espe-cially — were particularly targeted.

if your family has been in the US for generations versus if you kind of newly immigrated).there’s plenty of people that come back and volunteer.

all of us as participants were of mixed ethnicity.I have seen that the court is a platform that inspires young girls and the next generation of the Japanese American community.And so it’s something that I just want to share with as many people as I can.

Rafu: Why did you decide to make the Nisei Week Queen and Court program the subject of your film?Aiko: I think there’s so much that we can learn from a program like this.But nowadays it’s all volunteer based.

Photo courtesy of Toyo Miyatake Studios.

my absolute favorite part was the sisterhood.(2) To promote a global understanding of Japans economy.

several participants are selected to attend the JACL Kakehashi Program.Todays Japanese American youth are a part of a global community.

Kakehashi Project alumni are encouraged to become effective advocates in enhancing U.Participants from the 2024 Kakehashi Project Trip presenting to MoFA on their time in OkinawaEach year.