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Black Stripe Theater presents John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize winning DOUBT. (See http://blackstripetheater.wordpress.com/ for details). Information for November 16-18 performances Tues. 11/16th, 7:30pm Wed. 11/17th, 7:30pm Thurs. 11/18th, 7:30pm Venue: Iwato Theatre in Iidabashi Access http://www.theatre-iwato.com/access/ Theatre Iwato, Iwato-cho, Shinjuku-ku on The nearest station is Ushigome-kagurazaka (Exit A3) on the Oedo Line. Other close stations are Kagurazaka (Exit 1) and JR Iidabashi (West Exit). Information for November 26-28 performances Fri. 11/26th, 7:30pm Sat. 11/27th, 2pm AND 7:30pm Sun. 11/28th, 2pm AND 7:30pm Venue: Our Space, in Hatagaya Access: http://www.maru-z.com/ourspace/Access.html Directions are also listed on the website. : Tickets: Reserved: 2,500 (reserved at least 24 hours before the performance.) Unreserved: 3,000 Groups of 10 students or more: 2000 each For tickets, contact Black Stripe by e-mail blackstripetheater@yahoo

As part of the IE3 Global internship program - i made a number of visits to nonprofits this week with Eric the Regional Director for Asia. Basic info in Japanese (needs revisions i know!) http://global-internship-japan.blogspot.com/ The details are on the Home site: http://ie3global.ous.edu/find/category/asia/ The current hosts in Japan are: OurPlanet TV Shure University TELL Run for the Cure Foundation Peace Boat NOTE: The IE 3 program is only open to students enrolled at select partner universities in the Western United States. If your university is not included on the list of participating schools , you are not eligible to participate.

First Ever Refugee Mobile Learning Centers In Tokyo, Yokohama and Kansai in October and November 2010 Journey to Hope - A Refugee Experience Oct. 15-17: Aka Renga Soko (Red Brick Warehouse), Yokohama. 10:00-19:00 Oct. 31: Ochanomizu University, Tokyo. 12:00-16:00 Nov. 13-14: Banpaku Kinen Koen, Osaka. (A WorldShift event.) 10:00-16:00 COST: FREE!!! RIJ is very busy getting ready for Journey to Hope, an interactive refugee experience using shipping containers in Tokyo, Yokohama and Kansai. Students will live out the "refugee experience" and children and adults alike will have the opportunity to learn about refugees through the exhibits, displays, activities and entertainment. Please check the website for details: www.refugeesinternationaljapan.org Find the latest information about RIJ events and related news in one place at: http://rijblog.wordpress.com/

It was a lot of fun - even for just 90 minutes! I got to see so many NGO friends and meet a lot of new people ... forgot to take pix again.

Age, Change and Poverty: Coping with Social Transformation By Sawako Shirahase "For decades, Japan was described as an “all-middle-class society,” a characterization that was always open to skeptical analysis. Japanese academic Sawako Shirahase probes the profound social changes Japan is undergoing and calls on policymakers and civil society to build a new social consensus that better reflects the new realities..." read more

How do you feel about the outcomes of the UN Summit and the review of the MDGs? there sure have been a lot of sample Success Stories that have come out in their publications but so much still needs to be done!   The original goal of .54 will not be enough to achieve the MDGs =>  we need to be active citizens and tell our leaders to follow through on promises. In the words of the people from Action Aid - the hungry can not eat promises. 3 things you can do: 1. learn more => http://world-poverty.org/default.aspx http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/0,,menuPK:336998~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:336992,00.html 2. give some money - lots of orgs need your support 3. take action! Poverty.com has some sample letters you can use to send to your government's leaders. "Print out a simple letter to your government supporting 0.7% in international aid. If enough people in enough countries mail enough letters, this great objective can be ac