BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.6981@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20241026T000000Z DTEND:20241026T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<strong>KEIKO TSUKAYAMA\, Master of Traditional Ryūkyūan Cuis ine\, will be joining us at this month's Nuchaashii Potluck Gathering!</st rong> Tsukayama-san will be in person for a casual talk and will cook some thing for potluck attendees to enjoy. <em>(Note: This is NOT a hands-on c ooking workshop or demonstration)</em>\n\nIn person potluck at the OAA Cen ter's Yamauchi Bldg. in Gardena\, California\, and online via Zoom!\n\n<st rong>RSVP: tinyurl.com/nuchaashii24</strong>\n\n---\n\nThe Okinawa Associa tion of America (OAA) and Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) are excited an d honored to welcome Keiko Tsukayama\, a master of traditional Ryūkyūan cuisine in Okinawa\, to their annual World Uchinaanchu Day celebration on October 26 (Saturday)\, 4 - 6 p.m.\, in Gardena\, California. The event wi ll be part of the OAA’s monthly Nuchaashii Potluck Gathering\, which is free to attend with one potluck dinner dish. RSVP required due to limited space: tinyurl.com/nuchaashii24\, (310) 532-1929. Long distance guests can join online via Zoom (starting from 4:30 Pacific).\n\nTsukayama-san will be in person for a casual talk and will cook something for potluck attend ees to enjoy. <em>(Note: This will not be a hands-on cooking class or demo nstration)</em>\n<strong>\nSchedule</strong>\n<ul><li>4:00 – Potluck sta rts at the OAA Center’s Yamauchi Building</li><li>4:30 – Online via Zo om starts\; self-introductions (in-person and online attendees have the op tion to introduce themselves using simple Okinawan language phrases)</li>< li>5:00 – Conversation with Keiko Tsukayama</li><li>6:00 – Close</li>< /ul>\n\nThe OAA Center is located at 16500 S. Western Ave.\, Gardena 90247 . Limited on-site parking accessible behind the buildings off 165th Place. The event will be in the Yamauchi Building\, the facility nearest the gat e. The Zoom link will be emailed to RSVP’d guests on the day of the even t (please check your spam or promotions folder just in case).\n\n<strong>W orld Uchinaanchu (Okinawan) Day\n</strong>At the closing ceremony of the 6 th Worldwide Uchinaanchu Taikai (2016) in Naha\, Okinawa – a massive glo bal “homecoming” for the Okinawan diaspora – the late Governor Takes hi Onaga officially declared October 30 as “World Uchinaanchu Day” in honor of the first Okinawan emigrants who fearlessly traveled across the w orld and the communities they formed. The idea was proposed by Andres Higa and Tadashi Andres Ysa Urbina\, third-generation Okinawan descendants fro m Argentina and Peru\, respectively. This date was selected because the Ta ikai takes place at the end of October every five years.\n\n<strong>OAA’ s Monthly Potlucks\n</strong>The OAA’s monthly Nuchaashii Gathering (las t Saturdays\, 4 - 6 p.m.) was started in 2017 by Executive Director Yuko Y amauchi to create a welcoming and informal space for community members to meet and break bread. During lockdown\, Nuchaashii continued online via Zo om and became a monthly respite for community members near and far. In-per son potlucks returned in 2022 and the get-togethers are now “hybrid” e very other month to maintain the long distance connections made during the pandemic.\n\nAwarded as one of 2023’s California Nonprofits of the Year \, the Okinawa Association of America\, Inc. (OAA) is a 501(c)(3) non-prof it organization that is dedicated to preserving and promoting Okinawan cul ture. Formed by first generation Okinawan immigrants\, the OAA has grown i nto a multi-generational organization that hosts numerous events throughou t the year including cultural lectures\, performances\, social gatherings\ , and senior-focused activities. 2024 marks the organization’s 115th ann iversary as well as the 25th anniversary of the OAA Center in Gardena. For updates\, please visit www.oaamensore.org or follow @oaamensore on Facebo ok/Instagram.\n\nLaunched in 2014\, the Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) is a public history project with a team of faculty\, staff\, alumni\, grad uate and undergraduate students. OMI employs methodologies of experiential learning and community service to explore the dramatic changes in life\, society and environment experienced by the islanders in the aftermath of t he Battle of Okinawa. Training and employing up to 75 undergraduate and gr aduate students to do oral history interviews\, archival research and proc essing\, and media production in collaboration with partners in Okinawa an d among the Okinawan diaspora in North America\, OMI has conducted 7 resea rch exhibitions on historical photography and 30 oral histories in Okinawa to date. More information: www.omi.ucsc.edu DTSTAMP:20241210T123415Z SUMMARY:Potluck &amp\; Conversation with Keiko Tsukayama\, Master of Tradit ional Ryūkyūan Cuisine URL:/en/events/2024/10/26/potluck-amp-conversation-with-keiko-tsukayama-m/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR