Jill Shiraki
Jill Shiraki, organizadora comunitaria, es la directora del proyecto Preserving California's Japantown Project.
Actualizado en octubre de 2008
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Reclaiming California’s Japantowns
3 de octubre de 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 …