May Open Board Meeting and "May the 4th" Star Wars Happy Hour!

Join us on Monday, May 5th at 6:30 pm CST for our May Open Board Meeting! At our open board meeting, we will discuss upcoming events and more in the new term. And in order to honor the special day (May the Fourth...but on the Fifth!), the monthly meeting will be immediately followed by a virtual happy hour with a fun Star Wars twist! But the party doesn't stop there - we'll be having double the fun. Because we had to postpone our planned Kansougeikai, we will also be adding in our Kansougeikai activities to the happy hour, including our Lord of the Rings trivia! So come hang out with us and get your geek on at our epic happy hour, where we'll celebrate the transition into JETAA Chicago's new term along with all things nerdy.

The meeting starts at 6:30 pm and the happy hour will begin around 7:30 pm (or earlier if the meeting is finished sooner). Relax with fellow JETs for a night of laid back conversation and fun group activities. Join us for one or both! 

Theme (optional): Wear your best Star Wars/Intergalactic space swag (or Lord of the Rings swag!)

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Open Board Meetings are open to alumni in our jurisdiction (Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana)

Questions? Contact us at info@jetaachicago.com 

2025 JETAAC Kansougeikai!

On April 1st, JETAA Chicago's next chapter began! And to celebrate the transition, we are hosting the annual Kansougeikai celebration online!

A combination of a Kangeikai (welcome party) and a Soubetsukai (goodbye party), on Friday, April 25th, 7 pm CST, join your fellow alumni for an evening of casual conversation and fun community building as we kick-off the next 12 months with a bang. Activities will include Lord of the Rings trivia and games - come and show us what you got!

Event theme (optional) = Your Enkai Best! Enjoy dressing up for enkais? Have something you wish you could have worn? Well show us your enkai best as we celebrate together! Including but not limited to fashion, zoom backgrounds, accessories and more!

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This event is for alumni only.

Questions? Contact us at info@jetaachicago.com

April Book Club - The City and Its Uncertain Walls

The JETAA Chicago and Japan America Society of Chicago (JASC) YPC Book Club continues with a meeting on Wednesday, April 30th!

Our book club highlights voices and stories with a solid connection to Japan. For our next meeting, we chose "The City and its Uncertain Walls" by Haruki Murakami. We begin with a nameless young couple: a boy and a girl, teenagers in love. One day, she disappears . . . and her absence haunts him for the rest of his life. Thus begins a search for this lost love that takes the man into middle age and on a journey between the real world and another world – a mysterious, perhaps imaginary, walled town where unicorns roam, where a Gatekeeper determines who can enter and who must remain behind, and where shadows become untethered from their selves.

Be sure to pick up a copy of the book and join us for an evening of casual discussion in a virtual space via Zoom! Registrations are limited, so grab a spot while you can!

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Questions? Contact Joe at networking@jetaachicago.com

This event is open to alumni, JASC YPC members and friends.