Nikkei Family Legacy Project 
After the completion of the first Nikkei Family Legacy Project in 2009, many of the participants voiced their enthusiasm to see an expanded program that would be a family history project. In response to that enthusiasm, a second phase, the Nikkei Family Legacy Project - The Legacy Continues (NFLP), has been created. The goal of the NFLP is to teahc and give participants the tools to be able to collect and preserve their family history through the first-hand accounts of Nisei before they are lost forever.
NFLP will provide a series of five hands-on workshops to guide participants through the research process, scanning and uploading photos/documents and creating a hardcover book produced on blurb.com. In addition, participants will also have a chance to visit the National Archives and attend other guest speaker workshops. The project will conclude with the production of 50 hardback books, some of which will be showcased at our Nikkei Family Legacy Project Exhibition on JUne 23, 2012.
Sponsors: California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a program of the California State Library, as well as donations from the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation and the 100th Anniversary of Japantown Fund.
Due to the high interest level, the project is now closed to new participants. We all look forward to seeing all 50 family history books at the conclusion of the project next year!
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California Nisei College Diploma Project
The California Nisei College Diploma Project was established to provide community outreach and education for a new law, AB 37, authored by Assemblymember Warren Furutani. The California Nisei College Diploma Project seeks to identify and support individuals of Japanese descent who were unable to complete their college education in the State of California because of forced removal and incarceration during World War II. Over 2,500 students of Japanese ancestry are estimated to have been in school at the time with the Nisei or second generation Japanese Americans comprising the largest number affected. AB 37 also allows a representative to accept an honorary degree on behalf of individuals who are deceased.
Downloadable forms
Nisei College Diploma Educational Packet Cover Letter
Law AB 37
JCCCNC Letter from Warren Furutani
Newsletter
Nisei College Diploma Application Form
Community Flyer
Historical Background
What campuses can do
Graduation Information
CA Nisei Community Committee Description
Ms. Grace Aiko Amemiya, Mr. Setsuo Torigoe,
Ms. Edith Tanita Oto at the UCSF graduation.
Click here for a list of schools with direct campus contacts, graduation ceremony dates, and a list of students from Class of '41 and '42.
(Note: Some schools have not released their student lists publicly. Please call the campus or Project Coordinators (listed below) for access)
In this photo: Ms. Alice Matsui Takahashi at the UC Berkeley commencement with the Chancellor.
For any questions regarding the project, please contact (415) 567-5505 or email CANiseiProject@jcccnc.org.
Courtney Okuhara
California Maritime Academy, CSU Chico, CSU Fresno, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Humboldt State University, San Diego State University, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, Bakersfield Junior College, Central Junior College (Imperial Valley College), Chaffey Junior College, Coalinga Junior College (West Hills College Coalinga), UCLA, Cal State Pomona, Compton Junior College, Fullerton Junior College, Long Beach Junior College, Los Angeles City College, Pasadena Junior College, Pomona Junior College (Mt. San Antonio College), Riverside Junior College, San Bernardino Junior College, Santa Ana Junior College, Santa Maria Junior College (Allan Hancock College), Ventura Junior College, Marin Union Junior College, Modesto Junior College, Porterville Junior College, Reedley Junior College, Sacramento Junior College, Salinas Junior College (Hartnell College), San Francisco Junior College, San Mateo Junior College, Stockton Junior College (San Joaquin Delta College), Taft Junior College, Yuba Junior College
Scene from UC Davis Graduation ceremony
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REEL NIKKEI STORIES: A Nikkei Family Legacy Project
 REEL NIKKEI STORIES is designed to engage youth to take an active role and empower them with the confidence, training and tools to interview, video document and share the untold stories of living relatives before their family histories are lost forever. Although many documentaries, books and oral histories have been produced to preserve and teach the Japanese American experience during World War II and in internment camps, your family’s personal story may still remain untold and undocumented. By interviewing and video documenting your elders’ stories, you will be able to start a dialogue in your family and learn first-hand accounts of the Japanese American experience. REEL NIKKEI STORIES will provide you with the help you need through workshops, training DVDs and loaning camera equipment to responsible participants.
Learn how to:
Ask the right questions
Properly video document oral histories
Edit video
Create and share a family legacy project
More Info:
Training Videos Introduction
Training Videos
Reel Nikkei Online Resources
"Reel Nikkei Stories Help Youth Document Family History" Press Release
Upload/share Nikkei videos here (Reel Nikkei Video Website)
Request a Reel Nikkei Training Tool Kit
Sponsored by: California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP); The Henry and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation; Best Buy
Special thanks to: Logan Baird, Dianne Fukami, Boku Kodama, Kedar Lawrence, Ken Yamada, and Jan Yanehiro
“If history becomes real to a person, it empowers them and lives through them and then can be passed on from generation to generation.”
- JCCCNC Executive Director Paul Osaki
Complimentary DVDs NOW AVAILABLE. Please call (415) 567-5505 to receive your copy!
How do I sign up?
Contact Reel Nikkei Stories at (415) 567-5505.
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Give a Day. Get a Disney Day.  
This year, celebrate the spirit of giving...
...with Disney and the JCCCNC.
This volunteer opportunity is now CLOSED. Disney has issued one million tickets to volunteers! Thank you to everyone for volunteering for us!
Disney wants to inspire one million people to volunteer a day of service.
The JCCCNC wants to encourage volunteerism in our community!
As of April 1, 2010, all of the free Disney Voucher have been given away. But we are always in need of volunteers, so please call us at (415) 567-5505 or email volunteer@jcccnc.org for more information or volunteer opportunities.
Program info:
Beginning January 1, 2010, when you sign up at DisneyParks.com to volunteer a day of service with the JCCCNC (and once your service is completed and/or verified) you'll get a ONE DAY ADMISSION to Walt Disney World or Disneyland theme park, FREE!
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