communities have innovated creative strategies to resist and seek change.

has studied the Northern California leagues and developed a perspective.a long-time player and coach for the San Francisco Drakes.

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.Eligible COVID-19 EIDL borrowers can also contact the COVID-19 EIDL Customer Service Center at (833) 853-5638 or by email at COVIDEIDLServicing@sba.

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