, and government sectors to talk about Asian American & Pacific Islander (AA&PI) community issues and service opportunities occurs every 3rd Thursday of every month. Visit www.thirdthursdays.org.

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Celebrating San Francisco Japantown's 100th Anniversary

In 2006, the San Francisco Japantown community celebrated its centennial in the Western Addition.  Many community events were tied to this celebration throughout the year, including the "100 Years of Culture & Traditions Workshop Series."  JCCCNC was proud to be part of this celebration as San Francisco's Japantown is one of three Japantowns remaining in California with the other two located in Los Angeles and San Jose.  Visit www.sfjapantown100.org.

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New Landmark in Japantown San Francisco

The California Japantown Landmark was unveiled at a public dedication ceremony on June 2, 2005 at San Francisco 's Japantown Peace Plaza. The three-sided 9' tall landmark is now stands proudly to the entrance of the Peace Plaza.  The goal of the California Japantown historical landmark project entitled, " From Injustice to Redress, " is to create a powerful and emotional permanent outdoor historic exhibit in each of the three remaining historic Japantowns in the State of California (San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles), which will capture the hopes and struggles of the Japanese American community.   These exhibits will provide the millions of visitors to these remaining Japantowns, the opportunity to learn about and gain a better understanding of the history and challenges of the Japanese American community in California by viewing the actual sites where such activities and tragedies such a such as the forced mass evacuation and government initiated redevelopment has taken place.

 

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