Multicultural design Compass, on behalf of the Miyazaki Prefecture Human Rights Awareness Promotion Council, will hold a lecture as follows.
Commissioned by Miyazaki Prefecture Human Rights Awareness Activities Collaboration Promotion Council in FY 2022 (Ministry of Justice Human Rights Universal Project, Miyazaki Prefecture Human Rights Awareness Activity Network Council)
"Human Rights, Global, and Us": Learning and Thinking from the Reception of Displaced Persons and Refugees in Japan
Session 1: "Let's learn about the current status of support for displaced persons and refugees in Japan!"
○Lecturer: Ms. Mutsumi Akasaka (Director, Non-Profit Organization Forum for Refugees Japan)
After completing graduate school, she worked at the Laos office of the Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC), a non-profit organization, conducting community development and policy advocacy activities related to forest conservation. After working in Steiner education, she joined the Japan Association for Refugees in 2014; she has been Manager of the External Relations Team since 2018 and a board member of the Forum for Refugees Japan since 2019.
○Date: Saturday, September 10, 2022, 14:00~16:00
○Platform: Online (Zoom)
○Capacity: 50 (Deadline: 9/3, but will close as soon as the number of participants reaches the limit)
○Application: https://forms.gle/i2b5QTj62SkxA8DZ6
(If you have difficulty applying here, please do not hesitate to contact the office.)
○Admission: Free
○Organizer: Multicultural design Compass https://office88290.wixsite.com/tadeco
Latest information about the course is available on our website!
・Sponsorship: Miyazaki Prefecture, Miyazaki International Foundation, Miyazaki Overseas Cooperation Association, Miyazaki City International Association, Miyazaki Prefectural Board of Education (scheduled)
■Contact: office at tadeco.org *Please change "at" to "@".
(Multicultural design Compass Office)
What would you do if you suddenly had to leave Japan?
In fact, there are people in the world who have to leave their home countries to save their lives and to escape serious human rights violations.
If it were you, how would you feel about leaving your home country and starting a life in a strange country?
What should we, the acceptors, do?
This course is a chance to think and talk with experts involved in these issues. (Two sessions are planned *Sessions will be conducted in Japanese)