Next meeting Sunday June 8,
3:00 International House (Kokusai bunka Kaikan see their website for map). The
International House of Japan is near Azabu-Juban and Roppongi stations.
All Welcome (bring a friend).
Mary Donovan is opening the meeting by introducing UU hymns in the spirit of
Pete Seeger whose goal was to get everyone singing.
We welcome as speaker Tom Eskildsen, long time Tokyo resident, who is just back
from 2 weeks in New York where he lobbied at the United Nations Permanent Forum
on INDIGENOUS ISSUES on behalf of the problems of indigenous peoples (many Buddhist) in overwhelmingly Muslim Bangladesh.
He has been working on the 2007-2013 Chittagong Hills Tract White Paper that is
due to be published in May.
How can one person make a difference?
He will introduce Bangladesh and speak about JUMMAnet an organization he helped
to found here in Japan to aid especially the Chittagong Hills Tract People.
Among other things it supports a long term project for rape victims and a
scholarship program at Moanoghar
Residential School.
