Open letter in Little Tokyo: 'How could this happen?'

The Rafu Shimpo is running an open letter to the Little Tokyo community about last week's embarrassment at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, whose new CEO vanished after his checkered legal and professional past was revealed. The revelations came from community activists, not from the center's leadership or from the headhunting firm they used to recruit Greg Willis. There were signs, the open letter says.

Sample:

Frankly, we were concerned by a choice of someone with no knowledge of the Japanese American community, no experience in nonprofit management, and no apparent expertise in arts and culture, but we decided to reserve judgment and continued to support the efforts of the JACCC board and staff.

However, in the short space of less than seven months under Willis’ management, we learned of rumblings of employee mistreatment, capricious management style, a hostile work environment and plummeting staff morale. Eight or more employees, some long-time trusted staff who started the year at JACCC, are no longer there. Two currently suffer from work-related stress.

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