ANNUAL REPORT
2021-2022
JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL& COMMUNITY CENTER

THE JACCC MISSION
The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center weaves Japanese and JapaneseAmerican arts and culture into the fabric of our communities.
JACCC remains firmly rooted in Little Tokyo, providing a vital place to build connections
between people and cultures, locally and internationally. Through inclusive programs andauthentic experiences, we continue our traditions and nurture the next generation of
innovative artists, culture-bearers, and thinkers.

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A MESSAGE FROMTHE CHAIRMAN OF
THE BOARD &THE PRESIDENT & CEO

Dear Friends and Supporters,
As the world continues, after nearly 3 years, to navigate the global pandemic, JACCC has great kansha(gratitude) for your generosity of spirit and support. After closing our entire campus for many months,
we began to slowly reopen our venues in 2022.
Our first event in the Toshizo Watanabe Culinary Cultural Center was hosted by Bill Imada of the
IW Group. Bill brought together Little Tokyo leaders for a warm and very welcomed respite from theisolation in which we had all been working. Seeing one another in person boosted our spirits
and reminded us of how much we value our community.
We were also thrilled to welcome back our senseis—the teachers of our cultural traditions—who shared
the beauty of kado, chado, and shodo across the campus in exhibitions both intimate and grand.
Resuming tea ceremonies in the James Irvine Japanese Garden, with red parasols and tea masters
dressed in seasonal kimono, reminded us to have kansha for the small moments we have together,sharing tea.
The Isamu Noguchi Plaza reopened to welcome the community beginning with the New Year, andcontinued to serve large groups in the safety of the outdoors. It was here, under the stars, that JACCC
celebrated its 41st Anniversary Dinner. Reflecting on the gifts of the previous 40 years, we celebrated
MUFG Union Bank, Kathryn Doi Todd, and the AutumnFest Committee by extending our gratitude tothem for their many years of support.
Looking forward, we are honored to have funding from the National Historical Publications & Records
Commission that allows us to translate the Los Angeles Issei Poetry Collection. The overarching goalof the program is to broaden participation in the production and publication of historical and scholarly
digital editions, and to give voice to Asian Americans, and other groups, who have previously had very
little presence in the National Archives.
We also have kansha for the donors and volunteers who helped JACCC navigate the pandemic andbuild toward a brighter future. It is your generosity that helped JACCC achieve excellent financial results
despite the challenges of the lingering pandemic. Over the next few months, we will look forward towelcoming you to JACCC to experience our updated lobby and the many cultural and culinary programs
we have planned in celebration of Japanese and Japanese American culture.

Thank you for all you do to support JACCC.

Glenn Inanaga
Chairman of the Board

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Patricia Wyatt
President & CEO

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KENNY ENDO
PRE-SHOW,
JAMES IRVINEJAPANESE GARDEN,
2022

KANSHA/GRATITUDE
As we have gradually reopened our campus, our work
has been inspired by a strong sense of kansha, or gratitude.
With kansha for our Issei and Nisei (first and second generation
Japanese American) founders, we have been working to fulfill their visionof establishing a permanent home in the United States for Japaneseand Japanese American arts and culture to flourish. Over the past year,
we have seen this both on-line and in-person, with rich arts and culture
programming, lively performances, and events in the Toshizo Watanabe
Culinary Cultural Center and James Irvine Japanese Garden.
We are grateful for the support of community members and volunteers
who have embraced our programming from our founding and througha global pandemic. Thank you for helping us honor the past while
ensuring JACCC’s success in the decades to come.

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KENNY ENDO
CONCERT,
2022

HONORING
THE PAST
Over the past year, we have been delighted to welcome
back community members, artists, and performers who helped
establish JACCC over the years. Their vision and commitment havehelped solidify our reputation as Southern California’s leader inJapanese and Japanese American visual and performing arts.
Bringing our 41st Anniversary Dinner to the Isamu Noguchi Plaza
was one of the year’s highlights. With much kansha, we were able
to safely gather in the cool evening air with friends we had notseen in-person in two years.

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FEDERAL GRANT SUPPORTS
LOS ANGELES ISSEI POETRYMORIO HAYASHIDAFIRST GENERATIONISSEI WRITERS

We were honored to have been awarded a grant from the National Historic
Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC) to translate, preserve, and makebetter known the thoughts and words of the generation who founded JACCC.
As part of the NHPRC’s first cohort of grantees creating collaborative digital editions
about lesser known topics in US history, we will examine our Los Angeles Issei
Poetry Collection, which consists of pre-World War II Japanese-language poetry andprose. These Issei authors were born in Japan in the late 19th to early 20th century
and migrated to the US in their teens and early twenties. Many found work as fieldhands and gardeners in Los Angeles while writing poetry in their spare time.
We are collaborating with a team of scholars to ensure the Issei writings—muchof which have already been lost to war, incarceration camps, and the language
barrier—are accessible. As we delve into the collection, you can follow our progresson social media and at jaccc.org/issei-poetry-project.

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Where to Go

The soul
becomes a goose, flies away—
the north is a cold country—
to leave and not return

Namu Amida Butsu
Namu Amida Butsu

From the collection
Where to Go (1928),
by Morio Hayashida,I’m human too
The heart bubbles
Dark night wintry nightthe body shudders in it

translated by Kenji Liu.
CemeteryAutumn night’s shadow
A momentary meditation
alone
Following a foreign land’s noise, the absent-minded immigrant gets
sunburned
Hungry for love
Looking at the graveyard
Fabricating a phantom homelandFrom Gardeners’
Pioneer Story (2007),
pre-war poems (mostly senryu)
published by theSouthern California
Gardeners’ Federation,translated by Sankyaku Seki.

• I gather the love of my mother country in one azalea.
• Because he was Nikkei, he was forced to shine apples with his college diploma.
• During a divorce, the gardener gets fired too.
• After cutting the shrubs, all I left behind was a bird nest.
• On payday I spray extra pesticide.
• In my bath at home, I see grass and dirt floating in the tub.

n/soto,TWCCC,
2022

THE TOSHIZOWATANABE CULINARYCULTURAL CENTERThe Toshizo Watanabe Culinary Cultural Center (TWCCC) is fully
operational and programming throughout our campus is now being
inspired by washoku (traditional Japanese cuisine) and contemporary
expressions of Japanese and Japanese American food.
In the TWCCC, we hosted n/soto, the pop up restaurant with alimited-run, tasting menu by n/naka chefs Niki Nakayama and Carol
Iida-Nakayama. We celebrated Asian American Pacific Islander(AAPI) Heritage month with the Rising Chefs Series of pop-ups
featuring innovative, Los Angeles-based, Asian American chefs withextraordinary social media presence. We engaged Chef Chris Ono
as TWCCC’s first Chef in Residence, enabling us to offer new culinary
programs, such as dinners paired with theatre concerts. We also hosted
a saimin workshop, sake sampling, special culinary classes exploring
Los Angeles foodways, weddings, and seasonal celebrations–all ofwhich took advantage of the TWCCC’s view of the beautiful James
Irvine Japanese Garden.
The TWCCC welcomes an increasingly diverse audience to Little Tokyo
to delve into Japanese and Japanese American culture.

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SHODO FOR
LITTLE TOKYO,
2022

POSITIONING
JACCC FORTHE FUTURE
If you haven’t yet had a chance to visit JACCC’s Center Building, we
invite you to see our newly-installed tokonoma (display nook), renovatedlobby, and soon-to-be-completed Toshizo Watanabe Exhibition Center.
In addition, we have recently upgraded our technology, including
refreshing jaccc.org and shoring up our software for customer relations
management, venue booking, and events management.
Renovations and upgrades like these are made possible, in part,by generous general support from L.A. Arts Recovery Fund, Kresge
Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts’ American Recovery
Program, W. M. Keck Foundation, and the Ahmanson Foundation.

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GIVING KANSHAKANSHAFOR OUR
VOLUNTEERS

KANSHAFOR OURCOMMUNITY

Our work is bolstered by a corps of outstanding

Firmly rooted to the Little Tokyo community, we

volunteers who assist with the Anniversary Dinnercontinue to engage our older adult neighbors

and other programs. Their enthusiasm, generosity,with free programs. Each month we provided Little

and commitment to JACCC inspires us all.

Tokyo’s older adults with delicious bento made by
Chef in Residence Chris Ono. Meanwhile, classes
in shodo (calligraphy) and ukulele began meetingin-person.
We hosted the Kintsugi Spirit Virtual Exhibition,
which expanded our community to include artists
nationwide. Both virtually and in-person, we worked
with culture bearers and their students to shareworks of ikebana (flower arranging), chado (teaceremony), and shodo. We riffed on tradition with
programs and exhibitions in the George J. Doizaki
Gallery with the help of long-time collaborators,
including California Institute for the Arts (Cal Arts),
Sow & Taylor, American Jewish Committee, and theConsulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles.

VOLUNTEERS
EARTH DAY,NISHI CENTER 2022

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SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATIONSTATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES ($)
for the year ended
June 30, 2022

for the year ended
June 30, 2021

RESOURCES AND EXPENSE			Contribution Support

Individual

			

FY22

FY21

$ 3,248$ 3,656

207,691

1,162,705

				Foundtion and Corporate

1,779,098

1,607,268

Strong support from all sectors, Individual, Foundations and Government/Public.

Government and Public

270,148

386,050

Events and Membership

411,415499,778

2,668,352

3,655,801

Contribtions for Opertions and Program			

Earned Income 								$ 1,244

FY22

-11%

$ 579

			

115%

Re-opening after the pandemic generated a significant increase in JACCC’s rental and earned income.
Tenant rents

358,089

431,533

Other rents

645,484

111,680

Theater, workshops and other earned income

240,095

35,2891,243,668

578,502

Earned Income

While office rental income declined as more and more companies are embracing a remote workforce,venue rental income dramatically increased.

Operating & Program Expense 						$ 4,312$ 3,080

			

40%

People costs are approximately HALF of the operating costs of JACCC. Occupany incuding utilities,
Revenue and Support for Operations and Program

3,912,020

4,234,303

People1,798,821

1,457,930

569,592

806,418

Program and other general expense

1,693,435

470,375

Event and other development expense

250,539

345,554

4,312,387

3,080,277

Occupancy

Operating and Program Expense

security and insurance was $570K in FY22.

Lobby Refresh Capital Expense 		

Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
				

		

		

$ (400)
			

		

$ 296

$ 1,154-135%

The operating surplus/(deficit) for FY22 was a deficit of ($400). This was due to the implementationof integrated CRM/Operating systems, Tessitura and VenueOps. Comparatively, FY21 had a bequest

Operating Deficit(400,367)

1,154,026

Capital contributions

646,455

315,299

Investment interest, dividends & unrealized gains(198,028)

362,947

Interest expense and finance fees

(94,113)(81,986)

Non-Operting Surplus

354,314596,260

Change in Net Assets(46,053)

1,750,286

of approximately $1M.

FY22 CONTRIBUTION SUPPORT

411,415
15.4%

207,6917.8%

270,148
10.1%

FY21 CONTRIBUTION SUPPORT499,778
13.7%
386,050
10.6%

Events/Membership
1,162,705
31.8%

Government/Public
Individual

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1,779,098
66.7%

1,607,268
44.0%Foundation/Corporate

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SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATIONSTATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION ($)
at June 30, 2022

at June 30, 2021

Cash

1,141,026

1,502,311

Investments

2,163,623

2,346,316

Receivables and prepaid expense

1,257,164

881,509--

Property and equipment, net

8,692,918

8,853,749

Art collection and other assets

281,086

282,174

13,535,817

13,866,059

407,509335,504

1,984,686

2,130,313-

247,500

103,21167,259Total Liabilties

2,495,406

2,780,576

Net assets without donor restrictions

7,011,593

7,339,986

Net assets with donor restrictions

4,055,450

3,745,497

Total Net Assets

11,067,043

11,085,483

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

13,562,449

13,866,059

ASSETS

Construction in progress

Total Assets

LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Notes payable
Notes payable - Paycheck Protection Program
Deferred revenue and other liabilities

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ありがとうございました!
Thank you to our 41st Anniversary Dinner & Awards Celebration sponsors and supporters.

Sakura Sponsors
Aratani Foundation
Terasaki Family Foundation
Ume Sponsors
Sugimoto Family Foundation
Fuji Sponsors
Glenn & Michiko Inanaga
Kawaguchi-Kihara Memorial Foundation
MUFG Union Bank
Tsubaki Sponsors
Aspen Healthcare, Inc.
Enterprise Bank
Gonsaku & Mine Ito
Kanai Foundation
John & Suzy Sasaki
Momo Sponsors
FIA Insurance Services, Inc.
Fukui MortuaryFrank & Betty Hiji
Tom & Barbara Iino
IW Group
Matsumoto & Minami Families
Lauren Ohata
Melinda Doi Manchester,in honor of Kathryn Doi Todd

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Mitsubishi Corporation (America)
Dolly & Rick Oishi
Henry Ota & Hiroyo Nonoyama
Shintaku Family
Paul & Kay Shishima
Yamahata Family
Ajisai Sponsors
Gary & Toni Kitazawa
Kinecta Federal Credit Union
Randy & Amanda Masada
Ronald & Fujie Ohata
US BankNolan Maehara & Sandy Sakamoto
Shobu Sponsors
JSL Foods Inc.
Lynn Miyamoto & Kevin Kroeker
Johnny & Wendy Mori
Asagao Sponsors
Creative Class Collective
JAMA (Japanese American
Medical Association)
Keiro
Little Tokyo Community Council
Little Tokyo Service Center
Omotesenke Domonkai
Southern California Region, USA
So-PhisDonations of $500 & Above
Doug Aihara
Matt Blumkin
Ron Chiya
Congratulations, Suzy!
Doizaki & Sons
Namy Folick
Fujima Kansuma Kai
Jan Fukuhara Dyck
Sachi Hamai
Ken & Jo Ann Hamamura
Eric Hernandez
Katey Ho
Glenn & Michiko Inanaga
James & Lorraine Ito
Jones & Associates
Gene Kanamori
Jonathan Kurohara
Crystal & Elwood Lui
Randy Masada
Derek Mio
Nolan Miura
Robin MotookaBlahut
Quality Naturally Foods, Inc.
Akira D. Sansui
Gordon & Joanne Sasaki
Sadako Sase
Paul Shishima
David Sosa
Wayne Nagao & Carol Tanita

Tokio Marine America
Lisa Tome
Susan Uchiyama
Marsha Wakasa
Michael & Ellies Watanabe
Table Centerpiece
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Ikenobo School of Ikebana
Ohara School of Ikebana
Sogetsu School of Ikebana
Southern California Flower Market
Table Sponsor Dinner Wines
B. Kosuge Wines
Francis Ford Coppola Winery
Freeman Vineyard & Winery
Kazumi Wines
Mikami Vineyards
Noria Wines
Paulownia Wines
Six Cloves Wines
In-Kind Donations
American Honda
Beam Suntory
Scott Yamabe, Southern
California Flower Market

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ありがとうございました!

Thank you to our 2021-2022 members and supporters.
DONORS$100,000 to $999,999$15,000 to $99,999$5,000 to $14,999

Foundations

Corporation
Beam Suntory

Corporation
American Honda Motor Company, Inc.

Foundations
The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi
Charitable Foundation
Japanese American Community Foundation
Oshima Ueunten Foundation
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Rose Hills Foundation
Sugimoto Family Foundation

Foundations
Eagle, Globerman and Kodama Foundation
Employees Community Fund of Boeing,
Southern California Chapter
Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship Project
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
The John Randolph Haynes &Dora Haynes Foundation
Project by Project, Inc.
Smithsonian Center for Folklife &Cultural Heritage
UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center:
The George and Sakaye Aratani “Community
Advancement Research Endowment”

Ahmanson Foundation
Aratani Foundation
Kresge Foundation
L.A. Arts Recovery Fund
IndividualJohn & Suzy Sasaki

Government
City of Los Angeles,
Department of Cultural Affairs
National Endowment for the Arts:
American Rescue Plan
National Historical Publications& Records Commission
Individual
Alice Sumida Living Trust

JACCC ANNUAL REP ORT 2021-2022$2,500 to $4,999
Corporation
Westmont Corporation
Foundation
UCLA’s Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki
Center for Japanese Studies: Community
Outreach Program Fund
Individuals
Beth Fujishige
Bette Hiramatsu
Tim & Marion Manaka
Alan & Yvonne Nishio
Richard Okumoto
Randall & Mari Tamura
Russel & Vicky Tsuda

Individuals
Ernest Doizaki
Folick Family

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Thank you to our 2021-2022 members and supporters.
DONORS$1,000 to $2,499
Corporations
Coalition for Clean Air
FIA Insurance Services, Inc.
Wolf & Crane Bar
Foundations
The James Irvine Foundation
The Kenishi & Takayo Nakase
Family Foundation
K&R Sugimoto Living Trust
Government
Arts District Little Tokyo
Neighborhood Council
Individuals
Calvin Abe
Mariko Bird
Kazuko Doizaki
Judy H. Fukuda
Gonsaku & Mine Ito Family
Ken & JoAnn Hamamura
Terry Hara
Frank Hiji
Erika Honda
Barbara Ito

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Karen Ito
Gary Kawaguchi
Toni Kitazawa
EarnestMasumoto
Henry & Janet Minami
Natalie Muldaur
Kenichi & Takayo Nakase
Gary & Cheryl Nakata
Lauren Ohata
Ronald Ohata
Danny Osato
Sandy Sakamoto
Max Stolz
Lisa Sugimoto
Norito R. Takamoto
Takaye Takimoto
Sandra Toshiyuki
Norman Yamauchi
Bill Yee$500 to $999
Corporations
Sushi-Gen-Aomori Nebuta Hozon-Kai
Trico Trading Corporation$500 to $999

Significant In-Kind Donations

Foundation

Corporations
IW Group, Inc.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Individuals
Nancy Adachi
Eric Kurimura
Ronald Matsunaga
Alan Miyatake
Sharon Mizota
Kari Nakama
Michael Odanaka
Cyril Rayan
Thomas & Pat Shea
Mitch Taguchi
Masaru & Catherine Tanaka
Leonard Young

In Honor ofGary Kawaguchi
In Memory of
Jeff Folick
Tomie Hamano
Tiiu Harunk
Roy H. Iketani
Lloyd Inui
Sosen Kaneko
John & Trudy Nishizu
Motoko SanetoPaul Kazuo Tamae

We are deeply grateful to all donors. We regret that due to limited space we cannot
list everyone. If your name has been displayed incorrectly or inadvertently excluded,
please accept our deepest apologies.
This list is based on cash receipts from the 2022 fiscal year
(July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022).

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ありがとうございました!
Thank you to our 2021-2022 Volunteers.
VOLUNTEERS

Joyce Akashi
Benson Cheng
Kathryn Doi-Todd
Christopher Fitzgerald
Sarah Fukui
Lily Hamasu
Elaine Hang
Elaine Harada
Leslie Hayakawa
Jennifer Hirano
Emily Hoang
Lisako Horimoto
Jeremy Hunter
Bryce Ikemura
Claire Imada
Kara Ito
Mirei Kagawa
Sally Kim
Gary Kitazawa
Marissa Kitazawa
Toni Kitazawa
Lauren Kojima
Jasmine Kono-Song
Karen Kusaka
Marlene Lee

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Brandon Leong
Kevin Lew
Randy Masada
Gail Matsui
Eri Matsumoto
Todd Matsumoto
Erik Matsuno
Elise Minami
Michelle Minami
Vicki Nakawatase
Leslie Nicho
Hiroyo Nonoyama
Don Nose
Todd Odagawa
Fujie Ohata
Dolly Oishi
Diana Ono
Megan Ono
Gail Sakamoto
Tricia Sakamoto
Joanne Sasaki
Suzy Sasaki
Kerilyn Sato
Kelly Shintaku
Judy Sugimoto

Lisa Sugimoto
Nancy Takayama
Curtis Takimoto
Anika Tamakiww
Susan Tamaki
Carol Tanita
Kathy Tokudomi
Tania Torres
Kelli Toyooka
Michel Toyooka
Ellies Watanabe
Stephani Yamasaki
Dani Yang
Zachary Yang

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ありがとうございました!
FY22 BOARD AND STAFF

Officers

Members

Staff

Chairman of the Board of Directors
Glenn Inanaga, Cherng Family Trust

Bette Hiramatsu, Hiramatsu and Associates
Thomas Iino, Pacific Commerce Bank
Nikki Kodama, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Tim Manaka, Jr., FIA Insurance Services, Inc.
Jean Miao, JTM Global Philanthropy Advisors (2021)
Johnny Mori, Kinnara Taiko/Gagaku
Alan Nishio, California State University,
Long Beach (retired)
Lauren Ohata, Health Management Associates
Dolly Oishi, Japan Airlines
Henry Ota, Esq., Ota Law Office (retired)
Jan Perry, Shelter Partnership, Inc.
Sandra Sakamoto, Esq., LimNexus LLP
Susan Sasaki, Community Volunteer
Russel Tsuda, Boeing, Inc.
David Yamahata, Los Angeles
Fire Department (retired)

Rani de Leon, Director of Performing Arts
Mathew Estrada, Chief Financial Officer
Pedro Gutierrez, Operations Assistant
Alma Guzman, Sustainable Little Tokyo
Program Coordinator
Amy Honjiyo, Sustainable Little Tokyo
Cycles of Food Coordinator
Chester Ikei, Senior Advisor
Hirokazu Kosaka, Master Artist in Residence
Sophia LaPaglia, Director of the Aratani
Theatre + Campus Property Manager
Kenji Liu, Program Manager,
Cultural & Visual Arts
Jane Matsumoto, Director of Culinary Arts
Masaaki Nakamoto, Operations Assistant
Scott Oshima, Director of Community Arts
(last day was 06/24/22)

Immediate Past Chair
Craig Tomiyoshi, IW Group
Vice-Chair, External
Nancy Matsui, American Airlines (retired)Vice-Chair, Internal
George Tanaka, Union BankInterim Treasurer
Gary Kawaguchi, Upper Crust Enterprises
Secretary
Gerald Fukui, Fukui Mortuary, Inc.

Maria Magdalena Rodriguez,
Operations Assistant
Allyson Nakamoto, Director ofFoundation Relations
EJ Orlando, Production Manager
Stephanie Romero, Executive Assistantto President & CEO
Carolina Roque, Senior Associate,
Institutional Advancement
George Royal, Operations AssistantFrancisco Soc Sut, Operations Assistant
Derek Takeda, Director of the TWCCC &Campus Facilities
Patricia M. Wyatt, President & CEO
Julie Zhu, Mellon Community Curatorial Fellow* as of June 30, 2022

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JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL& COMMUNITY CENTER

2021-2022
Thank You