THE NEXT MEETING OF THE IGN ECOSTUDY GROUP WILL BE FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2003
DATE: Friday, May 9, 2003
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
PLACE: Aoyama Gakuin University, Shibuya (Tokyo) Campus, Building
#8, 3rd floor (10 minutes walk from Shibuya station; 5 minutes walk from
the Omote-sando subway station)
DIRECTIONS: Come in the main entrance to the university (with the
statue of John Wesley at the second floor level of the the building just to
the right), walk down the tree-lined walkway until you reach the chapel (on
your right). Building #8 is the next building after the chapel (between
the chapel and the library). Take the elevator to the 3rd floor. As soon
as you come out of the elevator follow the signs to the meeting room.
PRESENTER: Teresa Schulze and Yuki Takahashi
TOPIC: “Ethnic Minorities in Japan”
FUTURE PRESENTATIONS:
June 13: Dan Wolf, “The Role of Personal Growth in the Political
Realm”
July 11: Erik Kaye, “A System for Non-violent Confrontation, Part II”
August: Summer vacation — no meeting
September: Corinne Sutter, “Working Class Life”
David Loy has also volunteered to possibly give a presentation
sometime in the autumn and an invitation has also been extended to Hilary
Nicholson to do a presentation in the autumn if she can. Richard Evanoff’s
presentation “In Defense of Anarchism” will be postponed until there’s an
opening.
If you would like to give a future presentation or have any
questions about the EcoStudy Group, please contact Richard Evanoff at
1933-8 Hazama-cho, Hachioij-shi, Tokyo 193-0941 or
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL GREEN NETWORK ECOSTUDY GROUP: The IGN EcoStudy
Group was started in January, 1997 by a small group of people interested in
meeting informally to discuss current social and ecological issues.
Meetings are held on a more or less monthly basis, usually on the third
Friday, although the date varies from month to month depending on the
participantsĠ schedules. The group focuses mainly on Green issues widely
construed, including environmental problems, human rights, feminism,
anti-racism, globalization, alternative politics / economics, labor issues,
fair trade, cooperatives, indy media, and the like, but there are no
limitations on themes. Anyone is free at any time to volunteer to give
presentations or to propose possible topics for future discussion (although
there are no obligations to do so). The usual format is for the person
proposing a topic to give a brief introduction to the topic and then open
the floor for discussion. If there are any readings, cassettes, videos,
etc. that you would like people to familiarize themselves with beforehand,
please make them available for circulation. Since this is a discussion
group, you donƒ†t need to be an ƒ?expertƒ‚ on the topic to give a
presentation; it is perfectly acceptable to either share something you
already know about a particular topic with the group, to present reading
materials or videos instead of giving an oral presentation, or to simply
propose a topic that you would like to find out more about and discuss with
others. The International Green Network is not affiliated with any
political party (although political parties are welcome to participate in
its activities) and has no particular ideological stance (although
individual members often do!). The group is open to everyone, regardless
of nationality, educational, ideological, and occupational background (or
anything else!). Please feel free to invite anyone who may be interested
to join us! There is no formal membership or dues. Announcements of
meetings are publicized in the International Green Network Newsletter. The
International Green Network also welcomes individuals to form groups in
their own local areas, which we will also be happy to publicize in the IGN
Newsletter. To receive the IGN Newsletter send your name and mailing
address (e-mail preferred) to Richard Evanoff at 1933-8 Hazama-cho,
Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 193-0941 or e-mail
to see you at a future meeting!
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