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The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on 'donating a mammogram' for free (pink window in the middle). Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising. Here's the web site => Pass it along to people you know. http://www. thebreastcancersite.com/

In the sixth periodic review, the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) criticized the Japanese Government for the lack of progress. Signatories to the Convention are required to address discriminative laws and practices but the committee has found that gender bias still remains problematic. no surprise here! Get more info: From the UN http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2009/wom1742.doc.htm From Asia Japan Women's Resource Center http://www.ajwrc.org/eng/modules/bulletin/index.php?page=article&storyid=83 From the various news outlets in English http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200907250066.html http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20090730TDY04302.htm http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090821a2.html

I recently read in the Asahi about the nonprofit organization sodateage net 育て上げネット。 in Japanese http://www.asahi.com/job/news/TKY200907230057.html in English http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200908190089.html http://ameblo.jp/rs4yp/theme-10014059936.html they have a number of useful programs for youth that are out of work and looking for jobs. they do career counseling, training for interviews and rent interview clothing. http://www.sodateage.net/index.html they have a campaign to get 1000 suit by the end of the year. but they need not only suits but white shirts, blouses, belts, and business shoes. Get more info about Recycled-Suits for Youth Project http://ameblo.jp/rs4yp/theme-10014059936.html Also - you can just become a member .... use that 12,000yen the government gave you to better the economy by contributing it to those in the most need. http://www.sodateage.net/support/index.html

Get more information abotu the Japan Fundraising Association here: http://blog.canpan.info/jfa/category_7/

i have gotten off of blogging for a while as i was overwhlemed just by being online so much. i am also updating all my pages .... hope this will be easier to manage.

i have been looking for data related to how the economic changes has been effecting funds nonprofits are able to raise. here are some links to some interesting articles - March 13, 2009 52% of Donors Plan No Decrease in Giving in 2009 http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/7442/just-over-half-of-donors-plan-no-decrease-in-giving-in-2008 March 12, 2009 D.C. and N.Y. Charities Reveal Recession Jitters in New Surveys http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/7421/dc-and-ny-charities-reveal-recession-jitters-in-new-surveys more to come later ...

The Japanese government stimulus plan idea of giving 12,000yen to us all is all fluff => what is the difference between putting this and putting 10,000 in an onigiri? The government plan is neither strategic nor needs-based. This is our tax money so why not insist it be used responsibly to help those in the most need? othewise it seems like vote buying? Is it because those in the most need are less likely to vote in the upcoming elections? "All Japanese residents who are listed in the citizen resident registry and all foreigners who have applied to the foreign resident registry as of Feb. 1 will be eligible." http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090305a5.html I have read some really silly articles about how to best waste the government funds ... give me a break! The 12,000yen should go to those most affected by the economic downturn. Sure we are all happy to have an extra 12,000yen in our pockets, but such a policy should focus on those who are out of work and possi...

October is Breast cancer awareness month. On Saturday Oct 18 - I joined the 5k run as part of the Run For the Cure Foundation . Here is am with Kaori And Purdey - two people I know from TUJ. For those of you with a bit of cash you can still help by joining the PINK BALL on Friday, October 31st 2008 Start: 6:30 pm Cost: ¥35,000 /seat, ¥350,000 /table Please call to reserve a mask ¥2,500 each 03 3466-4798 Place: The Westin Tokyo, Galaxy Ballroom Address: 1-4-1 Mita, Meguro-ku It should be a great party with excellent prizes!

I have just put together a new site with information on all my projects and nonprofit NGO related work. This blogspot page will be phased out.

There are so many interesting events in Tokyo this fall - be sure to join a few of them. one fun one this week: Barack the Vote!Thursday September 18, 2008 from 19:00pm till very, very late Enjoy Excellent Live Music & DJs All Evening. Venue: Super Deluxe, Nishi Azabu http://www.super-deluxe.com/map/ Advance tickets: ¥3500; ¥4000 at the door Details and RSVP by email lauren.shannon@gmail.com ALL ARE WELCOME! Come join us, because time is short and we need to make a change! Get info on other events: http://tokyo-community-news.blogspot.com/

Saturday, July 19, 2008 2:00 - 6:00 Venue: Rolling Stone Café, Azabu Juban http://www.rs-cafe.jp/index .html Price: 4000 yen in advance; 5000 yen at the door Map: http://www.rs-cafe.jp/access .html Tickets: Buy tickets at http://www.nettokyo.jp

A few photos have now been are posted on our sites SKYLINES site: http://pscnetworkjp.wordpress .com/ PSC pages: http://people-for-social -change.blogspot.com/ but you can see the whole lot taken by our wonderful photographer Martine Cotton here . Here is one of my favs

40 years ago this spring and summer – youth all around the world stood up and protested in a way that surprised many people in power. Students in Paris New York and all across Latin America, Europe and Asia. For today I want to write about the Columbia University protests. The protest linked many different groups and movements Started with the plans for a new gym => separate entrances for locals and students Which meant that a very white school in a mostly Black neighborhood meant segregation. Issues related to Columbia finances and relationship to classified military research were at the heart of the fire but the gym was the catalyst. (Currently Columbia does not do such secret research directly but, according to students, it outsources and invests in this type of research.) Consider the atomosphere: middle of the Vietnam war, the assasination of MLK was only 3 or 4 weeks prior, people could not vote until 21 yo but knew that they would likely have to go to Viet Nam upon graduation...

Oxfam youth The OXFAM Japan international volunteers did a presentation last night that was excellent. Their energy and positive-ness was infectious. They did a good overview of Oxfam and the trailwalker event in May. It was great to see such a diverse and energized group interested in doing something to change the poverty in the world.

Doing a party with many different groups has been a good learing experience. Why not just spend the time doing my own party? One of the goals is collaboration – getting groups to work together. I could do a sarajean party but I have no interest in doing that. I was to get groups together to work together for some community groups in need. Why are you doing this? I have no good answer This has been in mind for a while – I just do not have the confidence to start it. I love parties What do you get? The groups being able to meet the needs of their target populations better New friends new networks new members new doors open Satisfaction if we succeed

Join theEarth Day events in Yoyogi Party all day all weekend! When its done join the Parties 4 Peace event Sunday April 20th, 4 - 11 pm => a Vegetarian and organic foods BBQ and International DJs, Parties 4 Peace supports BEE - Bicycle for Everyone`s Earth, 1000 yen entry

I keep doing this workshop once a year to prove to my self that understand the concepts and convey what it is to others in a way so that they may utilize them. This was the most difficult one I ever did and it will be the last one I do at Temple. Why tough? Only 3 people and 2 people who just wanted to study English. And that was 10-5pm. I have done this one other time this was but this was not an interactive group nor was it an imaginative trio. Maybe creating a new workshop on social mobilization. Or maybe I just need to join a class my self! Find out about the real training program at the Midwest Academy.

Saturday April 12, to Friday April 25, 2008. 11:30am to 11:30 pm Amnesty International (AI) will be holding a two-week photo exhibition and series of public events - to celebrate 60 years since the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948, and the launch of a new campaigning group in Tokyo, AITEN. Location: Ben's Café in Takadanobaba, Tokyo. 1-29-21 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku. 03-3202-2445 Map at http://www.benscafe.com/ For details of the evening schedule, see our website at http://www.aig78.org/ PSC will be holding our monthly networking event there on Friday April 25. Hope to see you there.