Kase Nikkei Community Scholarships Available
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From left: Grant Eshima, Stephanie Doi, G. Kase, Kenneth Kitahata, Keith Eshima. The students are 2017 Kase Program interns.
SAN FRANCISCO The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC) is pleased to announce that applications are now available for the 2021 Kase Nikkei Community Scholarship Program (Kase Program).
The Kase Program offers students a $5,000 scholarship to support their college education. It also provides college students an opportunity to intern with and support the work of the JCCCNC, a community nonprofit organization located in San Francisco’s Japantown.
Participants will gain professional experience, enhanced skills in various areas, and personal development and guidance during an 11-week summer internship. The goal of the program is to support the development of the next generation of community leaders.
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Japantown leaders call for vandalized cherry blossom trees to be replaced
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SAN FRANCISCO - A week after cherry blossom trees in San Francisco s Japantown were found vandalized, Supervisor Dean Preston and leaders from the city s Japanese community on Tuesday called for the trees to be replaced.
On Jan. 5, the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California took to Facebook to report that two trees outside their office, located in the 1800 block of Sutter Street, had been completely stripped of their branches, with just the trees trunks left standing.
Surveillance footage shows the vandals destroying the tree over a period of three days, starting on New Year s Day, when the JCCCNC was closed. Police have said they re investigating the vandalism.