Champloo: An Okinawa Identity Symposium
Saturday, November 7, 2026, 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST
Event duration 6 hours
Early Bird General Admission (Non Member):
USD 76.54
Early Bird OAANY Member:
USD 55.20
General Admission (Non Member):
USD 87.21
OAANY Member:
USD 65.87
Virtual Admission (Non Member):
USD 28.52
Virtual Admission OAANY Member:
USD 12.51
About Champloo: An Okinawa Identity Symposium
Exploring Identity, Heritage, and Community Across Generations
Champloo: Okinawan Identity Symposium
As the Okinawan community evolves across generations, geographies, and lived experiences, many Uchinānchu navigate identities that are Okinawan, Japanese, American, mixed-race, multilingual, and multicultural. Through four moderated panels exploring Okinawan identity, the role of Kenjinkais in North America, cultural revitalization, and Okinawan futurism, the symposium invites meaningful conversations about belonging, heritage, and the future of our community.
The Champloo Symposium has been a labor of love for OAANY, and we look forward to bringing together Okinawans, friends of Okinawa, scholars, artists, community leaders, and curious minds from across the country for a day of yuntaku (conversation), connection, reflection, and imagining what comes next. Open to everyone, regardless of Okinawan identity or background, the symposium creates space to explore what it means to be Okinawan today and what that might look like tomorrow.
Events Schedule
Saturday, November 7, 2026
1:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST
Time zone
Eastern Time (EST, UTC-05:00)
Event Categories
Community Connections
Okinawa American Association of New York
https://www.oaanykenjinkai.com/
OAANY's mission is to cultivate mutual friendships among Okinawans and their families, those with an interest in Okinawan culture, as well as other Okinawan Associations. OAANY has been serving the Okinawa American community in the North East since 1983. We are proud to have a long legacy of Uchinaanchu in the Northeast. With over 100 members, our community has roots from all over the globe, including places like Okinawa, Japan, Brazil, Peru, and Argentina. OAANY is open to all persons of Okinawan heritage as well as people of non-Okinawan descent. While OAANY is New York based, we serve many states in the Northeast including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.