Month: September 2025

It was a busy weekend for the Let’s Talk Story Club! The day after our book sale fundraiser, we hosted a “Senior Memory Book Workshop” at a community center in Yorba Linda, California.

Ten seniors of Japanese ancestry participated, as their families asked questions from our Let’s Talk Story book and recorded answers. For those grandparents who could not be at the event in person (one due to having just had surgery), grandchildren conducted their session via Facetime! 

Everyone had a nice afternoon learning new, funny, and amazing things about their senior. One parent told us that this was the longest conversation their child had ever had with their grandparent — and that they want to do this more often. Every senior took home their memory book as a keepsake.

We were honored to be invited to the Go For Broke National Education Center’s 24th Annual Evening of Aloha Gala on Saturday, September 27. Close to 500 attendees gathered at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles to pay tribute to the story of the 33,000 Japanese Americans who served during WWII to protect the freedoms and liberties for future generations. The Let’s Talk Story Club held a book sale fundraiser at the event, donating 100% of our profits to the Fund the Future campaign. This initiative helps ensure that vital work can continue to preserve and evolve the story of the Japanese American soldiers of WWII as an important American story.

We’re so excited to be collaborating with Ian Gomez (pictured here) to expand The Let’s Talk Story Club to the Latino elderly community! We have been busy all summer writing, translating, designing and editing, “Tomemos un Cafecito,” the Spanish-language edition of our Let’s Talk Story book.

Featuring brand-new illustrations by talented artist Alfonso Salazar, this edition aims to celebrate and honor the legacies and stories of his Mexican heritage.

This exciting new chapter will begin in Northern California.

Stay tuned — Tomemos un Cafecito is coming!