Carolyn Classen

Carolyn Sugiyama Classen, a life long Democrat, was born & raised in the State of Hawaii, was a Legislative Aide for U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye on Capitol Hill, and practiced law for a while. In Tucson she worked as a tribal staff attorney for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and later was the Interim Executive Director of the now defunct Domestic Violence Commission. In 2008 she became a “My Tucson” guest columnist for the Tucson Citizen newspaper, then continued blogging for Tucsoncitizen.com for over four and a half years. Her blogsite was entitled “Carolyn’s Community” about community events and some political news, until Gannett Publishing shut down the site on January 31, 2014. She started with Blog for Arizona on Feb. 11, 2014. Part time she sat as a Hearing Officer in Pima County Consolidated Justice Courts Small Claims Division since April, 2005 for 15 years. She is married to University of Arizona Distinguished Professor Albrecht Classen, a native of Germany. They have one son, who lives in Seattle, WA with his wife and daughter. She is also the Editor of the Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition website, www.southernazjapan.org (since Jan. 2013).

Give on Arizona Gives Day 2015

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Last year Arizona Gives Day raised $1,392,292 for non-profits all over the state of Arizona.   ARIZONA GIVES DAY – APRIL 7, 2015 Arizona Gives Day is a powerful 24 hour online giving experience that unites Arizonans around causes they believe in. Hosted by the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits and the Arizona Grantmakers Forum, Arizona Gives … Read more

Chinese Health Day on April 4th at University of AZ

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Carolyn’s note: Although I am not of Chinese ethnicity, I am a member of the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center since I am a passionate (and fairly good and somewhat lucky) mah jong player. Check out this healthy festival tomorrow on UA Mall, for free.

“Kumiko The Treasure Hunter” opening at the Loft Theater

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STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 3 at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Tucson In this darkly comedic odyssey, Academy Award-nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, Pacific Rim) stars as Kumiko, a frustrated Office Lady whose imagination transcends the confines of her mundane life. Kumiko becomes obsessed with a mysterious, battered VHS tape of The Coen Brothers’ 1996 … Read more

Take the Water Pledge in National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation

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waterpledgeTake the National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation water pledge online sponsored by the Wyland Foundation, and enter to win  great prizes including a Toyota Prius V car. Tucson WON  in 2013 and many folks in town won several prizes.

Pledge online April 1 to April 30 at:

http://www.mywaterpledge.com/campaign/national-campaign-2015/

Tucson is in #2 place right now, in the city size of 300,000 to 599,999.  I remember last year we came in #2 under Corpus Christi, TX. Check City standings here: http://www.mywaterpledge.com/master-top-ten/. Tell your friends to pledge too.

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1 Block 1 Day 4/4/15 to 4/5/15

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OneBlockonday

One Block One Day (OBOD) 2015 is a 24-hour block party and community arts festival hosted by The Human Project with assisted collaboration from Downtown Tucson Partnership and CityBoyz Music Group. The purpose is to create a space (One Block) where for 24 hours (One Day) our world is a complete utopia; free of crime, gender biases, racial tensions and socioeconomic woes. This event will foster diversity, pride and hope within the community by bringing top artists, leaders and educators to the same stage for a full day of sharing ideas, strategies and inspiration. The event will be on April 4, 2015 in Tucson, AZ.

Wristbands to this event will cost $10. Presale wristbands for $7 at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/ (look for April 4 listing).

Event location says 100 N. Stone Ave. so I hear that means on Stone Avenue across from the Joel D. Valdez main library, but the FB page says between Congress St. and Pennington St.  Won’t be hard to miss.

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