Donate to JCCCNC’s Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund via http://kokuajapan.org/ and Minami Tamaki LLP, IOYS and other campaign partners will match 50% of your donation up to $10,000.

#22 Issue Release Party
March 16, 2011
6-9PM
Vessel San Francisco
85 Campton Place
San Francisco, CA

Donations will be made to the Japantown Community and Cultural Center of Northern California

Sponsored by Hyphen Magazine

Emergency Fundraiser for Japan
March 19, 2011
9PM-130AM
Press Club
20 Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco, CA

Suggested donation: Minimum of $10

Donations are going to the Japanese Red Cross
Donate online: http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html

Hosted by Drinks for A Cause

JAPAN Relief Fundraiser at Wokcano
March 20, 2011
6-9PM
Wokcano Santa Monica
1412 5th Street
Santa Monica, CA

$20 suggested donation at door.

Donations go to the 2011 Japan Relief Fund

Hosted by: Asian Professional Exchange (APEX, Tuan Do)

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors host a Fundraiser for Japan
March 23, 2011
530-8PM
111 Minna
San Francisco, CA

$20 suggested donation at the door

Donation will be made to 2 organizations:
JCCNC: Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
for more information: www.jccnc.org
Japan Multicultural Relief Fund
for more information: http://www.jprn.org/relieffund.html

Hosted by: San Francisco Supervisors Eric Mar, Mark Farrell, David Chiu, Carmen Chu, Ross Mirkarimi, Jane Kim, Sean Elsbernd, Scott Wiener, David Campos, Malia Cohen, John Avalos

Japanese Earthquake Disaster Relief – Save the Children
March 26, 2011
6-10PM (21+)
The Park at Fourteenth
920 14th St. NW,
Washington, DC

Suggested Donation:
$15 minimum suggested donation at the door or ONLINE
$10 suggested donation for students
$50 HONOR ROLL!

Hosted by: Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership, NAAAP-DC, Kollaboration DC, Alpha Kappa, Delta Phi Alumnae Association, Asian Pacific American Bar Association-DC, Asian American Government Executives Network, Asian American Journalists Association, Chinatown Community Cultural Center, Class of Change, Department of Justice Pan Asia, Freeline Music Group, Filipino Young Professionals-DC, Generation Echo Entertainment, Japanese American Citizens League DC Young Professionals, Lamda Phi Epsilon DC Alumni Association, Pacific Culture International, Pop Show Japan/Katana, Regroup TV, Sejong Society, Sigma Psi Zeta Alumnae Association, South Asian Bar Association DC Chapter, Taiwanese American Professionals DC, The Washington Area Japanese Culture Meetup, Toramaru Entertainment, United Nations Association-YPIC, 20s & 30s Asian Going Out Group

32 Bay Area API organizations come together for Japan

Humanitarian Asians and Pacific Islanders (HAPI) Fundraising Hour for Japan
March 31, 2011
5-9PM
Recess
443 Broadway St.
San Francisco, CA

Suggested donation: $5-$20

Donations go to JCCCNC

Co-sponsoring Organizations: Bay Area Benefit, DAE Advertising, Taiwanese American Professionals, Asian Business League, Project by Project, American Legion Cathay Post #384, KollaborationSF, Corporate Asian American Employee Network (CAAEN), Richmond Area Multi-Services, SF Samoa, Samoan Parents in Action, Fa’atasi (Together as One), Together Samoa, OLO—One Love Oceania, UTOPIA, Oriented, Samoan Solutions, Pacific Health Club, Tongan Interfaith Council, Mission District Re-Entry Center, APOP Hawaiian Cultural Center, Books for the Barrios, Vive SF, Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus of Alameda County, Wokai, San Francisco Asian Peace Officers Association, Society of Asian Women Leaders, Korean American Professional Society, Center for Asian American Media, Filipino-American Law Enforcement Officers Association, Bay Area Asian Pacific American Legislative Staffers, and HYPHEN

Host Committee: Keesa Ocampo, Keith Kamisugi, Derek Choy, Eli Kuo, Yumi Chang, Christopher Do, and many more to be announced

Community Partners: The Tides Foundation

Kokua Japan Concert
(from SFGate.com)
April 2, 2011
Peace Plaza (Post St.)
Japantown, San Francisco

It’s official: The Hawaiian-themed free concert and fund-raiser for Japan’s earthquake and tsunami victims will take place Saturday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in San Francisco’s Japantown Peace Plaza. Called Kōkua Japan San Francisco (kōkua is Hawaiian for “help”), the event will solicit donations for the Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund. Proceeds from raffle tickets and commemorative T-shirt sales will also go into the fund, created by the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California.

Organized by concerned members of the Bay Area’s Hawaiian and Asian American community, the benefit will feature a first-rate lineup of musicians and dancers, including:

* Hawaiian music acts Steven Espaniola and friends, Faith Ako and friends, the ‘AHAmele ‘Ukulele Group, Ho’omana, Side Order Band (featuring Chris Kamaka and Asa Young) and JD Puli and friends;
* Hula from Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu of San Francisco, Ke ‘Olu Makani ‘O Mauna Loa with kumu Mealana Manuel of Volcano, Hawai’i, and Ka Liko Pua O Kalaniākea of Fremont, plus ‘ōte’a (Tahitian dance) from Merahi O Tehani of Union City;
* Diverse local bands such as Feelosophy (funk, soul), Project Gojira (fusion) and Native Elements (reggae) and Styme & the Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra (funk, rock, ska.)

NBC newsman and stand-up comic Mike Inouye will emcee the show, with breaks for raffles of donated merchandise. Kōkua Japan San Francisco’s organizers were arranging with the Hawai’i Lieutenant Governor’s office this week for Hawaiian Airlines to do a speedy airlift of 200 “Aloha” T-shirts from Hawai’i. Designed by the Grp Home collective to raise money for disaster relief following the March 11 9.0 earthquake, the fast-selling T-shirts have inspired a Hawai’i-wide initiative called Aloha for Japan. The T-shirts will cost $25, of which $15 will go to disaster relief (the rest covers materials, Hawai’i sales tax and event logistics.)

Funds raised will be collected by the nonprofit Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival (which takes place the following two weekends in Japantown), which will turn the check over to the earthquake fund managed by Union Bank and JCCCNC, which promises 100 percent of proceeds will go to direct relief. Other contributors to the Kōkua Japan San Francisco event include Osaki Creative Group, which designed an equally cool logo (see below); Sandy Lee of the city’s Parks and Rec department, which manages the Peace Plaza; Aloha Warehouse, Colortone Digital, Sound Innovations, Susie Kagami and the Hawai’i Chamber of Commerce of Northern California. (Note: I also provided the organizers some public relations advice, but I would have promoted this event here anyway, given the close — and overlapping — ties of the Bay Area’s communities with roots in Hawai’i and/or Japan.)

And it’s not the only Hawaiian-themed fund-raiser: This Saturday (March 26) you can also help raise money for the JCCCNC’s Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund by attending one of three special screenings of “Hula Girls,” an award-winning 2006 film based on the true story of a Japanese town that created a Hawaiian-themed resort after its coal mining industry shut down in the 1960s.

Japan’s nominee for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, the poignant comedy is subtitled and features original music by Jake Shimabukuro (who plays the Palace of Fine Arts Saturday–more about that tomorrow.) And making it more poignant: It’s set in Fukushima prefecture, site of the Dai-ichi nuclear power plant severely damaged in the March 11 earthquake/tsunami.

The movie screens at 2, 4:30 and 7 p.m. at VIZ Cinema, 1746 Post St. (between Octavia and Webster in Japantown.) Click here to buy tickets, starting at $10 (since it’s a donation, you can pay more; 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the earthquake relief fund.)

Bakesale for Japan
April 2, 2011
10AM-2PM

Donations go to: Peace Winds Japan

Participating establishments:
Oakland–Pizzaiolo (5008 Telegraph Ave.)
Berkeley–Gioia Pizzeria (1586 Hopkins St.)
San Francisco (Mission)–Bi-Rite Market (3639 18th St.)
San Francisco (Fillmore)–SPQR (1911 Fillmore St.)
San Jose–Roy’s Station (197 Jackson St.)
Marin–coming soon
Peninsula–coming soon
Napa/Sonoma–want to host? email me at bakesaleforjapan@gmail.com
Santa Cruz–Lulu’s at the Octagon (Museum of Art and History–118 Cooper St.; email SantaCruzBakesale@gmail.com)
Los Angeles–coming soon (email LosAngelesBakesale@gmail.com)
Portland, OR–coming soon (email (pdxbakesale@gmail.com)
Boston, MA–coming soon (email BosBakesale@gmail.com)
Philadelphia, PA–South Street Philly Bagel (613 S. 3rd St.)
Seattle, WA–CakeSpy Shop (415 E. Pine St.)
NYC–coming soon (email NYCBakesale@gmail.com)
Austin, TX–http://austinbakes.wordpress.com/
Salt Lake City, UT–coming soon
Maui, HI–coming soon

Join Supervisors John Avalos, Sophie Maxwell, David Campos, Bevan Dufty, Sean Elsbernd, Chris Daly, Ross Mirkarimi, Carmen Chu, David Chiu, Michela Alioto-Pier and Eric Mar and open up your wallets in support of the people of Haiti.

Enjoy live music, fabulous drinks and hear from the Haiti Action Committee about what is happening on the ground. There’ll be a raffle with some exciting prizes and all proceeds will benefit the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund, which has been supporting grassroots, community-based organizations in Haiti for the past six years.

Suggested donation: $20.00

For more information, call 415-554-6975 or RSVP on Facebook.