Meet us at Kerckhoff Patio from 6-7 to help fold 1000 cranes to leave at Manzanar’s cemetery monument in the Spring! If you don’t know how to fold a crane — we’ll teach you :) After, we’ll all walk over to Newbie together.

If you fold the most amount of cranes you can be featured in the next week’s newsletter as Crane Folder of the Week. Hope to see everyone there!

Event information:

Friday, October 24th 12:00pm

Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument

Lincoln Blvd, Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

What you will be doing:

Helping wipe down the monument with Windex and sweeping trash from the surrounding area. 

Volunteers will get a free lunch!

Information about the monument:

The VJAMM marks the spot where some 1,000 persons of Japanese ancestry from Venice, Santa Monica, and Malibu lined up with only what they could carry in April, 1942. Buses transported them directly to Manzanar.

Meet us at Kerckhoff Patio from 6-7 to help fold 1000 cranes to leave at Manzanar’s cemetery monument in the Spring! If you don’t know how to fold a crane — we’ll teach you :) After, we’ll all walk over to Newbie together.

If you fold the most amount of cranes you can be featured in the next week’s newsletter as Crane Folder of the Week. Hope to see everyone there!

Event infomation:

Sunday, October 19th 9:00am and/or 12:00pm

Terasaki Budokan

249 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

What you will be doing:

Setting up and/or cleaning up tables and chairs for a GIDRA reunion. It would be preferred if you could do both shifts since otherwise, we will have to coordinate more rides there and back at different times. Everyone could go to a cafe or hangout in Little Tokyo for 2 hours between the shifts!

Volunteers will get a free buffet breakfast!

Information about GIDRA:

In 1969, student activists on the UCLA campus also founded GIDRA, a self-published grassroots newspaper, which was later moved off-campus to reach more community people. GIDRA came to be known as "the voice of the Asian American Movement."

Meet us at Kerckhoff Patio from 6-7 to help fold 1000 cranes to leave at Manzanar’s cemetery monument in the Spring! If you don’t know how to fold a crane — we’ll teach you :) After, we’ll all walk over to Newbie together!

Starting this week — if you fold the most amount of cranes you can be featured in the next week’s newsletter as Crane Folder of the Week! Hope to see everyone there!

Have you ever heard of Ice Blocking?

If not, Ice Blocking is an exciting experience where students glide down the grass near the Tongva Steps on a block of ice!

You don’t want to miss this UCLA tradition! Make sure you come out and join NSU at the upcoming Newbie Meeting to participate!

Meet @ Tongva Steps from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM for a great time!

Meet us at Kerckhoff Patio from 6-7 to help fold 1000 cranes to leave at Manzanar’s cemetery monument in the Spring! If you don’t know how to fold a crane — we’ll teach you :) After, we’ll all walk over to Newbie together!

Pick up at SAC

Are you interested in exploring outside of UCLA?

If so, come to our Sawtelle outing on Tuesday, September 30th, to meet NSU members, eat a delicious dinner, and have a sweet treat! 

Dine from a variety of Japanese restaurants like Marugame, Tsujita, and more!

It is a great opportunity to meet returning members and other newbies!

Please fill out the form on our linktree if you are interested!