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Discover Nikkei’s 20 for 20 campaign is both a celebration of our first 20 years and a look ahead to what’s next. It’s a call to action to help us raise $20,000 to jumpstart our efforts to expand programming and grow our global community.
With 1,400+ writers representing twenty-five countries, Discover Nikkei content is translated into four languages.
Access to all content and our virtual programs are free. However, there are costs associated with producing these efforts. With your support, we can keep providing compelling and engaging content that reflects the Nikkei experience. We’d also like to launch new programs and this campaign helps us build the framework for them.
Second Matching Challenge Announced!
In March, an anonymous donor generously matched $1,000 of donations to our 20 for 20 Campaign. Thanks to our Nima-kai community, it took just a few weeks to meet the match challenge!
Now, Russel Tsuda and Vicky Murakami-Tsuda have offered a second matching challenge. They pledge to match the next $1,500 of donations to the campaign made by June 20, 2025! Help us meet this challenge and get that much closer to our $20,000 goal!
20 Reasons to Support Our 20 for 20 Campaign
Check out our videos featuring our Discover Nikkei ambassadors! We will be adding more throughout the year.
3. Interview Nikkei elders around the world
4. Deliver more virtual and hybrid international programs
Hear from Okinawan Peruvian filmmaker Harumi López Higa
5. Expand international Nikkei organizations directory
6. Seek and share unique and untold Nikkei stories
7. Provide more website translations to connect Nikkei across languages
8. Add direct message capabilities to help Nima connections
9. Increase original content, especially in Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese
10. Create more video content
11. Provide more simultaneous translations at virtual and in-person events
12. Expand our international roster of monthly columnists
Hear from “Much Mahalos” columnist, poet, and Pidgin activist Lee Tonouchi
13. Offer virtual Nikkei culture workshops
14. Develop programs for emerging Nikkei writers
Hear from Edgar Award-winning author and social historian Naomi Hirahara
15. Launch calls for photo and art submissions
16. Create customized Nikkei emoji reactions
17. Plan a Nikkei Uncovered 10th Anniversary celebration
Hear from Nikkei Uncovered poetry column curator traci kato-kiriyama
18. Create Discover Nikkei merch
19. Create a database for Nikkei recipes
20. Develop proposal for Discover Nikkei World Tours
