Research is demonstrating that people with strong social ties are less likely to experience cognitive declines than those who are alone.

The program is free and open to the public.has written about the underlying value of the community leagues.

He started playing for the San Francisco Associates in the first grade and went to Japan as a player for the Shinzen Nikkei Youth Goodwill Program.But the question is how and why does basketball provide identity and connections to/within the Japanese American community?Komai.a small group of concerned basketball leaders in Southern California formed the Nikkei Basketball Heritage Association with the intent of documenting and teaching the history of Japanese American community basketball and its connection to traditional Japanese cultural values.

It emphasizes the connections between organized basketball and traditional Japanese cultural values.Whereas the Issei and Nisei who pioneered the Nikkei leagues wanted to pass their traditional cultural values to their children and grandchildren.

who wrote his masters thesis on The East Bay Japanese American Community: A Look at Community Culture.

government to leave their homes and businesses and were unfairly incarcerated in concentration camps during World War II.City Councilmember Paulette Francis.

Access to safe and resourced spaces is so important for our community’s youth.Allen was joined by Mayor Tasha Cerda.

20 to celebrate $2 million in the state budget to restore a teen-focused community center at Mas Fukai Park.He also joined the staff of Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn in 1975 and served until 1993.