JASC has committed to the 2021 Dragon Boat season and are looking for paddlers to join our team! Our boat is typically made up of both Japanese and non-Japanese JASC members. You do not need prior paddling experience. (Our inaugural team was 90% novices.) We are competitive, but mainly focus on having a great time out on the water and learning to paddle as one. Committing to the team involves being a member of JASC, a $50 fee that covers practices, the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival race (Sept. 25, 2021), etc. If you are looking for a Japan-related team to join, enjoy being in a boat and are ready to smile and sweat, click here for more info and contact Jessyca: jessyca@jascolorado.org to let her know you’re interested!
We are now assembling a “Business Speaker and Networking Committee” here at JASC. We’d like to bring together some of our members from the business community to help us plan out speakers that would be of interest and also to arrange various networking events - both online and in-person!
If you are a current member of JASC and have a specific interest in business connections between Colorado and Japan, please consider joining this fun, casual working group! We’d like to hold one monthly planning meeting (likely via Zoom) and one monthly event. Fill out the form below to note your interest.
University students from five different Colorado universities were selected by JASC leadership to participate in a Virtual Discussion Group with students from universities in Japan and the America Japan Society of Tokyo. This was a program created by students at AJS Tokyo and they held discussion groups with students at 6 different Japan America Societies in the United States.
Our Colorado participants were comprised of three of our Rikai Scholarship winners (Kate Wexler - CU Boulder, Tim Martin - CSU, and Addie Clay - University of Denver) , a JASC intern, (Indy de la Luz - CU Denver) and a JASC volunteer (Everett Williams - Metropolitan State University of Denver).
Feedback from our Tokyo participants was that Team Colorado had a high participation rate and prepared high quality presentations every time! We are so proud of our Team Colorado students and look forward to more cross-border discussion groups in the future!
JASC staff spent a few weeks this spring virtually visiting classrooms around CO & WY speaking with students about the importance of continuing their Japanese language studies, how to apply them to the real world and what opportunities are out there for them. We visited 9 schools, 27 classes and approximately 500 students! We sincerely enjoyed connecting with the teachers and students. Although we were unable to conduct Japan Cup this year, we are so glad we went on the road with this presentation. Feedback from teachers was fantastic!
I received positive comments from students after the presentations. Thank you very much for all you had done. We enjoyed the event!
The way you responded to the students was so warm, helpful, and encouraging that all of my students felt comfortable talking to you. Career advice is so hard to find for a language, but you went above and beyond by giving individual advice to each and every one. I couldn't have asked for a better outcome! Thank you again!!
We are grateful to have you in my my classes. I believe that many of my students are more motivated to study after your visit. We would love to have you again virtually (or in-person) during the next academic year!
Thank you to all our members for supporting our work in the community. You make a difference through JASC!