The primary mission of the California Japanese American Community Leadership Council is to pro-actively and collectively address the challenges, changes and issues affecting the Japanese American community by promoting and coordinating a statewide network and developing strategic statewide/regional partnerships which strengthen our communities.
The principle goals of the Council are twofold:
- To collectively address statewide concerns and issues affecting the Japanese American Community by:
- Developing collective strategies which address the issues and needs of leadership development, economic opportunities and cultural preservation within the Japanese American community.
- Working toward the full empowerment of the Japanese American community and improved relations with other ethnic minority groups.
- Embracing and working toward the full inclusion of all individuals and organizations working toward the betterment of the Japanese American community, its cultural heritage, its multi-ethnic identity and its historic preservation.
- Advocating and fostering the development and preservation of our historic Japantowns.
- To promote statewide and regional collaboration, partnerships and networking through community based non-profit organizations by:
- Coordinating, developing and supporting mechanisms which encourage statewide networking, communication and shared resources amongst community based non-profit agencies, institutions, churches, business associations, student groups and other related organizations within the Japanese American community.
- Strengthening our Japanese American communities statewide by organizing community based non-profit agencies and Japanese/Japanese American business organizations.
- Organizing a bi-annual National Nikkei conference.
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