Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Tokyo Community News - June 2006

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Friday June 2, 2006, all day
Cross-Cultural Communication Seminar: Working Effectively with Japanese
Location: Shufu Kaikan, Yotsuya
Participation fee: 30,000 per person
Please contact Misako Onoda,
Japan Representative, Japan Intercultural Consulting
Misako.onoda@japanintercultural.com
Phone/fax 047-389-8880
URL for event: http://www.japanintercultural.com/en/events/eventItem.aspx?event=66
URL for organization: www.japanintercultural.com
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Saturday, June 3, time TBA
Tokyo Scavenger Hunt
Participation fee: ¥4,000.
For more information contact: info@tokyoscavengerhunt.com
Coordinating organization: Tokyo scavenger Hunt
http://www.tokyoscavengerhunt.com/
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Tuesday June 6, 8:00 ~ late
PARTIES 4 PEACE VOL. II
Location: the Pink Cow
Parties 4 Peace is a social movement started by Emilie McGlone to
bring people together through music and dance to promote Peace. Our
events support a variety of issues including sustainable development,
education, health and community building.
Entertainment!!! Funky techno beats of Dr. Shingo, Daisuke Inoue and
guests will rock the house until the crowd disappears.
Check out www.thepinkcow.com for directions. 2,500 w/ 1 free drink
All proceeds will be donated towards peace-promoting NGO's: MU-JERES
(www.mu-jeres.org), Bicycle for Everyone's Earth (www.beejapan.org)
and the PEPY ride (www.pepyride.org)
For more information, please email Emilie at parties4peace@gmail.com
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Wednesday, June 7, 6:30 - 8:30
Symposium: Iran and US policy in the Middle East – Anti-terrorism
measure and the development of Anti-Islam sentiments
Chandra Mustafa, JUST
Muzidaba Sadria, Chuo University
Sohyo Kaikan, Room 402,
Access: Closest stations Ogawamachi, Awajicho, Ochanomizu and
Shin-Ochanomizu stations TELÅF03-3253-1771
http://www.sohyokaikan.or.jp/access/index.html
Participation fee 800 yen
Sponsored by PARC and IMADR
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Friday, June 9, 7:00 - 9:00
"Avoiding Humiliation - From Intercultural Communication to Global
Inter-Human Communication"

For more information visit
http://www.humiliationstudies.org/news/archives/001145.html or contact
office@sietar-japan.org
Coordinating organization: SIETAR Japan, www.seitar.org
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Sunday 18 June 2006
Benefit Concert Organized by Amnesty International
"Stop Child Labor Now!"
Doors open at 5pm for letter writing, music from 7pm, Tokyo Comedy
Store from 8pm.
Location: What the Dickens, Roob Building, 4th fl, Ebisu-Nishi,
1-13-3, Shibuya-ku.
Admission: 1,000 yen, all proceeds to Amnesty International
Have a Great Night Out and Support a Good Cause!
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Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:30 am to 6:00pm, party to follow
Skills Building for Social Change 2006 - Forum 6
Forums to inform, train and empower participants into active community
involvement.
Our summer forum will feature a panel discussion introducing 3 NGOs
tackling health issues. The interactive workshops in the afternoon
will focus on advocacy and NGO presentation skills.
Tickets: 3000 yen
Location and Access: Harajuku/Omotesando area
Morning: Jingumae Kumin Kaikan - Access info: http://gmap.jp/shop-1401.html
Afternoon: Onden Kumin Kaikan - Access info: http://gmap.jp/shop-1398.html
For more information visit
http://people-for-social-change.blogspot.com/
(Japanese http://people-for-social-changejp.blogspot.com/) or contact
rose.ito@gmail.com.
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Articles of note:
http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
Racism rapporteur repeats criticism, ERIC JOHNSTON
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060518a6.html

Related articles:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060518a2.html
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19185274-2703,00.html
http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/activities/statements/051215.html

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Monday, May 15, 2006

Tokyo Community Events: May 2006

May is filled with so many diverse events, I hope you will have the time to join at least one.

I would like to thank everyone who joined Skills Build Forum 5 on April 22. I would also like to thank our presenters, Emile McGlone (Mujeres, BEE & Peaceboat) and Chiho Shibayama and Toru Naito, (Multicultural Center, Tokyo) for their time and commitment. Participants were very excited to hear from our panelists and in the afternoon we all joined the community organizing workshop. We had a small but very passionate group. PSC's coordinating committee is always open to anyone interested in working on upcoming Forums so if you have ideas and/or time please join one of planning meetings in May. If you are interested in helping out but can not join the meetings, please drop me a line.

For each the events listed, please contact the organizations below for details. If you would like to have your events included in the June listing, please send event information, using the outline below, to TokyoCommunityEvents-owner@yahoogroups.com by May 27.

Best,
Sarajean
Convener, People for Social Change (PSC)
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Tokyo Community Events:
May 2006, People for Social Change

Friday, May 12, 7:30 - 9:00
PSC Planning meeting #1 for Skills Build Forum 6
Location: Lavazza Café in Harajuku,
On Omotesando-dori near the Meiji Dori crossing
Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com for more information.
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Saturday, May 13, 10:00 - 12:00
Temple University Japan Continuing Education Dept. Open House
Location and Venue access: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/maps/index.html
For more information contact: Tel: 03-5441-9864, E-mail: conted@tuj.ac.jp
http://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/cont-ed/index.html
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Saturday, May 13, 12:00 - 2:00
JVC Lunch time talk: learning about Eco-life from people in other Asian countries (Japanese only)
A panel featuring JVC staff working in three different countries.
Location and Venue access: Café Slow in Kokubunji,
http://www.cafeslow.com/#how%20to%20get%20a%20cafeslow, Tel:042-314-2833
Participation fee: 1000 yen one drink included
To sign up or for more information contact hirose@ngo-jvc.net
Coordinating organization: Japan international Volunteer Center
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Saturday, May 13
Shaplaneer Fairtrade seminar (in Japanese)
Planning meeting #2 for Forum 5
Location: Shaplaneer office in Waseda
For more information contact: seminar@shaplaneer.org
Coordinating organization: Shaplaneer, http://www.shaplaneer.org/
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Saturdays and Sundays,May 13 & 14, 20 & 21, 27 & 28TH, all day
Peace Eduction workshops, part of the Peace Education Professional Development Certificate program.
Workshops are open to certificate and non-certificate participants
Location and Venue access Teachers College Columbia University in suidobashi, www.tc-japan.edu
Admission is free, but please reserve your seat by email.
To sign up: office@tc-japan.edu or phone (03)3221-9771
For program details visit the website or more contact: Michele Milner, Outreach and Peace Program Coordinator at milnermw@tc-japan.edu,
Coordinating organization: Teachers College, Columbia University, Tokyo campus
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Wednesday, May 17, 7:00 - 9:00
Reports from the Asian and African countryside
JVC panel featuring country reports from Cambodia, Viet Nam and (Japanese only)
A panel featuring JVC staff working in three different countries.
Location and Venue access: Bunkyo Civic Hall, http://www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp/shisetsu/civic/index.html
Participation fee: 500 yen
to Sign up or for more information contact chihok@ngo-jvc.net
Coordinating organization: Japan international Volunteer Center
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Sunday, May 21, 10:00 am- 7:00 pm
Iraq today: look and listen to understand
People with diverse backgrounds will share their experiences in and hopes for the future of Iraq (in Japanese)
Location and Venue access Meiji University, liberty building room 1001, http://www.meiji.ac.jp/campus/suruga.html
Participation fee:none but partiicpatns are asked to contributed to projects introduced
Registration info (where applicable)
For more information contact: info-iho@iraq-hope.net
Main Coordinating organizations: Iraq Hope Network http://www.iraq-hope.net/ and Meiji University Peace institute http://www.gunsyuku.org/
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Monday May 22, 6:30 – 8:30
The Caste system and the rights of Dalit (in Japanese)
Location: Toshima Kumin Kaikan
For more details visit: http://www.imadr.org/japan/event/2006/may.22.dalits.html
To sign up imadrjc@imadr.org
Coordinating organization: IMADR-JC http://www.imadr.org
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Friday, May 26, 7:30 - 9:00
PSC Planning meeting #2 for Skills build Forum 6
Location: the PSC office, Maruko Bldg, 3F, Ueno-Okachimachi area
1-20-6 Higashiueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8605
A map can be found at http://www.jca.apc.org/repp/REPPchizu.htm
Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com for more information
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Friday May 26, 6:30 – 8:30
IMADR series on globalization and trafficking #5:
Perspectives on Entertainers, nurses and care takers (in Japanese)
Participation fee: 800 yen
For more details visit http://www.imadr.org/japan/project/trafficking/renzokukouza.html.
To sign up imadrjc@imadr.org
Coordinating organization:IMADR-JC http://www.imadr.org
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Sunday, May 28, 2006, evening
Songs for Human Rights, featuring African music.
Location: Superdelux in Roppongi.
For details, visit www.aig78.org
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Saturday, June 3, time TBA
Tokyo Scavenger Hunt
Participation fee: ¥4,000.
Final deadline for sign up: May 12th
For more information contact: info@tokyoscavengerhunt.com
Coordinating organization: Tokyo scavenger Hunt http://www.tokyoscavengerhunt.com/
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Friday, June 9, 7:00 - 9:00
"Avoiding Humiliation - From Intercultural Communication to Global
Inter-Human Communication"
For more information visit http://www.humiliationstudies.org/news/archives/001145.html or contact office@sietar-japan.org
Coordinating organization: SIETAR Japan, www.seitar.org
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Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:30 am to 6:30pm, party to follow
Skills Building for Social Change 2006 - Forum 6:
Forums to inform, train and empower participants into active community involvement.
For more information visit http://people-for-social-change.blogspot.com/ or contact contact rose.ito@gmail.com.
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"Help needed"
Part time program assistant needed
Sarajean is looking for a program assistant to helping with two – three projects on a part time basis. 8-15 hours per week, half of which must be during regular business hours. Excellent written and spoken Japanese skills a must. Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com for job description and project information.

Forum intern needed
PSC needs an intern to assist with forum PR and outreach from May through July and August through December. the 10-18 hours per week may be done by one or two students, on a part time basis over two days. Ability to write in both English and Japanese skills a must. Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com for job description and project information.

Outreach intern needed
Renewable Energy People's Forum (REPP) is looking for an outreach intern to help with their Biogas Promoting Project in Yuunan province,China. Fluency in Japanese is a must and English and/or Chinese skills are preferred but not required. For more details, contact Eri Ito at REPP by Tel (03-3834-2427) or Email (ito@repp.jp). http://www.repp.jp

Website volunteer needed
PSC is still looking for someone to help out with the new website. Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com if you help us work on the new site.
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We want to list your group's events!
To have information included in the next listing please send the information using the outline below:
* For events:
Day, Date, time
Event title
Location and Venue access details
Participation fee:
Registration info (where applicable)
For more information contact: contact person name with contact info (email, phone, fax)
Coordinating organization, URL for event and/or org

*For "Help needed" listings:
Position/help needed information, Organization info, Contact person, URL and email

* For articles or blogs
Title/theme, Author (when known), URL

* To introduce NGO's and nonprofits
Organization name, 1-2 lines on what they do, URL
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Tokyo Community Events: April 2006

Spring is upon us and there are many exciting things going on. Please
contact the organizations below for details. We would like your event
included in the May listing, please send details to
TokyoCommunityEvents-owner@yahoogroups.com by April 25.

We have our first Skills Build Forum this month and I hope you will
the share the event information with anyone whom you think might be
interested.

Enjoy the cherry blossoms for the brief time they last.
Sarajean
Convener, People for Social Change (PSC)
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Tokyo Community Events:
April 2006, People for Social Change

Sunday, April 2, 5~10 pm.
SALSA WITHOUT BORDERS"
Location: The Pink Cow
Map: http://www.thepinkcow.com/map.html
Live: The Japan-Rican WILLIE & RIE
DJ: LEON and Salsa lesson with: FRANK ABEL (5:30~6:30)
Tickets at the Door: Yen 2,700
Tickets include: one drink, a live concert, a salsa lesson and all you
can dance!
Great Pink Cow food and drinks available at the bar.
For more information: www.artwit.org
Sponsored by Artists Without Borders.

Sunday, April 2nd, from 6 PM til ?
Zero-Emissions Party
Location: Yoyogi Park, Central Meadow (Chuo Hiroba) by the clock pole.
* An outdoor get-together to eat, drink and network with like-minded
people. The idea is to have a party with no-garbage, no leftover
plastics, and no throwaway items at all. You might bring; some food
and drink in re-usable containers, a friend, your own cup and
chopsticks, an acoustic musical instrument.
Sponsored by Greenheart Project

Monday, April 3, 7:30 - 9:00
Planning meeting #2 for Forum 5
Location: Lavazza Café in Harajuku,
On Omotesando-dori near the Meiji Dori crossing
Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com for more information.
April 1 – 16 Cambodia photo exhibit, daily 10:00-7:00
Location: JICA Earth Plaza, 4-2-24 Hiro
For more information contact: tokyo-office@jhp.or.jp
http://www.jhp.or.jp
Sponsored by Japan Team of Young Human Power

April 13th, 2006, 18:30 to 21:00
Fundraising Party to raise funds for a children's hospital in Romania.
PLUS Miss World Japan Contest
Location: Tokyo American Club
featured guests: pianist Shohei Sekimoto, fashion designer Yumi
Katsura, Noh actor Naohito Umewaka
Tickets 13,000 door, 12,000 advance sales
Includes buffet dinner and drinks.
For more information contact: charity@japaneastconsulting.com
Sponsored by Japan East Consulting

Friday April 14, 6:30 – 8:30
IMADR series on globalization and trafficking
Cost: 800 yen
For more details or to sign up imadrjc@imadr.org:
Sponsored by: IMADR-JC http://www.imadr.org/japan

Sunday April 16, 2006 5-10:30 pm
DANCE PARTY/BENEFIT CONCERT FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
"SUPPORT VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING"
Doors open at 5.00pm for letterwriting, music from 7.30pm to 10.30pm
Featuring: The Insistuz - R & B Party Rock Band
Location: "What the Dickens", Ebisu
Admission: Y1,000

Friday, April 14, 7:30 - 9:00
Monday, April 17, 7:30 - 9:00
Skills Build Forum 5 meetings
Volunteers and speakers are requested to attend one.
Location: the PSC office, Maruko Bldg, 3F,
Ueno-Okachimachi area, 1-20-6 Higashiueno, Taito-ku,
A map can be found at http://www.jca.apc.org/repp/REPPchizu.htm
Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com for more information

Friday, April 14, 12:30 - 14:00
Brown Bag Lunch discussion on Peace in the western Balkans and Afghanistan
Location: Meeting Room #1, Chiyoda Kiakan 5F
Free, but limited to 100 people
To sign up, please send your name and contact information by April 13
to bbl@fasid.or.jp. For more information check out:
http://www.fasid.or.jp

Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:30 am to 6:30pm, party to follow
Skills Building for Social Change 2006 - Forum 5:
Forums to inform, train and empower participants into active community
involvement.
Location and Access: Jingumae Kumin Kaikan (神宮前区民会館)
5-8 minutes from Harajuku (JR) and Meiji Jingumae (Chiyoda Subway) Stations.
Map and directions: http://gmap.jp/shop-1401.html. You can access the
map from mobile phones by sending a blank email to 0334094565@gmap.jp.
To sign up, please send your name and contact information by April 19
to rose.ito@gmail.com
For details check out: http://people-for-social-change.blogspot.com/
Organized by PSC

Tuesday April 25, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
"Theology and the Church from a Postcolonial Perspective"
Featuring Feminist Theologian Dr. Kwok Pui-Lan
Location: St. Andrew's Cathedral, 3-6-25, Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku
Her talk will be in English with Japanese translation
Map to St. Andrew's http://st-andrew-tokyo.org/kyoukai/next.htm
Co-sponsored
by the Seikokai Diocese of Tokyo and the National
Christian Council in Japan. NCCJ
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Interesting organizations:
OurPlanet TV
Alternative media and communications nonprofit
http://www.ourplanet-tv.org/

Tokyo Shure
Alternative education center and first "free school" in Japan"
http://www.shure.or.jp/english.html
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March events of note:
It was great to see so many people join the March 29 event
co-sponsored by PSC, RBR and DAJ. The Iraqi film was moving and gave
us a view of the complex issues facing Iraqis on a daily basis.
We were also lucky to have Nahoko Takato join us and share her work
and experience in Iraq. We raised over 54,000 yen to support the
sending of desks, chairs and school supplies to Iraqi children.
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"Help needed"
Global Internship Program: Looking for nonprofit organizations and
for-profit companies to host US student internships for January –
March 2007 and January – June 2007.
Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com
for program information.

PSC is looking for someone to help out with the new website before
golden week. Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com if help us work on the new site.
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Tokyo Community Events:
March 2006, People for Social Change
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Friday, March 3rd, 12:00 - 14:00
Peace Boat lecture by Emilie McGlone
Venue Choo Choo Hot Fish Cafe
Lecture, slideshow, lunch and conversation about international issues.
Lunch specials for only 500 yen!

Saturday March 4, 2:00 to 4:00pm
SWAP-A-LOT: English Book, CD and DVD Swap
PSC Networking and Fundraising Event:
Donation: 500yen or more.
Location: Jingumae Kumin Kaikan神宮前区民会館
Map and Access info: http://gmap.jp/shop-1401.html
to get a map on your keitai send a blank Email to 0334094565@gmap.jp
Each participant can bring a maximum of 20 items.
To find out more, contact Rose.ito@gmail.com

Sunday March 5, 2:00-6:00
Rainbow Talk 2006
Symposium on same sex couple law
Venue Gakushyuin University 西5号館302教室, Mejiro
Access information http://mucho.girly.jp/rt-tokyo/
For more information, contact rt2006-tokyo@hotmail.co.jp
tel: 03-3986-0221
Participation fee:500円

Friday March 10, 10am
Annual NPO and Corporate Relations Forum
Sponsored by the Japan NPO Center
For schedule details and on line application, check out the website:
http://www.jnpoc.ne.jp

Saturday, March 11, From 6:00
A Festival of Colors: 4th Annual Peace and Poetry Gala
Location: Tokyo American Club Ballroom.
Participation fee: 20,000 yen per person, 30,000 yen per person for Premium
Seating.
For more information contact: Penny Poe, 3505-6091, mssrf.tokyo@gmail.com
Coordinating organization: Swaminathan Foundation in Tokyo. www.mssrf.org;
www.mssrf-tokyo.net

Saturday March 11, 2:00- 5:00pm
Presentation and Panel Discussion on Anti-Terrorism Policies
and Discrimination against Non-Japanese in Japan
Location: Rikyou University, Ikebukuro
Access: http://www.rikkyo.ne.jp/grp/kohoka/campusnavi/pmap/ikebukuro.html
Participation fee: 1000
sponsored by Migrant workers network and Amnesty International Japan
Advanced registration is required:
For more information contact:
TEL:03-3518-6777 FAX:03-3518-6778
E-mail:stoptorture@amnesty.or.jp

Friday, March 17, 7:30 - 9:00
Planning meeting #1 for Forum 5
Meeting at the PSC office, Maruko Bldg, 3F, Ueno-Okachimachi area
1-20-6 Higashiueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8605
A map can be found at http://www.jca.apc.org/repp/REPPchizu.htm
Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com for more information

Wednesday March 29, 7:00- 9:00
Movie for discussion "The Dreams of Sparrows"
Groundbreaking Film From Iraq
Film content appropriate for people over 18 years of age due to
violence depicted.
Cost: 4500 yen per person, includes Middle Eastern Buffet Dinner and Film.
RSVP to lauren.shannon@gmail.com
Map and directions available at http://www.rbr-art.com/map
Presented by Democrats Abroad Japan, RBR Center for the Arts and
People for Social Change

Friday, March 31, 7:30 - 9:00
Planning meeting #2 for Forum 5
Meeting at the PSC office, Maruko Bldg, 3F, Ueno-Okachimachi area
1-20-6 Higashiueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8605
A map can be found at http://www.jca.apc.org/repp/REPPchizu.htm
Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com for more information

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"Help needed"

Global Internship Program
Looking for nonprofit and non-government organizations
interested in hosting US university students for an internship program.
Internship period: Sept to Dec 2006
Host recruitment period: March 2006
Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com for program information.

Looking for people working in NGOs who have being working in Iraq to
make a short presentation in March at a film showing. Please contact
Rose.ito@gmail.com if you or someone you know might be interested.
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We want to list your group's events!
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Day, Date, time
Event title
Location and Venue access details
Participation fee:
Registration info (where applicable)
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(email, phone, fax)
Coordinating organization, URL for event and/or org

*For "Help needed" listings:
Position/help needed information, Organization info, Contact person,
URL and email

* For articles or blogs:
Title/theme, Author (when known), URL

* To introduce community groups:
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