Saturday, May 19, 2007

Skills Build Forum 9 - Sunday June 3

Awareness raising and activating community involvement.
Representatives from nonprofit NGOs working with women, families and children present the issues they work on, their projects & specific things you can do to make a difference.

Speaker details are now posted - click here!

Sunday, June 3, 2007
2:00 pm to 4:45 pm
Venue: Jingumae Kumin Kaikan/Community Center (神宮前区民会館) Harajuku/Omotesando
Materials Fee: 500yen
Advanced registration by May 31 requested but not mandatory.
* Max number of people 70 - contact skillsbuild@gmail.com

Schedule for Forum 9: Sunday June 3, 2007
1:30 Registration
2:00 ~ 4:00 Panel Discussion: Local Action on Family Issues

Featured speakers:
Tomoko Yoshida – QQ and Respect Campaign: Dealing with issues involving international community health education, youth and HIV-AIDS.
Chihiro Sakaeda – Resilience: An organization dealing with Domestic Violence.
http://www.resilience.jp/index2.html
Chisato Shiba – JOICFP: Japan Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning. http://www.joicfp.or.jp/
Kageki Asakura - Tokyo Shure: The oldest free school in Japan. http://www.shure.or.jp/english.html
Jocelyn Hasumi - The Philippine Women's League of Japan
Moderator:
Sarajean Rossitto - PSC Convener, Nonprofit NGO Consultant

4:00 - 4:45 Take Action Session
Find out about next steps for action and get involved in the panelists' campaigns.

* The forum will be in English.

Access information: Jingumae Kumin Kaikan/Community Center (神宮前区民会館) is
5-8 minutes from Harajuku (JR) and Meiji Jingumae (Chiyoda Subway) Stations. You can find directions and a map at http://gmap.jp/shop-1401.html
You can also access the map from mobile phones by sending a blank email to 0334094565@gmap.jp.

Email registration form: To register, send the info below by e-mail to skillsbuild@gmail.com.
Name
Tel
E-Mail
Affiliation

Friday, May 11, 2007

PSC Action Team Volunteer meeting

Saturday, May 26, 10:30 – 12:00

Location: Tully's Coffee Shop at Yoyogi Station (JR), North Exit
http://www.tullys.co.jp/store/detail.php?shop_id[]=24

Main agenda items – PR and final preparations for June 3 Forum
Contact japanias@hotmail.com for details on how you can get involved
in upcoming PSC projects!