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of oppression, advocating for equity
and justice and fostering collaboration
and community building.” Auntie Jun’s
tireless dedication to the Japanese
American, immigrant, free Palestine,
and San Quentin incarcerated
communities is “paving the way toward
a more inclusive, compassionate, and
equitable society, advancing justice
and liberation for all.”
A huge thank you to Scott
Hoshida, Lindsay Imai-Hong, and
Barbara Lewis, the Dharma School
parents who led the successful
Bazaar games and prizes this year.
Scott and Lindsay chose, organized,
and set-up 7 games and made new
prize tickets. The game booths were
filled with kids having fun and eager
to win at Bazaar. Barbara chose,
purchased, organized prizes and set-
up the prize booth and it was a joy to
see the kids empowered to pick their
own prizes and walk away with big
smiles. You all did so much work with
excellent results! Thank you to Doris
Okano for assisting the Bazaar game
and prize leaders with preparation,
Ron Nomura and the construction
crew for building and breaking down
the game and prize booths, Norman
Yoshida, Mark Shimamoto and the
signage crew for the game and
prize signs, and Jon Takagaki for
organizing a successful 2024 Bazaar.
We also appreciate those who staed
the game and prize booths: Madison
I., Izzy S.F., Jiyo H., Tomu H.I., J.J. S.,
Joey S., Jay M., Yuji H.I., Kenta H.,
Marshall P., Toshi H., Raelyn M., Twyla
H., Morgan H., Lachlan G., Jordan K.,
Toshi G.H., Nori M., Miko P., Hikaru
M., Hitomi M., Mayumi Nomura, John
Sarmiento, Lillian Maher, Melyssa
Minamoto, Coby Graham, Mariko
Minamoto, Megan Scott, Alec
MacDonald, Delia Ikeda, and Nick
Foster, and those who helped set up
and clean up the games and prizes.
Thank you to Gayle and Rick
Inada for their generous donation.
Your Dharma School donations have
helped to cover the cost of museum
admissions, classroom materials and
snacks, and orei. We appreciate your
dana!
It’s time to register for the 2024-
2025 Dharma School year! We
request all students complete a
new registration each year to keep
our records up-to-date, even if you
have registered in the past. https://
docs.google.com/forms/d/
e/1FAIpQLSc86vnrNRx87egtA7TGxv-
fbkhkpThFxG-_56lRZFkVs9x_Pg/
viewform. Please mark your calendars
for the first day of the 2024-2025
Dharma School year, September 8th,
2024, and the second day of Dharma
School on September 22, 2024.
Dharma School families are
looking forward to celebrating Obon
and dancing together with the sangha
and Oakland and Japanese American
communities on August 3, 2024, 1pm-
7pm at BCO.
Happ Birthy
A very happy birthday to Kenzo C.,
Akira N., Ayami S. and Seiji G.M.! n