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Jill Shiraki


Jill Shiraki, a community organizer, is the project manager for the Preserving California’s Japantown Project.

Updated October 2008


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Reclaiming California’s Japantowns

Oct. 3, 2008 • Donna Graves , Jill Shiraki

Preserving California’s Japantowns (PCJ) is the first statewide effort to identify, research, and document historic resources located in Japantowns throughout California. Sponsored by the California Japanese American Community Leadership Council (CJACLC), PCJ grew out of the energy from community forces rallied around the California Senate Bill 307 (SB307) campaign that focused on protecting the cultural heritage of the well-known Japantowns in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose. One of the ways the CJACLC convinced the state legislature to pass …

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