Speaking Nikkei

Enough is Now! JACL National Convention 2022 - Speaking Nikkei Live

What is and how are we…”enough”?  The Young Professionals Caucus (YPC) brings you a live session of the Speaking Nikkei Podcast (SNP) focused on telling our stories to help enact a vision for a better world. Come listen to the SNP hosts, Dylan Mori and Zara Espinoza, along with our guest speakers Floyd Mori and Sheera Tamura as they discuss how generations of Asian American people in our community are interconnected and interdependent on each other through our shared yet different life experiences that are key to shaping a collective voice that speaks truth to power. We hope to see you at the upcoming 2023 JACL National Convention, hosted at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles, California!

Welcome Back! Pre-Convention Episode

It's been a while! Big changes, big announcements, and our upcoming live session as we prepare for the 2022 JACL National Convention.

Episode 7 - Zara Espinoza

On this jam-packed episode of Speaking Nikkei, we get a chance to chat with Zara Espinoza (pronouns: they/them, she/her, ze/zir). We talk about Zara's experiences growing up as an multiethnic international adoptee in a multiracial/multicultural family (including Zara's Mexican American heritage) in the Midwest, hip-hop culture and Zara's breakdancing career, getting the opportunity to live and work for the government education system in Japan, some perspective and practice of Zara's equity and justice work as a queer non-binary femme person of color working in corporate tech and non-profit industries, and Zara's thoughts how we can support one another while adapting to change by truly being in community together. We're excited to begin to learn more about Zara's unique life experiences, including getting below the surface into the mixed multitudes of intersectionality that are a part of Zara's Wonder Woman origin story. Zara's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larazarae/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/larazarae/] (include a note you listen to Speaking Nikkei!) Zara's IG: https://www.instagram.com/exhilaratezara/ [https://www.instagram.com/exhilaratezara/] Out In Tech: www.outintech.com [http://www.outintech.com/]

Episode 6 - Matthew Weisbly

This month Ryan Yoshikawa (SELANOCO Chapter) sits down with Matthew Weisbly, former Daniel Inouye Fellow and current National Education and Communications Coordinator with JACL National Staff. We talk about Matt’s introduction to JACL while growing up in Arizona, as well as his work on the National Staff. You can learn more about JACL National and how to become apart of the National Staff here: https://jacl.org/jobs-at-jacl [https://jacl.org/jobs-at-jacl?fbclid=IwAR3Q5kVkkGgzMtAj01Qbre8aP0ygxuM5tVNqqWGQodbkWTacFxylz1lN8wQ]

Episode 5 - Sophiya Ichida Sweet

On this episode of Speaking Nikkei, we're talking about all things art with our guest, Sophiya Ichida Sweet! We talk about rock n' roll summer camp, learning how to paint, Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, traveling to Japan (and returning during COVID), and being a children's book author. If you want to read Sophia's work, you can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Sophiya-Sweet/e/B07XHTM6DG/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 [https://www.amazon.com/Sophiya-Sweet/e/B07XHTM6DG/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0]