Legacy Foundation Japan

See Santrofi in Concert!
2024-07-05 - 2024-07-26
A rising star “highlife” band from Ghana, a “treasure trove of music and dance arts,” captivating the world, is coming to Japan for the first time!
Santrofi is a large young group based in Accra, the capital of Ghana, whose appeal is their modern sound of highlife, one of the main pillars of West African music, and Afrobeat, which developed from it. Santrofi was formed with the mission of conveying the historic highlife music to the younger generation of Ghanaians and spreading it to the world.A stage filled with powerful brass sounds, lively beats, and vibrant energy and color! Santrofi, will be performing on their first tour of Japan. Click the link to get tickets!

Friday Night Party
2024-06-28 19:00 - 23:00 (Asia/Tokyo) | Legacy Lounge, 2-8-10 Azabujuban Patio Azabujuban Bldg 9F, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 1060045, Japan

Juneteenth Gala 2024
2024-06-14 18:00 - 22:00 | Nippon Life Marunouchi Garden Tower (Salesforce Tower Tokyo), 1 Chome-1-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo, 100-0005, Japan

A Book Reading with Dr. Opal Lee at Yokosuka Middle School
2024-05-20 08:00 - 17:00
Click Here To View The Live Stream

Yokosuka Base Prayer Breakfast at CPO Club
2024-05-19 08:00 - 17:00

Let’s Talk About It with Dr. Opal Lee
2024-05-17 18:00 - 21:00 | Legacy Lounge, 2-8-10 Azabujuban Patio Azabujuban Bldg 9F, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 1060045, Japan
Join us and meet the amazing woman known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” Ms. Opal Lee was present when President Joe Biden signed the bill that established “Juneteenth” as a federal holiday after her successful walking campaign and online petition that garnered over 1.5 million signatures for Juneteenth holiday awareness. She has received seven honorary doctorates, has been named 2021 Texan of the Year by the Dallas Morning News editorial board, the 2021 Unsung Hero of the Pandemic, Fort Worth Inc.’s 2022 Person of the Year, is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and most recently became the second African American to have her portrait hung in the Texas State Senate.

Testing Stuff
2024-04-30

Comedy Gold
2024-04-26 08:00 - 17:00

The Black Samurai To The Nanban Slave Trade In Japan
2024-04-19 08:00 - 17:00

Let's Talk About It! - Messy Family Dynamics
2024-04-13 18:00 - 22:00
https://legacyfoundationjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/413LTAI-Messy-Family-Dynamica.mp4
Join Legacy Foundation Japan on Saturday, April 13th as we explore the topic of “Messy Family Dynamics!” In this session, Licensed Therapist, Jautuan “Jaye” Glass, will break down the characteristics of a dysfunctional family. Along the journey she will also challenge us to reflect on potential dysfunction within our own families and give us some practical tools to cope and navigate our own families! Don’t miss the opportunity to gain the knowledge and tools to transform your family!

Mori Art Museum: Afro-Mingei
2024-04-04 08:00 - 2024-09-01 17:00 | Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Highly-Anticipated, Must-See First Solo Exhibition by an Enthralling Black Artist in Japan, with Epic Installation Imagining a New Hybrid of Black and Japanese Cultures through Ceramics, Architecture, and Music.

Documentary Screening: gOD-TALK
2024-02-29 18:00 - 22:00 | Gala community college
gOD-Talk is the culmination project of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture Center for the Study of African American Religious Life, in association with the Pew Research Center, five-year study of Black Millennials. The featured length film explores the lives of seven Black Millennials—Atheist, Buddhist, Christians, Muslim, Ifa, and Spiritualist—and the challenges and discoveries with faith and spirituality.
Pre-Screening Reception – 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Screening – 7:15pm
Q&A With Producer, Teddy Reeves and Director, Kim Moir after the screening
Presented by: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture in association with the Pew Research Center in partnership with The Japan Afro-American Friendship Association (JAFA), and The Legacy Foundation Japan.
Get your tickets now!
Online Advanced Discount Admission Tickets are available via Peatix for ¥1000
Regular Admission Ticket Are Available At The Venue for ¥1500

Line Dance Sundays
2024-02-25 16:00 - 19:00

Let’s Talk About It! Black History
2024-02-10 18:00 - 21:00

Winter Pool Party
2024-01-27 19:30 - 23:00
Back by popular request, Legacy Foundation Japan will be kicking off 2024 member meet ups with a winter pool party at New Sanno hotel. We had a blast last time and we are going to do it again. Members, family and friends are welcome to join in on the great fun. Just remember RSVP is required by Friday, January 19th and you need to have the necessary ID to check in.
Let’s Have a great time together!

Let's Talk About It: Healing Work Hurt
2024-01-13 18:00 - 20:00
Event Description
Join Legacy Foundation Japan as we host the amazing Dr. Ashley Dash. Healing Work-Hurt™: 5 Proven Strategies to Ditch Doubt, Rebuild Confidence, and Overcome Feeling Overwhelmed in the Office
In this session individuals will learn:
• To identify the factors of burnout and address them BEFORE anything bad happens
• How to embrace resilience and bounce back from harmful working experiences including toxic relationships and workplace culture
• The #1 secret to shifting negative thinking patterns that keep both employees and organizations stuck and unproductive
​Dr. Ashley Gary-Roper aka Dr. Ashley Dash inspires action through her lived experiences in person and online. She often shares her greatest life challenges, including how she went from being an unemployed college graduate to landing a $100k+ job in Human Resources with Mercedes-Benz. Or revealing how years later, she restarted her life after facing foreclosure and unemployment, but shifting back to corporate with an international move to Japan.
Dr. Dash is known for her ability to help individuals identify the patterns that keep them stuck and move them into action. She is determined to create safe spaces for business professionals in Corporate America through speaking, coaching, and courses using her high energy and direct approach. Her mission is to help people overcome personal circumstances, regain control of their lives, and find purpose through career freedom. A self-proclaimed information junkie, she believes in Faith over Facts and Facts over Feelings.
Dr. Ashley Dash has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, an MBA, and a Doctorate of Strategic Leadership. She is also a Certified Job and Career Development Coach and Job and Career and Transition Coach.

Financial Preparedness Course pt2
2023-11-05 09:00 - 11:00
Bonnie Humphrey who taught us in February how to build wealth on any income is back with us again by popular demand to do a practical 3 week course for budgeting, savings and investment. It will be 5000 yen for the sessions but definitely well worth it. If you don’t know Bonnie, she graduated with honors from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management with an MBA. She worked for Merrill Lynch (Texas) and Hartford Japan (Tokyo). Bonnie is the author of Have Your Wedding Cake and Eat It Too, A Newlywed’s Guide to Budgeting. She is dedicated to helping others realize that they have it within themselves to create the financial security they desire. Originally from the US, she is a long time resident of Tokyo and an eclectic collector of all things old, dusty and uniquely Japanese. RSVP Today

Pivot of Perish: A Motivational Talk with Cornell Thomas
2023-10-14 19:00 - 21:00
Brought to us by one of our very own members, join motivational speaker, Cornell Thomas as he encourages us how to pivot before we perish.
Cornell Thomas is an international speaker, five-time author, and former basketball player and
coach from New Jersey. Cornell is a perfect example of turning a disadvantage into an
advantage. Dealing with adversity his whole life Cornell was able to use the example of work
ethic and determination given to him by his mother to overcome life’s obstacles and chase after
his dream of becoming a professional basketball player. Unfortunately, a week before that
dream became reality Cornell suffered a career-altering injury. With his contract terminated he
had two options, drown in what if, or figure out the next chapter of his life. Cornell dove headfirst
into coaching and became obsessed with leadership, specifically culture and what makes teams
successful.
From there Cornell would stumble onto the path he has been on for the last nine years as a
professional speaker. Tired of the negativity so prevalent throughout the world and specifically
on social media Cornell started creating his own positive quotes to help change the narrative.
Eventually seeing the positive impact his quotes were having, his quotes became blogs, and
then books. After his first book was published in 2013 (The Power Of Positivity) Cornell decided
that he wanted to share his story all over the world.
Flash forward to today and Cornell has been all over the world not only sharing his amazing
story, but also training corporations in team building, diversity and inclusion, and dealing with
change. Cornell has spoken to tens of thousands of people worldwide and has been endorsed
by the likes of Tony Robbins, Cornel West, and Les Brown to name a few. Cornell also conducts
a professional speakers course online and has been the owner of Crossroads Basketball LLC
for the past 15 years, which is a basketball company that trains and mentors kids from first
grade to college.
Take a look at some of his work.
Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/8cGHPa0RjqY
Short Promo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXvJ079t-GI
Good Morning La La Land Interview: https://youtu.be/auRsyp57Xk0
Book Titles
* The Power Of Positivity (Controlling where the ball bounces) The Power Of Me (Army of one) Extraordinary (The difference between good and great) The book of Cornell’isms and Game Of Death (An entrepreneurs survivor guide) They are all on Amazon.

Curly Care - Natural Hair Training
2023-09-24 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-05-28 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-04-23 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-03-26 12:00 - 14:00

A Basic Introduction For Stock Investment For The Future
2023-09-10 17:00 - 19:00
Not sure how to invest or where to even begin in this constant changing world of inflation, Join Jay Carter as he walks us through the world of investing.
Jay Carter is a social media marketing consultant, author, former national labor union rep and executive officer, and a Hip Hop artist who performs under the stage name Timid.

Tracing Roots with Dr. Shelley Murphy
2023-09-09 18:00 - 21:00
Dr. Shelley Murphy is The Descendant Project Researcher at University of Virginia leading the study of the enslaved laborers that built the university. https://dei.virginia.edu/people/shelley-murphy She is also the program designer and head genealogist for the Center for Family History at the International African American History Museum https://iaamuseum.org/ Founder and lecture of the Midwest African American Genealogy Institute https://www.maagiinstitute.org/ Dr. Murphy recently appeared on: CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/06/19/african-american-museum-unknown-family-history-victor-blackwell-dnt-cnntm-vpx.cnn The Today Show: https://www.today.com/video/inside-the-new-international-african-american-museum-183265349987 You don’t want to miss this amazing opportunity. She will be discussing how people (african americans especially) can get started tracing their own genealogy. So it will be actionable information for participants.

2023 Seeds of Hope Juneteenth Gala
2023-06-17 17:00 - 22:00
Get your tickets today!

Let's Talk About It! - Strong Black Woman Disease 5/27
2023-05-27 18:00 - 21:00
She is said to be tirelessly self-sacrificing, expected to be endlessly resilient, and thought to be entirely independent and self-reliant. Who is she? The “Strong Black woman.” Black women are “strong.” But what does that really mean? Join Legacy Foundation Japan and special guest Jatauan Glass L CIV (USA), as we unpack what Glass calls the “Strong Black Woman Disease,” and its , pervasive hold on black women and our place in society. Jatauan Glass is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and designated Qualified Supervisor for mental health counselor interns. Previous experience includes mental health and substance use residential /outpatient treatment programs, human trafficking advocacy, and opioid consultation. Populations targeted include children, adolescents, adults, and families. Mental health focuses include anxiety, trauma, and depressive symptoms. She has experience with cognitive behavioral, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral, brief-solution focused, motivational interviewing, systemic, and person-centered techniques. In the Navy, she served as a first responder in military sexual assault incidents. Navy experience also provided unique exposure and enhanced understanding of a multitude of cultures and ethnicities. In Japan, Ms. Glass maintains a private practice and works with military service members and their families.
This event is a ladies only panel discussion and there are only 50 seats, so RSVP today.

Nagasaki International School Pre-Launch Feedback Session
2023-04-27 19:30 - 20:30

FINANCIAL WELLNESS March 19th 2023
2023-03-19 10:00 - 13:00
CEO of Aeonian Legacy Management and Consulting Group and founding
consultant of Aeonian Ovia, Joy is your favorite auntie, sister, cousin, mentor,
coach, and friend. Her passions are people, communication, and business with a
flair for international immersion and cultural exposure.
Joy is committed to inspiring, empowering, serving, and educating others through
multi-cultural community advocacy and development, entrepreneurship training,
and life coaching. Her focuses are: Personal and Professional Growth and
Development, Social Responsibility, Cooperative Collaboration, Sustainability,
and Leadership. Any interaction with her will always provide you the following 5
things and so much more:
 Opportunities
 Resources
 References
 Inspiration and
 Random, “What if the sky was purple,” type things.
You will always be reminded, “Your Life Is Broader Than Your Borders” and We
Are Stronger Together!
“May your Dreams shatter the shackles of slumber, stagnation, & suffocation;
and THRIVE in the light of day!” – Joy M. Saunders

Let's Talk About It! - Mental Health 3/11
2023-03-11 18:00 - 21:00
For March’s Let’s Talk About It, Legacy Foundation Japan is partnering with TELL, Japan For Black Lives, Speak Easy TYO, Jaspora, Fruits In Suits, Black Creatives and MindCollective to talk about the importance of Mental Health. We believe that prioritizing your mental health is essential to your overall well-being.To many of us are suffering in silence, wearing one face to the public and another in the mirror. It’s time to talk about mental health and gain the tools needed to live healthier lives.
This event is a panel discussion, free to the public, but there are only 75 seats so RSVP today.

Monopoly Club
2023-03-04 15:00 - 17:00
