Fundraiser & Hospitality
Oakland A’s vs Seattle Mariners
Monday, Sept 6, 2010 (Labor Day)
Oakland Coliseum
Game time 1:05 p.m.
Stadium opens at 11:05 a.m.
• Please join us in celebrating the reuniting of partners, family and kids that have enjoyed the Nichi Bei Times for many, many years.
• On the launch of the new Nichi Bei Foundation — publishers of the first nonprofit ethnic newspaper of its kind in the country, the Nichi Bei Weekly — we are raising much-needed funds in order to keep the Japanese American community connected, informed and empowered.
• We will be watching Japanese American catcher Kurt Suzuki and the Oakland A’s take on Japanese baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki and the Seattle Mariners, which is managed by the Bay Area’s own Don Wakamatsu, the first Asian American manager in Major League Baseball.
Click here to purchase tickets or become a sponsor!
The Renaissance Journalism Center (rjcmedia.org) today announced that it awarded a $20,000 grant to the Nichi Bei Foundation, nonprofit publishers of the Nichi Bei Weekly.
The grant, one of three, represents the first awards under the Center’s Media Greenhouse, which supports ethnic media, community media, and nonprofit groups in an effort to incubate and test innovative models for gathering and distributing news. This support includes grants, technical assistance and training for news organizations.
The goal of the Media Greenhouse is to foster growth and improvement in journalism. All projects awarded the grant will share what is learned with the greater journalism and philanthropic communities.
The grant to the Nichi Bei Foundation will support the launch of an online community hub to serve the news and information needs of the pan-Asian American community. The award will help the Foundation expand its content, audience and fundraising capabilities by going online.
The other two grants were awarded to the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) and Oakland Local.
The Nichi Bei Foundation expresses our deep appreciation to the Renaissance Journalism Center, its executive director Jon Funabiki, and the individuals associated with the Media Greenhouse program for their support and belief in our efforts to advance not-for-profit journalism.
Death… Or Rebirth?
Community Forum on the Japanese American Press
Sunday, Dec. 6
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California
1840 Sutter St., SF’s Japantown.
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Be a part of a MOVEMENT to HELP SAVE THE COMMUNITY PRESS
The New Nichi Bei Weekly: Sacramento Community Forum and Fundraiser
Sunday, November 15
2 to 4 p.m.
Asian Community Center
7375 Park City Drive, Sacramento, CA
(off Greenhaven Drive by I-5 & Florin Road Exit West)
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Greg Robinson will be reading from his new book, “A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America,” and autographing copies, from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11, at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC), 1840 Sutter. St. (between Buchanan and Webster), in San Francisco’s Japantown. This free event is sponsored by the National Japanese American Historical Society, JCCCNC and the Nichi Bei Foundation. The event is free.
Read an excerpt of Robinson’s book in the Oct. 8-14, 2009 issue of the Nichi Bei Weekly.
Today’s headline news may come as a shock to many, particularly given the relative success, popularity and visibility of the Nichi Bei Times, and particularly this groundbreaking Nichi Bei Times Weekly. What many of you may not see or understand is that we also have a thrice-weekly Japanese-language edition, too.
We have, probably, the most talented and enthusiastic staff that we have ever had — in both sections, English and Japanese — who continue to impress me on a daily basis.
I have been blessed with being charged to maintain a historical legacy that I feel is unsurpassed — from the Nichi Bei Shimbun founded in 1899 by legendary newspaperman Kyutaro Abiko, to the postwar Nichi Bei Times, whose main founder Shichinosuke Asano utilized our pages to raise awareness and funds for postwar relief to a war-devastated Japan.
Their legacy, and the work of countless other unknown soldiers along the way who committed themselves to community service, have fueled us each and every day.
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