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JETAA Chapter Beat 10.25.10

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Freelance writer/editor Jonathan Trace (Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08) takes us on a walk around the JET Alumni community for another edition of JETAA Chapter Beat.

JETAA Chicago

• JETAA Meeting: Elections – Tuesday, November 2nd, 7:00 at Kyoto Sushi. Get involved in the future of JETAA and even throw your name into the hat as a candidate for the upcoming year.
• Job Fair – Sunday, November 6th, 12:00 at the Japan Information Center. Take the first step towards a new and better career with Chicago JETAA, and don’t forget your resume.

JETAA Texoma

• Halloween Party – Saturday, October 30th, festivities start when the sun goes down. Dress your scariest, show off your most inventive Jack O’Lantern and celebrate All Hallow’s Eve with Texoma JETAA. Personal hygiene products will be collected to donate to the Thomas Street Clinic, so please donate.

JETAA New Orleans

• Kami-shibai for Kids Day – Saturday, November 13th at the local Latter Library. JETAA volunteers will be dressing up in happi and reading kami-shibai plays to children. Volunteer and spread some Japanese culture to a new generation.
• Japan Fest  Writeup – JETAANOLA participated in Japan Fest at the New Orleans Museum of Art on Saturday, October 9th. Japan Fest is the largest annual celebration of Japanese culture in the Gulf South. There were performances by taiko groups, many local Japanese restaurants had booths outside the museum, and there were also tours of the small Japanese garden in the nearby Botanical Gardens. Over a dozen JET alumni helped host its popular dress-up activity. The Consulate in Nashville provided yukata and obi for people to try on, and the JETs helped show people how to wear them. We also sold Japanese candies and sweets acquired by JETAANOLA treasurer Mike Brinkman when he was in New York for the national JETAA Conference. In addition to helping promote JET and Japan, the festival helped reconnect several local JET alumni with JETAA, increasing out numbers by half a dozen names. –JETAA New Orleans

JETAA Western Australia

• Careers Seminar – Tuesday, October 26th, 6:00 at UWA Social Sciences Lecture Room. Get a head start on finding a new job at this year’s career seminar. Delegates from CLAIR Tokyo will be in attendance, so do not forget your resume and business cards.

JETAA British Columbia

• Career Seminar – Thursday, October 28th, 5:30 at MacMillan Bloedel Room, at the YMCA of Vancouver. Get back into the job market with a little help from JET alumni.

What happened at your chapter’s event? If you attend(ed) any of these exciting events, JetWit would love to hear about them. Just contact Jonathan Trace with any info, stories or comments.