Saturday, September 30, 2006

October 2006 Community News Listing

Thursday, Oct 5, 1:30-5:30pm
Trafficking in persons: What response (in both English and Japanese)
Location Elizabeth Rose Hall, UNU Centre,
For details or to register contact: general@tafjapan.org
Visit www.unu.edu/hq/japanese/access/index.html for access information.

Thursday, Oct 5, 6:00-8:00pm
Médecins du Monde Japon International Volunteer information session (in Japanese only)
Location JICA Plaza, Hiro (Hiro 4-2-24, Seminar Room #202)
All interested are requested to contact: hr@mdm.or.jp .
Visit www.mdm.or.jp to find out more about Médecins du Monde Japon

Friday, Oct 6 7:30 - 9:30
PSC General meeting followed by Planning Meeting
Location: PSC office, Maruko Bldg, 3F, Ueno-Okachimachi area
1-20-6 Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8605
A map can be found at http://www.jca.apc.org/repp/REPPchizu.htm
All interested in joining are requested to contact rose.ito@gmail.com

Thursday October 12 2006
UNU lecture series
Zero Emission Forum in Shizuoka "Towards Sustainable resources Recycling Society"
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Pref.
For details or to sign up please visit http://www.unu.edu/events/
Contact: UNU-ZEF, Dr. Kenishi Sakamoto, sakamoto@hq.unu.edu

Friday, October 13, 6:30pm
The Pink Ball - A fund-raising event dedicated to advancing breast cancer research, education and awareness. 75% of ticket sales & auction proceeds to go directly toward achieving their mission.
Location: Grand Hyatt Tokyo, Grand Ballroom
Formal attire, pink dress or accessory, pink tie requested
Registration deadline: October 6, 2006.
For more information visit http://www.runforthecure.org/html/e_pinkball_2004.html
Organized by Run for The Cure Foundation Japan

Sunday, October 15, 5:00 ~ late
Dance Party/Benefit Concert for Amnesty International
What: "Rock to Close Camp Delta"
Featuring: INVAGO and EDEN ROGUE
Doors open at 5:00pm for letterwriting, Music from 7.30pm
Where: "What the Dickens", Roob Building, 4F, Ebisu-Nishi 1-13-3, Shibuya-ky
Admission: 1000 yen, all proceeds to Amnesty International

Sunday October 15 2:00-8:00
Hottokenai campaign - Stand up! to end world poverty events
Day of event focusing the on the MDGs - millennium Development Goals
Join us as we set the Guinness World Record for the most people standing up against poverty.
Sunday events will take place in Tokyo at Hibiya City Square
event details: http://www.hottokenai.jp/stand_up/index.html
international campaign information - http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/

Friday, October 19, 7:30 - 9:00
PSC general meeting followed by Planning Meeting
Location: Koots Green Tea, Harajuku/Omotesando area, off Meiji-dori
Map: http://www.koots.co.jp/store/detail_06.php
All interested in joining are requested to contact rose.ito@gmail.com
Main topics: New projects and PR

PSC's GI-VEBAC!
Get Involved - Volunteer Events to Become Active in the Community!
Community work project 1 - Saturday, October 21, 10:00 ~ 3:00
Run for the Cure - join PSC in a group walk.
You can make a difference!
October is breast cancer awareness month and Japan's 'Run For the Cure' will be having a walk and a run from Hibiya City and around the beautiful Imperial Palace. Come for a great day outdoors and have fun in the sun while you help bring awareness to breast cancer in Japan. For more information, or to register your interest please contact Pania: japanias@hotmail.com.
Run for the Cure - 5K Walk/Run benefiting breast cancer research and education.
Location: Hibiya City and around the Imperial Palace
Participation fee: ¥5000
Registration deadline: October 7, 2006.
For more information visit http://www.runforthecure.org/html/e_runforthecure_2004.html

October 19-29, 2006
UNU-ZEF International Symposium
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Pref.
For details or to sign up please visit http://www.unu.edu/events/
Contact: UNU-ZEF, Dr. Kenishi Sakamoto, sakamoto@hq.unu.edu

Saturday, October 28th.
6th annual Tokyo Charity Halloween Scavenger Hunt.
Join with others from all over Japan to traverse the sprawling metropolis of Tokyo city in a furious flurry of tasteless trivia and death-defying dares, all in the name of charity!
For more information check out www.tokyoscavengerhunt.com

Tuesday, October 31, 8:00 ~ late
Parties for Peace - HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE PARTY
DJs - Naka-G (Pangea), Daisuke Inoue + Special Guests
Location: the Pink Cow, in Shibuya
Cost: 2,500 yen w/ 1 free drink
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Sayama International Solidarity Campaign
new sign is being lauched in English to detail and get international support for the Sayama case
http://www.sayama-case.com/ (Japanese only)
You can take a stand and make a difference by adding your name to the online petition - this site has some information on the case:
http://www.petitiononline.com/sayama/petition.html

Looking for organizations to host Interns in 2007
Students studying Japanese in the US are looking for opportunities to intern at Tokyo area nonprofits and NGOs.
Time frame: 6 months (Jan to June 2007, April to Sept 2007 or July to Dec 2007) or 3 months (April to July 2007, Jan to April 2007, June to August, Sept to Dec
Visit http://global-internship-japan.blogspot.com/ for details.

Resources:
The sites below have useful resources for teachers:
UN Cyber school bus - hunger link intro http://www.feedingminds.org/info/info_teachers.htm
Sample program http://www.feedingminds.org/level2/int_level_en.htm
Educational Resources for Youth http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.201461/
Oxfam online resources - Cool Planet!
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/teachers/makemeal/backgroun.htm
General info : http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/teachers/about.htm
World Vision CA http://www.worldvision.ca/home/education-and-justice/teacher-resources/
Hunger basics http://www.bread.org/learn/hunger-basics/hunger-basics.html
Youthink! Games 4 Change http://youthink.worldbank.org/multimedia/interaction/games4change/index.php
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Sunday, September 03, 2006

Sept 2006 Tokyo Community News

Tuesday September 5, 7:30 - 9:00
PSC general meeting followed by Planning Meeting:
Location: Koots Green Tea, Harajuku/Omotesando area, off Meiji-dori
Map: http://www.koots.co.jp/store/detail_06.php
All interested in joining are requested to contact rose.ito@gmail.com
Main topics: NGO matsuri and Sept forum

Friday September 8, 2006, 12:30 – 13:30,
Social Inequity: What Young People Can Do About It?
Guest speaker:Dr. Sudha Nair
Director of Eco-technology at MS Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai, India
Location: Temple University Japan, Room 317
Map: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/maps/indexj.html

Friday Sept 8, 7:00 – 11:00
DEAR GEORGE, DEAR KOIZUMI!
A night of comedy and politics sponsored by the Tokyo Comedy Store & Democrats Abroad Japan
Special GOTV (get out the vote) benefit event
Location: Crocodile Live House, B1 Sekiguchi Bld., 6-18-8 Meiji-jingumae, Shibuya
Participation fee: ¥2000 (funds go towards for promoting DAJ online US voter reg site www.votefromabroad.org )
For event details: http://www.demsjapan.jp/node/view/1813

Friday Sept 8, 6:30 – 8:30
IMADR series on globalization and the trafficking of persons:
"What can be done end trafficking?"(in Japanese only)
Participation fee: 800 yen
Location Azabu Seminar House, Azabu dai 1-11-5
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

Saturday, Sept 9, 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

Saturday, September 9, from 1:30 pm
World Peace Now!
Anti-war march
Speakers and set up from 1:30, march from 2:30 pm
Start near Sendagaya station then Around Meiji Park
For more information please visit: http://www.worldpeacenow.jp/

Saturday, September 9, 2 to 5p.m.
Guest Presentation: Patrick Kane, MoveOn
National meeting of Democrats Abroad Japan officers and activists
Location: RBR New Center for the Creative Arts, 1-5-15 Moto Azabu, Minato-ku 106-0004, Tel: 03-5457-6171.
A map can be found at http://www.rbr-art.com/map/.
For details visit the DAJ website http://demsjapan.jp/.

Sunday, Sept 10, 10am-6pm
Ueno NGO Matsuri
Maruko Bldg, Ueno-Okachimachi area
1-20-6 Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8605
A map can be found at http://www.jca.apc.org/repp/REPPchizu.htm
For event details check out: http://ngomatsuri2006.blog72.fc2.com/

Wednesday 13th September 2006
Amnesty G78 Monthly meeting
At the Amnesty International Japan Office.
Rab Peterson from Sophia University will speak on alternative and independent media
for more info, visit: http://www.aig78.org/

Thursday Sept. 14, 7:30 - 9:30
PSC Planning Meeting: for new projects and Skills Build Forum 7
Location: Koots Green Tea, Harajuku/Omotesando area, off Meiji-dori
Map: http://www.koots.co.jp/store/detail_06.php
All interested in joining are requested to contact rose.ito@gmail.com
Main topics: Sept 23 Forum

Friday, Starting dates for each series Sept 15 and Sept 29
Citizens academia lecture series (in Japanese)
Sept 15 Security and migrant workers insecurity
Sept 29 philosophy of illness - focus on AIDS
For details please visit: http://www.keiho- u.ac.jp/academia06

Friday, Sept 22, 2006 14:30 am to 16:00pm
Visit to the Diet on the destruction of the constitution.
Topics for discussion : Revision of the Constitution, Fundamental Law of Education change for the worse, conspiracy bill, Self-Defense Act, overseas deployment of army "permanent law", Antiterrorism Law extension
Meeting place: House of Representatives Members' Office Building #2
meeting room #1
in front of Nagatacho subway Station
Organized by several groups opposing Constitutional change
Contact 3221-4668 for details.

Saturday, Sept 23, 2006 10:30 am to 6:30pm, party to follow
Skills Building for Social Change 2006 - Forum 7
Panel discussion theme: NGOs working in Africa
Workshops: Volunteer Mgt, Fundraising, PR and marketing
An event 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.

Tuesday, Sept 26, 12:30 - 14:00
"Cross-border organized crime treaty does not = conspiracy"
- Examination of report by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
location: House of Councillors Bldg, meeting rooms 3 & 4
Organized by Amnesty International Japan, Japan Consumer Federation
and IMADR-JC
For more information contact: imadrjc@imadr.org

Saturday Sept 30
Series on Indigenous Peoples and the Commons
Lecture #6 theme: the place of Indigenous Peoples in the MDGs
For details visit http://www.imadr.org/japan/event/2006/indigenous_commons
.html

Saturday, Sept 30, all day
Global Festa Japan 2006
Location: Hibiya Park
For details, please visit: http://www.gfj2006.jp

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NGO Fellowship opportunities:
Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society is pleased to announce a unique fellowship opportunity: the spring 2007 Emerging Leaders International Fellows Program. The program provides leadership training through applied research and professional mentorships for young scholar-practitioners in the nonprofit sector.
Deadline: sept 15
For details, please visit: www.philanthropy.org

Annual Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) at Columbia University
designed to prepare proven human rights leaders from the Global South and marginalized communities in the U.S. to participate in national and international policy debates on globalization by building their skills, knowledge, and contacts. The Program features a four-month residency at Columbia University in New York City with a structured curriculum of advocacy, networking, skills-building, and academic coursework.
Deadline: Oct 1
For further information or to download copies of the application, please check out http://www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights/training/adv/hradv_pgm.htm
Additional information can be requested by email from hradvocates@columbia.edu,

Looking for nonprofit and international organizations to host interns in 2007
Students studying Japanese in the US are looking for opportunities to intern at Tokyo area nonprofits and NGOs.
Time frame: 6 months (Jan to June 2007, April to Sept 2007 or July to Dec 2007) or 3 months (April to July 2007, Jan to April 2007, June to August, Sept to Dec
Visit http://global-internship-japan.blogspot.com/ for details.

Resources: video
This short (30 sec.) is both powerful and professionally done
"Remember the Dream that was America"-- was produced by a movie
producer friend of San Miguel Chapter of DA Mexico member Gunnar
Erickson. The producer financed it himself and wants to make it freely available to anyone who wants to use it. Visit http://www.thedreamthatwasamerica.com/

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