August 2009 events

Saturday, August 8th, 1:00-4:30 PM
Bridge for Peace (chance to dialogue with survivors of war)
Videos/Speeches from 1-3PM; Workshop 3-4:30 PM
JICA Chikyu Hiroba, (1 min. from Exit 3 of Hiroo station on the Hibiya subway line)
Entrance fee: 500 yen
Reservations: akane.a@bridgeforpeace.jp
For more info: http://information.bridgeforpeace.jp/ (Japanese only)
Coordinating organization: Peace Not War Japan

Saturday, August 8th, 1:00-4:45 PM
NGO guidance: working in an NGO (in Japanese
Location: Tokyo Olympic Center, Central bldg, Room 405
Map: http://nyc.niye.go.jp/facilities/d7.html
Entrance fee: 2500 yen
Reservations: akane.a@bridgeforpeace.jp
For more info: http://information.bridgeforpeace.jp/ (Japanese only)
Coordinating organization: Janic

Saturday, August 8th, 5:00-8:00 PM
Candle Terra: Candle Night/Film Showing of "Gate" (movie about nuclear issues)
(Film showing 5PM; Candlelight discussion at 7:15 PM)
Komyoji Temple (http://www.komyoji.org)
(1 min. from Kamiyacho station on the Hibiya subway line)
Entrance fee: Free
For more info: http://www.candle-terra.org/coming.html (Japanese only)
E-mail inquiries: info@higan.net
Coordinating organization: Peace Not War Japan

Tuesday, August 11th, 13:20-14:50
“For Protection and Promotion: The Design and Implementation of Effective Safety Nets”
Location GRIPS 5F, Lecture Room L
Map http://www.grips.ac.jp/about/access.html
To register: contact kouza@fasid.or.jp
Organized by FASID/GRIPS　

Saturday, August 15th, 16:00-22:00
Birth of Peace (lineup of bands featuring musicians interested in peace)
Marz Live House (Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku) 03-3202-8248 /(http://www.marz.jp/html/news.html)
For more info: http://www.myspace.com/birthofpeace
*PNWJ will have a booth at this event--please stop by!
Volunteers also wanted to help sell CDs!*
Coordinating organization: Peace Not War Japan

Saturday Aug 15 midnight!
Nominations close for FEW International Women in Business Awards. Get more information: http://www.fewjapan.com/index.php/news/index

August 22-24, Saturday – Monday, 09:00～17:30
Forum: Asia-Pacific Education for Sustainable Development (in English and Japanese)
Location: Keiko hotel, in Shinjuku
Map　http://www.keioplaza.co.jp/access/index.html　
Apply before Aug 18: http://www.unesco-school.jp/index.php?action=pages_view_main&page_id=377
For more information contact UNESCO, Asia Cultural Center, Education office
E-mail：esd@accu.or.jp （
Coordinating organization: ACCU

Monday, August 24th, 16:00-22:00
Seminar:“Assets versus Cash Transfers: Evidence from South Africa”　
More information;　http://www.fasid.or.jp/kaisai/090824/info.pdf
Coordinating organization: FASID

Sept events
Tuesday September 1, 13:00-16:15
Human rights seminar
Location: Ginza Blossom, center building
Map: http://www.ginza-blossom.jp/company/index.html
Fee:　3000円
For more information contact imadrjc@imadr.org or visit: http://www.imadr.org/japan/event/imadr_imadr-jc_main/hrs18/
Coordinating organization: IMADR

September 12th until November 28th.
Tokyo English Life Line (TELL) Telephone Counselors Training Program
Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6.30 – 9.30pm
For further information and application forms please contact TELL at lls.assist@telljp.com or 03-3498-0246.

Saturday, Sept 12, 10:00-12:00
Temple University Japan Continuing Education Dept. Open House (in English)
Location and Venue access: TUJ Azabu Hall http://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/maps/index.html
For more information contact: Tel: 03-5441-9864, E-mail: conted@tuj.ac.jp
To register or for more information visit their website: https://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/cont-ed/courses/schedules.html

Sept 30 – Oct 21
TVAC NPO incorporate lecture series (in Japanese)
Wednesday and Fridays
Local TVAC in Iidabashi
Map: http://www.tvac.or.jp/page/tvac_access.html
Participation fee: 2500 per lecture or 17,500 for the whole series.
Advanced registration required and each lecture is limited to 80 people.
Organized by C’s (NPO法人シーズ・市民活動を支える制度をつくる会)
Get details: http://www.tvac.or.jp/news/16054.html
Coordinating organization: TVAC

Monday Sept 28, 7:00-10:00pm
Green Mondays
Fee 3000yen, incl. food and 2 drinks
For more information: http://greenmondays.ning.com/events

Skills building opportunities:
Temple University Japan Continuing Education Dept. NGO certificate program
NGO classes offered in fall 2009:
International English for NGOs (Wednesdays,19:10-21:00)
Global issues and how NGOs tackle them (Mondays 19:10-21:30)
Environmental issues, (Fridays,19:10-21:00)
Introduction to fundraising (One-day Workshop) (Dec 5)
Location and access: TUJ Azabu Hall http://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/maps/index.html
Deadline for applications May 11
For more information contact: Tel: 03-5441-9864, E-mail: conted@tuj.ac.jp

Tsuda International Training Program
Classes in international development writing, project mgt and issues (All courses are run in English but information on program is in Japanese only.)
Open house/information sessions will be held on Sept 1, Sept 10 and Sept 17 (in English and Japanese)
Deadline for applications: Sept 18
Find out more at http://osc.tsuda.ac.jp/course/titp.html or contact info@osc.tsuda.ac.jp


Make a difference:
The first ever FEW International Women in Business Awards program is kicking & the first awards will be given at a gala on 9/18/2009. The International Women in Business awards will honor 6 women who have been inspiring and making an impact and progressing across 5 fields. The time period for nominations will kick off on at the FEW JULY meeting on 7/9 and nominations time will close on midnight 8/15/2009. Get more information: http://www.fewjapan.com/index.php/news/index

Tokyo English Life Line (TELL) is accepting applications for the Fall Telephone Counselors Training Program that starts on September 12th until November 28th. This is a night time program accredited by Life Line International with sessions held every Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6.30 – 9.30pm. The type of counseling offered on the Life Line is Client Centered Counseling and based on the principles of Carl Rogers. No prior counseling experience is needed as this course provides all the necessary training in the skills required for this role. Applicants must be fluent in English and over 21. This is a great opportunity for members of the community to take part in meaningful work within Tokyo that is both challenging and rewarding. The standard cost of training is 35,000 yen (which partially covers the cost of training each individual). This amount can be adjusted in cases of special need; and payment can also be made in installments. For further information and application forms please visit our website www.telljp.com , email lls.assist@telljp.com or call 03-3498-0246.

Get your company volunteer committee, school group or friends to join JEN’S Niigata weekend volunteer community development project => stay 2 or 3 nights in a small time and help elderly farmers who are still suffering from the Niigata Earthquake.
Harvest trips are scheduled for the fall: 9/18－9/21, 10/9－10/12, 11/6－11/8, 11/13－11/15
Specific contents of each trip vary but include activities such as rice or sweet potato harvesting, joining local festivals or picnics and meeting with people in the community.
For more information visit the website http://www.jen-npo.org/participation/field.html#5
Or contact info@jen-npo.org
URL: http://www.jen-npo.org


Help wanted!
Does your org need volunteers or interns for the fall? If so please send us the info and we will send it out in our August listing!

Sept events
I will be making some changes of our listing starting with Sept. We want to list your group's events but I need to ask you to submit information a few days earlier. Start with the Sept 2009 listing, please submit information before the 25th of the month. I will give more details later but for now, please use the outline below.
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

July 2009 events

Wednesday, July 8, 7:00 – 8:30
The what & how of NGO refugee assistance in the field (in Japanese)
Introduction to JEN‘s refugee assistance programs, managing projects, and sharing JEN’s experience in Afghanistan
Tsuda College Sendagaya Campus, Conference Room, Tsuda Hall
MAP: http://osc.tsuda.ac.jp/map.html
Fee:￥1000
Registration: By telephone or online.
https://secure.chat-jp.com/users/osctsuda/course/form.html
Visit our homepage for more information: http://osc.tsuda.ac.jp/course/international.html
For more informal: info@osc.tsuda.ac.jp

Friday July 10
Fare For Fair, fundraising event aiming to help Palestinian refugee youths receive fairer opportunities. 90% of proceeds from the night go to Social Care, a non-profit Shatila-based organization committed to supporting refugees through education in the arts and sciences, and the remaining 10% will go to Global Lives.
Get more information from Global Lives Project at www.globallives.org

Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:00 - 6:00
NetTokyo 2009 Charity Networking Event
Venue: Monsoon Café Daikanyama
Price: 4000 yen in advance; 5000 yen at the door
All bottled beer, wine, soft drinks, and cocktails: 500 yen.
Map: http://www.monsoon-cafe.jp/en/daikanyama/home/location/printer
Tickets: Buy tickets at http://www.nettokyo.jp or at the door.

Thursday, July 16, 2009, 6:00-8:00
Polaris talk featuring Dr. Mark Lagon, Executive Director of Polaris Project, U.S. headquarters
Place: Royal Blue Hall, Tokyo Tech Front, 1st Floor (in front of Ookayama Station)
http://www.somuka.titech.ac.jp/ttf/pdf/map.pdf One minute from Ookayama Station (Namboku Subway Line, Toei Subway Mita Line, and Tokyu lines, Ooimachi Line)
Admission free, Maximum 100 admitted
To register, please email inoue.k.aj@m.titech.ac.jp
The organizer will contact you only if you cannot able to attend the event due to capacity.
Those who can attend will not be contacted.

Thursday, July 16
"The Role of Business in Fighting Human Trafficking," featuring Dr. Lagon (in English)
American Chamber of Commerce Japan (Tokyo)
For members and their guests only.
Find out more: http://www.accj.or.jp/user/ueventdisplay.php?eventid=637


Saturday July 18
Salsa on the Beach, -- a double party by TLP and Tomoko-Sensei, ( www.dancingcanvas.com ) with lessons, BBQ, performance and dancing under the stars (and depending on how much you drink, or not, in the waves)
Tom's & TLP's Salsa Beach Party at the Oasis Latino in Zushi
Visit the website for details.
http://www.oasis-latino.jp/zushi/zushi.html


Friday July 24, 6:00-8:30
PSC moving sale and happy hour
We are moving out of the Maruko Building and have some books and NGO related materials to share.
We’ll also finish those last 3 bottles of wine.
Location PSC office, Maruko Bldg 3F
(See map to oxfam: http://gmap.jp/shop-12787.html which is on 2F)
RSVP by July 23 or just show up before 8:00.
Contact skillsbuild@gmail.com for more information.

Friday July 31, 12:30 ~2:00
PSC Networking luncheon: meet people from different nonprofit NGOs, share information about organizations and events, PLUS Matt Kass will present some ideas for future collaborative projects
Location Sugis http://www.sujis.net/japan/index.htm
FEE: Pay as you go => Order what you like from the menu.
RSVP by Monday July 27 skillsbuild@gmail.com and we will send you participants list and agenda

Social change opportunities:
Get your company volunteer committee, school group or friends to join JEN’S Niigata weekend volunteer community development project => stay 2 or 3 nights in a small time and help elderly farmers who are still suffering from the Niigata Earthquake.
Harvest trips are scheduled for the fall: 9/18－9/21, 10/9－10/12, 11/6－11/8, 11/13－11/15
Specific contents of each trip vary but include activities such as rice or sweet potato harvesting, joining local festivals or picnics and meeting with people in the community.
For more information visit the website http://www.jen-npo.org/participation/field.html#5
Or contact info@jen-npo.org
URL: http://www.jen-npo.org

PSC is looking for someone to help work on the database. Contact Rose.ito@gmail.com if you know excel pretty well and have some time in August to help out.

Interesting websites
* Sarajean is looking into setting up a Buy 1 Give 1 Japan. http://www.buy1-give1free.com/ Will talk about this a bit at the PSC luncheon If your company or nonprofit NGO is interested in knowing more please drop me a line. Rose.ito@gmail.com.

Help wanted!
Does your org need volunteers or interns for the fall? If so please send us the info and we will send it out in our August listing!

August events!
We want to list your group's events! To have information included in the next listing - please use the outline below and send us info by July 29.
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

June 2009 events

Lets not forget the people who gave and gave up their lives June 3-6, 1989 in Beijing.
If you are too young to remember, Human Rights in China has a good backgrounder and FAQ:
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/article?revision_id=164939&item_id=164938
Who can forget one man standing up to a tank:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-nXT8lSnPQ
For more recent HRIC news check out their blogspot: http://hric-newsbrief.blogspot.com/

Saturday, June 6, 1:00-6:30pm
World Anti-child Labour Day Symposium, main event (in Japanese)
Other events - throughout May and June
Fee: 1000
For more information: http://www.cl-net.org http://stopchildlabour.jp/
Contact: info@cl-net.org

Saturday, June 6, 1pm – 9pm
Refugees International Japan (RIJ) presents Rhythm and Hope
Awareness-raising event for World Refugee Day with art, music, food
Evening: Film screening of SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS and live performance by Latyr Sy and Africa Sunu Xelcom
Tickets: ¥3,000 (advance)/ ¥3,500 (at the door)
Ticket information: www.rijrhythmandhope.org/and Lawson Ticket
Location: New Pier Hall, Tokyo
Access: Yurikamome Takeshiba St - 2 min, JR Hamamatsucho St - 7 min, Oedo Daimon Stn - 10 min
For more details contact: rhythmandhope@refugeesinternationaljapan.org

Tuesday June 16 1:30* and 7:30pm, Wednesday June 17 1:30 and 7:00pm
The Crossroads Country: a play following the historical events of Afghanistan from the 1970s to 2002 Directed by Alec Harris and Produced by Mirage Studios.
Performances at Space Zero in Shinjuku. Map: http://crossroadscountry.com/pages/?page_id=27
* For information and booking regarding the special student performance Tues June 16th 1.30pm please email crossroads.tickets@gmail.com. (* Student ID required)
Please visit the website http://crossroadscountry.com/ for details and to order tickets. For more details you can also contact tickets@crossroadscountry.com.
Presented by Tokyo International Players & The Embassy of Afghanistan.

Friday, June 19 2009, 6.30 - 9.00pm
Midsummer Madness - A lighthearted evening of theatre and buffet to celebrate 30 years of RIJ
Featuring Hanzomon Amateur Dramatic Society (HADS not HAMS)
PLACE: British Embassy Residence1 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku
MINIMUM DONATION 10,000 (to be collected at the door)
Dress code: business suit/smart casual. Please be prepared to show photo ID
Prior reservations are essential. Please complete fax names and contact information for each person to RIJ on 03-5500-3094

Saturday June 20 is World refugee day!
INFO: http://www.unhcr.org/events/3e7f46e04.html
EVENTS IN JAPAN http://www.japanforunhcr.org/event/event_wrd09.html

Sunday, June 28 2009, 2:00
Charity Concert ’09 , featuring Lucia Shiomitsu Harp Trio (Latin Music Group)
Suggested Donation: Y 2,000 or Y 2,500 on the day
Location : Tokyo Union Church, 7-7 Jingumae 5-Chome, Shibuya-ku , Tokyo 150-0001 Japan
Access: One minute walk from Exit A1 of Omote Sando Station.
For more details pls. contact the NANKIREN Secretariat Ms. Naoko Sato
TEL. No. (03) 3207-7801 /FAX (03) 3207-7803
Sponsoring Organization: Nankiren ( Christian Coalition for Refugees and Migrant Workers )
Mobile Phone: (090) 6012-8252 : Email Address: nankirensato@jcom.home.ne.jp

Social change opportunities:
Join JEN’S Niigata weekend volunteer community development project => stay 2 or 3 nights in a small time and help elderly farmers who are still suffering from the Niigata Earthquake.
Upcoming trips are scheduled for: 6/12－6/14, 9/18－9/21, 10/9－10/12, 11/6－11/8, 11/13－11/15
Specific contents of each trip vary by the time of the year but include activities such as rice or sweet potato planting/harvesting, joining local festivals or picnics and meeting with people in the community.
For more information visit the website http://www.jen-npo.org/participation/field.html#5
Or contact info@jen-npo.org
URL: http://www.jen-npo.org

Interesting websites
Demand dignity => For a path out of Poverty, take the Human Rights route
http://demanddignity.amnesty.org/campaigns-en/slums.html

Asia Pacific Youth Network is formed by young people from Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and many other global friends!
This network is open to all individuals desiring social change and it aims to connect like minded people who are interested in campaigning on issues that matter to them and, to open doors to finding out more and to create opportunities to act. http://www.apyouth.net/