BCO Community

We have a number of church groups to engage all ages including Dharma School (Pre K – grade 12) which meets after Dharma Family Service, Junior Young Buddhist Association (High School), Buddhist Women’s Association, Senior Group, Karaoke, Flower Arrangement, Japanese Language School,  Youth Basketball League, and Koto class. Our groups provide opportunities for learning and social interaction as well as opportunities to reach out and support our greater community.

We welcome all to become a member of the Buddhist Church of Oakland (BCO) but membership not a requirement or pre-requisit to participate in BCO Church services, groups, events, programs, activities, and organizations.

BCO Member Service Teams (HOST)

• HŌ-ON Service Teams (HOST)

BCO Groups & Organizations

• OBWA – Oakland Buddhist Women Association
• Dharma School – Sunday School
• Oakland Jr YBA – Young Buddhist Association
• Youth Club – Youth Basketball League
• Momijikai – Seniors Group
• Nippongo Gakuen – Japanese Language School
• BCO Outreach Group – Community and Social Programs and Activities

BCO Services, Programs, Events and Activities

• Weekly Church Services
• Events and Activities
• Community Events and Activities
• BCO Community Outreach Activities and Programs
• BCO Benefit Golf Tournament – Fundraising Event

Related Community Groups

Current Community Event Listings: Seminars, Workshops, Meetings, Community Events, and Exhibitions

• Ohara School of Ikebana – Japanese Flower Arrangement School
• Oakland Fukuoka Sister City Association – Japan Student Exchange Program
• Concord Howakai – Japanese American Religious and Cultural Center
• Ashland Howakai – Eden Japanese Center -San Lorenzo CA
• Asian Health Services – Chinatown Oakland CA
• J-SEI – East Bay Senior Services
• Koto Music Classes
• JCCCNC – “The Center” Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California – San Francisco

Buddhist Youth and Young Adult Groups

• Buddhist Church of Oakland Dharma School
• Oakland Jr. Young Buddhist Association – Jr YBA
• The Young Buddhist Editorial – Connecting our community through stories and art
• Pacific Buddhist Academy
• TechnoBuddha Conference – Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Young Adult Conference (Not currently active)

Japanese American History / Archives / Museums / Exhibits

• 442nd Nisei Exhibit aboard the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum – Alameda CA
• Japanese American National Museum – Los Angeles
• Japanese American Museum of San Jose
• UCLA Library – BCA Collection – Archives and Histories
• Densho – Seattle
• Densho Encyclopedia – Online
• Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages (2020)
• Japanese American Museum of Oregon – Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center – Portland (2020)
• Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego
• California Museum – Sacramento
• NJAHS – National Japanese American Historical Society – San Francisco
• JCCCW – Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington – Seattle
• Northwest Nikkei Museum – Seattle
• The National World WarII Museum – New Orleans 
• International Center of Photography – New York
• Rohwer Heritage Site – Japanese American Internment Museum – MeGehee Arkansas
• Vashon Heritage Museum – Washington
• Topaz Museum – Utah
• Manzanar National Historical Site – California
• Smithsonian – Washington DC
• Smithsonian – National Museum of American History
• Smithsonian Magazine – Online
• National Archives – Washington DC
• National Archives – Washington DC
• Japanese American Citizen League JACL
• Pacific Citizen – Newspaper of the JACL
• Los Angeles Conservacy – Los Angeles
• Facing History and Ourselves – Online
• Military Intelligence Service MIS – San Francisco
• Japanese America Veterans Association
• Nichi Bei Foundation
• Nichi Bei Shimbu Digital Collection – Archives
• Rafu Shimpo Los Angeles Japanese Daily News
• The North American POST – Seattle
• Hokubei Hochi Foundation – Seattle
• Nikkei West – Northern California
• Japanese American Internment Camp Newspapers 1942-1946 – Library of Congress
• American Sutra – Duncan Ryuken Williams
• US History . org – Japanese-American Internment (2020)
• NPR – The Unlikely Story Behind Japanese Americans’ Campaign For Reparations (2020)
• Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in NY
• Discover Nikkei – Japanese Migrant and Their Decedents
• Friends and Family of Nisei Veterans (FFNV) – Morgan Hill CA
• Tadaima – Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages
• Harry S Truman Library – Japanese American Internment
• U.S.National Park Service – Japanese American Life During Internment
• Library of Congress – Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History (Japanese)
• Library of Congress – Japanese American Internment (Classroom Material)
• FDR Presidential Library & Museum – Curriculum Guide – Japanese American Internment
• PBS – Interment History – The Children of the Camps Project
• The Conversation -The overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II
• Hoover Institute Library & Archives – Voices from the Archives – Japanese American Internment, 1942–1946
• Tule Lake Commitee
• Topaz Stories – Remembering the Japanese Incarceration

Updated 01/31/2024 NEY

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