Category Archives: 3.11
DC JET Alums Bring Fukushima Youth Taiko Group to the USA
DC JET alums Michelle Spezzacatena and Darryl Wharton-Rigby are the poster-children of Return on JET-vestment. They’ve been working around the clock for the past few months to bring over a youth taiko group from their JET furusato of Kawamata, Fukushima-ken. … Continue reading
LIVE YOUR DREAM: The Taylor Anderson Story
Filmmaker Regge Life has started a Kickstarter page to raise funds and promote his new project, a documentary on Taylor Anderson. He and his team are hoping to raise $18,000 by April 21, 2012. As is with all Kickstarter projects, … Continue reading
March Issue of AJET Connect is Out!
Check out this month’s edition of AJET Connect! The current edition features stories about what JETs have been doing to make a difference since the 3.11 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, travel experiences of various JETs and this month’s Life After … Continue reading
JETAA Makes It Into JCIE’s Report on US Giving to Japan
JETAA USA’s efforts made it into a report that the JCIE (Japan Center for International Exchange) recently posted on their website. Jim Gannon, JCIE Executive Director and JET alum, also served on the JETAA USA Earthquake Fund Committee, helping direct … Continue reading
American JETs Rally for Japan in Myriad Ways
JETAA USA’s very own Steven Horowitz of JETwit was interviewed by American View about ways in which JET alums and JETs helped support Japan in the recovery efforts following March 11, 2011. American View is a quarterly newsletter published by … Continue reading
3.11 One Year Later
It seems impossible to sum up the last year and particularly this day last year. March 11th has had such an impact on so many individual lives, relationships, families, and communities in ways that were both tragic and beautiful. 3.11 … Continue reading
Taylor Anderson/ Japan Foundation Lecture Hosted at Randolph Macon College
Randolph-Macon College will host the Taylor Anderson/Japan Foundation Lecture, “Postscripts from Japan: Stories that Endure After the Earthquake and Tsunami,” on Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. in Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph Macon College Center for the Performing Arts. The … Continue reading
Need JET Help to Secure Music Grants for Iwate, Fukushima & Miyagi
Margarita Rozenbaoum of Relief International (an international humanitarian nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles) is reaching out the JET alum and JET community to secure music grants for schools in Iwate, Fukushima and Miyagi-ken. This project, called Jam for Japan … Continue reading
Students in Rikuzentakata Take the Eiken in Memory of Monty
Thanks to Steven Horowitz of JETwit.com for sharing the English translation/ summary (see below) of this article. For the Japanese version, which originally was published on January 19, 2012 on the Kahoku Shimpo (Tohoku News) website, click HERE. JETAA USA … Continue reading
JETAA USA Receives Message of Thanks from Hope for Tomorrow
JETAA USA donated part of their Earthquake Relief Fund to the Japanese NPO, Hope for Tomorrow. The main focus of Hope for Tomorrow is to provide financial support for the incurred travel costs associated with university entrance examinations for high … Continue reading
