Tuesday, January 18, 8 - 10:30pm
Oxfam Japan IVG Pub Quiz - "Cheer up! Life could be worse!"
Where: The FooTNiK, Ebisu (www.footnik.net)
¥1000 to play. Come along and join a team! Everyone welcome.
Limit 5 people per team.
Prizes, free shots and sausage rolls from John's Kitchen!
All proceeds go to Oxfam Japan.
Oxfam Japan IVG Pub Quiz - "Cheer up! Life could be worse!"
Where: The FooTNiK, Ebisu (www.footnik.net)
¥1000 to play. Come along and join a team! Everyone welcome.
Limit 5 people per team.
Prizes, free shots and sausage rolls from John's Kitchen!
All proceeds go to Oxfam Japan.
January 21-23, 2011 WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
Health and Healing: Mind, Body, and Spirit
@ Amagi Sanso in Izu
Women's Fellowship Weekend and Retreat.
For 54 years, international, English-speaking Christian women from all over Japan have gathered for a retreat and fellowship. Friday evening and Saturday will be talks on health and caring for ourselves. Saturday afternoon features the option of interesting and creative workshops (see listings on website), journaling, a free afternoon, an onsen, or a walk to the nearby waterfall. Sunday will close with a creative worship service. All women are welcome regardless of denomination or faith.
Questions? amagi2011@gmail.com
Friday, January 21, 7 - 8:30pm
Oxfam Japan International Volunteer Group Monthly Meeting
We welcome all fresh minds interested in event planning or fundraising to
come along to our open, monthly meeting to find out more about what we do and
how you can help. *** Please note: this event requires attendees to RSVP via a link.
To do so, please take a few short moments to fill out this confirmation of attendance
survey by midnight Monday, January 17th. Thank you. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/
Venue: at the Oxfam Japan Office in Ueno
See www.oxfam.jp/en/whatyoucan/
Saturday, January 22, 2 - 4pm
Oxfam Japan IVG Awareness Workshop
■Topic: Minamata Disease: Japan's Lesson For The Developing World
Participation fee: ¥1000
Location: National Olympics Memorial Youth Center - Yoyogi Park/Sangubashi
Building Name and Room Number: Central Building/Room 406
Map: http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/
Reservations: Email oxfamjp.ivg.awareness@gmail.
Instructors: Andy & Joe
Oxfam Japan International Volunteer Group Monthly Meeting
We welcome all fresh minds interested in event planning or fundraising to
come along to our open, monthly meeting to find out more about what we do and
how you can help. *** Please note: this event requires attendees to RSVP via a link.
To do so, please take a few short moments to fill out this confirmation of attendance
survey by midnight Monday, January 17th. Thank you. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/
Venue: at the Oxfam Japan Office in Ueno
See www.oxfam.jp/en/whatyoucan/
Saturday, January 22, 2 - 4pm
Oxfam Japan IVG Awareness Workshop
■Topic: Minamata Disease: Japan's Lesson For The Developing World
Participation fee: ¥1000
Location: National Olympics Memorial Youth Center - Yoyogi Park/Sangubashi
Building Name and Room Number: Central Building/Room 406
Map: http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/
Reservations: Email oxfamjp.ivg.awareness@gmail.
Instructors: Andy & Joe
Thursday January 27, 2:00pm-4 pm and again at 7- 9 pm
"Human Trafficking in the Philippines"
Speaker: Emma Cantor
Cost: free
Location: Wesley Center, 6-10-11 Minami Aoyama/ Minato-ku, Tokyo
RSVP by email as seating is limited – contact RevCaudia@aol.com or sarahmoba
Thursday-Friday, January 27-28, 10:00am- 5pm
Workshop on the Sphere project: standards and human rights protection in disasters (in English, no translation)
Presenter: Ed Schenkenberg（International Council of Voluntary Agencies
Venue JICA Center, Study room
Limited to 30 people only so RSVP ASAP to protection09@refugee.or.jp
For event details: http://www.refugee.or.jp/
Saturday January 29, 2:00-7:00pm
Symposium: Sphere project: standards and human rights protection in disasters (in English, with translation)
Presentations and Panel discussion: Venue JICA Center, Study room
Venue JICA Center, Study room
Limited to 30 people only so RSVP ASAP to protection09@refugee.or.jp
For event details: http://www.refugee.or.jp/
Saturday, January 29, 2011, 4pm-6pm
Trafficking in Everyday Life
Venue: The Body Shop Shinjuku, 3rd Floor, The Body Shop Room - max 30 seats
JR Shinjuku East Exit (3-minute walk) or Tokyo Metro Shinjuku San-chome A5 Exit (1-minute walk)
Speaker: Fusae Oshita, Gyoseishoshi lawyer, Tanpopo Law Office
Fee: 1,000 yen (500 yen for students; please present your student ID at the door)
Registration:http://my.
For more information, contact Polaris Project Japan Office info@polarisproject.jp
For more information, contact Polaris Project Japan Office info@polarisproject.jp
Sunday January 30 1:00-5:00
Chocolate Summit 2011
Venue: Meiji University, Art Hall
Fee 1500yen
Registration required chocorevo130@gmail.com
For more information: http://www.choco-revo.net/
Saturday, TJanuary 29, 2011 4:30 – 6:00
Special Event for January 29, 2011: Sassy Girl Class At Fab Academy
Fun and FABulous FEW Special Event with Kike Yamakawa at FAB Academy
COST: 2,500yen FEW Members, 3,000 for Friends
HOW TO JOIN: Send an email fewspecialprojects@gmail.com
HOW TO JOIN: Send an email fewspecialprojects@gmail.com
Sunday, January 30, 7:30 - 10pm
Oxfam Japan IVG Pub Quiz
Where: Heaven's Door, Shimokitazawa (www.heavensdoortokyo.com)
¥1000 to play. Come along and join a team! Everyone welcome.
Prizes and free shots for all you quiz gurus!
All proceeds go to Oxfam Japan.
Oxfam Japan IVG Pub Quiz
Where: Heaven's Door, Shimokitazawa (www.heavensdoortokyo.com)
¥1000 to play. Come along and join a team! Everyone welcome.
Prizes and free shots for all you quiz gurus!
All proceeds go to Oxfam Japan.
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February 2011 events
Friday Feb 4, 10:00-12noon
Women’s Program English language series: seminars to help women who have been through abusive relationships
Feb. 4 theme: Communication
Location: Resilience Studio R (4-14-19-110A Jingumae, Shibuya-ku)
(see map: http://www.resilience.jp/
For more information, email info@resilience.jp
Fee: 2,100 yen (sliding scale available)
(A more comprehensive series of workshops and seminars are also offered in Japanese. Please contact Resilience or check website http://resilience.exblog.jp/
Women’s Program English language series: seminars to help women who have been through abusive relationships
Feb. 4 theme: Communication
Location: Resilience Studio R (4-14-19-110A Jingumae, Shibuya-ku)
(see map: http://www.resilience.jp/
For more information, email info@resilience.jp
Fee: 2,100 yen (sliding scale available)
(A more comprehensive series of workshops and seminars are also offered in Japanese. Please contact Resilience or check website http://resilience.exblog.jp/
Saturday – Sunday February 5 and 6
Japan Fundraising Association Annual conference
Venue Nippon Foundation, Toranomon
Cost: 12,000yen + 4000yen for optional party on Saturday night
Sponsored by: Microsoft, US Embassy Japan, Blackbaud and Nippon Foundation Trust
URL: http://jfra.jp
Date: Monday, February 7, 2011, 2:00 - 6:00 pm
[Symposium “Peace and Culture”] “Cultivating a Culture of Peace in Asia”
“/Shura/, Okinawa and Peace Seen Through Noh Theater”
This program will shed light on contemporary Noh plays especially related to Okinawa and the Asia Pacific War through the voices of practitioners of this art, as an extension of the above tradition and a
living contemporary art that can sublimate sorrows and anger into a culture of peace.
living contemporary art that can sublimate sorrows and anger into a culture of peace.
Venue: International House of Japan
Registration: Program Department, program@i-house.or.jp
Tel: 03-3470-3211 Fax: 03-3470-3170
Wednesday Feb 9, 7:00-9:00
International development Seminar: What you can do about the MDGs (in Japanese)
International development Seminar: What you can do about the MDGs (in Japanese)
Speaker: Akiko Mela, Executive Director, OXFAM Japan
Location: Tsuda College Sendagaya Campus, 1Floor Conference Room, Tsuda Hall
Fee: Free!
Find out more at http://osc.tsuda.ac.jp/course/
Thursday, Feb 10, 7:00-9:30
FEW monthly meeting, Monthly networking + presentation (in English)
Location: The Wesley Center 6-10-11 Minami Aoyama, accessible from Shibuya Station or Omotesando station
Gmap for the Wesley Center, http://gmap.jp/shop-16001.html
Price: Members 3000 yen, Guests 6000 yen * includes light buffet and drinks
Get more information: www.fewjapan.com
Thursdays, February 10, 17, 24, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31. 7-9.30pm.
Drawing on the Writer Within (DOTWW)
INITIATION course - 8-week introductory course to DOTWW (in English
Venue: Room 201 the Wesley Center in Minami-Aoyama,
Six writers maximum.
Fee 35,000 yen (inc. 10,000 yen deposit payable upon signing up).
Map:http://telljp/images/
To sign up please contact Angela Jeff’s <adjeffs@ybb.ne.jp>
URL: www.thewriterwithin.net/
To sign up please contact Angela Jeff’s <adjeffs@ybb.ne.jp>
URL: www.thewriterwithin.net/
Friday – Sunday February 11-13
Tokyo 2011 Voluntary Forum workshops and talks for people who want to get involved as a volunteer
Fee: 1000yen
You can sign up for 1 or all of the sessions.
Venue Tokyo Volunteer Action Center, Iidabashi Central Plaza,
RSVP: online (http://www.tvac.or.jp/
Forum details: http://www.tvac.or.jp/vf2011/（
Forum details: http://www.tvac.or.jp/vf2011/（
Friday February 18, 6:30pm
TOKYO SINFONIA IN FEBRUARY: FRENCH (Romantic) SERENADE
Concert, cuisine & cash bar
Table tickets: Group ￥8,445 each; Single ￥9,335
Romantic couples (Valentines Special): ¥15,000 ~ and we won't ask ...
4-concert subscription ￥33,000 includes VIP seating & special benefits
For more information http://www.tokyosinfonia.com
Or contact Tokyo Sinfonia by email at info@tokyosinfonia.com
Thursday February 24, 7:00-9:00
Endeavour Japan presents: “Social Entrepreneurs – Contributions to the World” featuring Nhat Vuong (in English)
Venue: Minato-ku Labor Welfare Center in Tamachi
Cost: Regular price regular: 2,500yen
If you apply by Monday January 31 either by Paypal or bank transfer below, you can get the Early Bird discount of 1,800yen
* Paypal: http://tinyurl.com/sem201102
* Bank remittance: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Tamagawa Branch
Account Number: 0036759 (Ordinary)
Account Name: Endeavour Japan
Supported by: NEC & i-kifu
February 24th - 27th, 2011
"Picasso at the Lapin Agile" by Steve Martin. Directed by Kellie Holway.
Venue: Ebisu Echo Theatre
Tickets: 4500yen at the door, 4000yen advanced sales and 2500 yen students
Get more information about Tokyo International Players online www.tokyoplayers.org
Friday February 25, 6:30 pm until late
Run for the Cure’s Annual Pink Ball
Location: The Westin Tokyo. Galaxy Ballroom
Minimum donation per person ¥35,000, or ¥350,000 for a table of 10 seats
Still looking for volunteers to help on the Committee and on-the-day!
Visit the website for more information: http://www.runforthecure.org/
Or contact them by email inquiries@runforthecure.org or phone at 03-5422-8591!
Saturday, February 26, 2011, 4pm-6pm
"Anti-Child Pornography Policies: Now and Future"
Speaker： Akihiko Morita, Professor of Shokei Gakuin University
Venue: The Body Shop Shinjuku, 3rd Floor
For more information, contact: Polaris Project Japan Office by E-mail at info@polarisproject.jp
Events in March and beyond
Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 2:00 - 5:30 pm
[Symposium “Peace and Culture”] Symposium 2“Arts and Peace in Contemporary Asia”
How do artists in Asia understand and express these past and present conflicts and violence? This program gathers together artists and specialists active in Asia to witness this fresh and critical phase of peace and culture in contemporary art as found in their works.
Venue: International House of Japan
Registration: Program Department, program@i-house.
Tel: 03-3470-3211 Fax: 03-3470-3170
Wednesday, March 9, 7:00-9:00
International development Seminar: AIDS and NGOs in the Asia Pacific (in Japanese)
Speaker: TBA
Location: Tsuda College Sendagaya Campus, 1Floor Conference Room, Tsuda Hall http://osc.tsuda.ac.jp/access.
Fee: Free!
Find out more at http://osc.tsuda.ac.jp/course/
Thursday, March 10, 7:00-9:30
FEW monthly meeting, Monthly networking + presentation (in English)
Location: The Wesley Center 6-10-11 Minami Aoyama, accessible from Shibuya Station or Omotesando station
Gmap for the Wesley Center, http://gmap.jp/shop-16001.html
Price: Members 3000 yen, Guests 6000 yen * includes light buffet and drinks
Get more information: www.fewjapan.com
Saturday, March 12
Tsuda International Training Program: Open house/information sessions (in English and Japanese)
Classes in international development issues, campaign mgt and Making materials for NGOs (ID Writing) (All courses are run in English but information on program is in Japanese only.)
Courses start May 24
Deadline for applications: May 17
Find out more at http://osc.tsuda.ac.jp/course/
Friday March 18, 9:00pm
TOKYO SINFONIA: TCHAIKOVSKY SERENADE Symphonies for Strings champagne concert
Concert & post-performance champagne
Tickets: Group ￥5,500 each; Single ￥6,000
4-concert subscription ￥20,000 includes VIP seating & special benefits
For more information http://www.tokyosinfonia.com
Or contact Tokyo Sinfonia by email at info@tokyosinfonia.com
Saturday April 9, 10:00-5:00pm
Fundraising workshop (in English)
A step-by-step look at various types of fundraising
@ TUJ, registration deadline April 1, 2011
Contact TUJ to sign up:http://www.tuj.ac.jp/about/
Workshop details will be posted soon on: http://one-day-workshops.
Thursday, April 14, 7:00-9:30
FEW monthly meeting, Monthly networking + presentation in English.
Location: The Wesley Center 6-10-11 Minami Aoyama, accessible from Shibuya Station or Omotesando station
Gmap for the Wesley Center, http://gmap.jp/shop-16001.html
Price: Members 3000 yen, Guests 6000 yen * includes light buffet and drinks
Get more information: www.fewjapan.com
Friday, April 15
Tsuda International Training Program: Open house/information sessions (in English and Japanese)
Classes in international development issues, campaign mgt and Making materials for NGOs (ID Writing) (All courses are run in English but information on program is in Japanese only.)
Courses start May 24
Deadline for applications: May 17
Find out more at http://osc.tsuda.ac.jp/course/
Saturday, April 16, 10:00-5:00pm
Community organizing workshop (in English)
A step-by-step look at direct action organizing
@ TUJ, registration deadline April 8, 2011
Contact TUJ to sign up:http://www.tuj.ac.jp/about/
Workshop details will be posted soon on: http://one-day-workshops.
