JASO board communication: January New Year Event and next Board Meeting

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Congratulations, a wonderful New Year’s celebration. My student’s eyes were opened to a new reality. He learned experientially origami making, loved the food, enjoyed the games,and thought the displays were incredibly beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to teach him so much. I wish the others who volunteered at the Food Bank would have taken advantage of the opportunity. It was also nice to see the ASO support for this activity, Mr. Sparks, and people from Meetup.com!

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Happy New Year of the Rabbit: JASO Board Meeting, Wednesday, 1/5, 5:50 Tokyo Restaurant

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New Year's Party and Educational Component

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.–Edith Lovejoy Pierce, poet (1904-1983)

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. –Oprah Winfrey, American television host, actress, producer, and philanthropist (b. 1954)

JASO receives Award of Excellence from ASO

At the Twenty-Second Annual Asia Society of Oklahoma, Inc. Awards for Excellence, Saturday, November 6, 2010, at the Sheraton Oklahoma City Hotel, 1 North Broadway Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, Mari Lesli received on behalf of JASO, ASO's award of excellence for JASO's participation on ASO festivals, workshops, and activities.

LET"S HAVE FUN: On a Paper Crane Tomoko's Adventure, Nordic Library, September 14

From pictures and comments I heard that the presentation was a great activity and over 30 people attended.  Participants viewed the film at the main theater at the Nordic Library.  After the film, participants went to a designated room where they were greeted by a wonderful meal prepared by members of the Japan America Society of Oklahoma City.  While sharing the meal, participants made paper cranes with origami paper donated by the Consulate General of Japan.  Thank you to Dr. Gigi Hu for her guidance with the featured film and for her willigness to share her knowledge with the participants.  Picture from Dr. Gigi Hu from the event are forthcoming.

Peace Origami film receives permission for public viewing

Thank you to the Consulate General of Japan for their donation of Origami paper to make the 1,001 cranes to take to the Hiroshima Museum in the summer of 2011 and being a resource for the permision to do public viewings of the film, On a Paper Crane, Tomoko's Adventure at Casady School on September 12, and at the Nordic Library on September 14.

The paper crane making was part of Casady's Peace Education activities for the month of September.

Food for thought...The Secret Powers of Time, and the Power of the arts for social change

Two interesting videos related to the last JASO discussion on Peace Education. The first video is searching for translations to other languages. If you click on subtitles, you will find Chinese. If anyone is interested, follow the subtitles link to other languages until you get to wanted translations.



Casady School headmaster was the source of the following video on Time and History