May 2013 San Francisco Japanese Bilingual Education Program as a Minority Movement

Presenter:     Prof. Koichi Ando (Otemae University)

Date:           Sunday, May 11, 2013  (2:00pm~4:00pm)

Place:          Nishinomiya City Daigaku Koryu Center (Seminar Rm1)

ACTA Nishinomiya East Bldg 6F,

2 minutes from the North exit of Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station,

Hankyu Kobe Line    http://daigaku.nishi.or.jp/info/acessmap.html

Tel: (0798)69-3155

Fee:            Free for members and students,  500 yen for non-members

Language:      English

There will be an informal dinner gathering afterwards.  Please let us know if you would like to join it when you come to the presentation.

Summary of the Presentation:

In 1973, the Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Education Program (JBBP) in San Francisco Unified School District was launched. This is the first Japanese/English bilingual education program in the U.S. public school system. The JBBP is still in existence and going strong and one of the most popular programs today.

The demand by the 3rd generation Japanese-American (Sansei) parents to establish a bilingual program for their children whose native tongue is English met strong opposition from the public. The program, however, was finally approved and the JBBP opened its door with 3 classes from K to 2.

Why did English speaking parents seek, demand, and organize a bilingual education program for their children in the public school system? I’d like to address this question from the minority Americans’ point of view in the context of the Japanese American history.

The presenter, who belongs to the same generation of the Sansei, worked as a teacher’s aide at the JBBP and was active in the Asian American community during the 70’s to 80’s. The presentation will focus on the theme of JBBP as a minority movement.

The Presenter’s Profile:

Koichi Ando was born in Nagano, Japan in 1950. After graduating from Meiji University he went to the US in 1974. He majored in multicultural education at San Francisco State University and graduated with an MA in Education.

He taught at JBBP as a Japanese-speaking teacher’s aide, and later became active in the Asian-American community. He also worked as a social worker for immigrants and seniors (Issei). In 1985 he was one of the founders of the Japan Pacific Resource Network (JPRN) which has been instrumental for bridging the minority groups between the US and Japan. He moved to Hawaii in 1987 to teach Japanese at the University of Hawaii. He then assumed a position as the director of International Education at Western Oregon University in 1989. He also became active in the field of international education and elected as chair of the northwest region for NAFSA, Association of International Educators.

In 1998, due to his father’s illness he returned to Japan after 24 years of absence.

He is currently a professor at Otemae University where he teaches courses related to the Multicultural Education and International Relations. As the director of the international Exchange Center he is responsible for the international exchange programs, international students, study abroad programs, and LEO/GJS English programs. He lives with his wife, Shirley, a Filipino- American, in Kobe. Their daughter, Mayumi, is a graphic designer and son, Sen, is an architect. Both live in New York City.

April 2013 Fieldtrip : The Kobe Muslim Mosque

SIETAR Kansai April 2013 Meeting
“Fieldtrip : The Kobe Muslim Mosque”

 

We are going to visit the Kobe Muslim Mosque as the first field trip in 2013.
You are invited to take part in our program.

We welcome non-members as well as students and members.


When we visit the Kobe Muslim Mosque, please make sure not to wear
shorts or mini-skirts, otherwise, we won’t be able to enter the mosque.
We advise women to bring a scarf to cover the head.

 

●Date:                           Saturday, April 20, 2013

●Meeting time:             1:30 pm

●Meeting place:            just outside the West exit of JR Sannomiya station.
●Place to visit:              Kobe Muslim Mosque   kobemasjid@gmail.com
                                       2-25-14, Nakayamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe

                                      Tel: 078-231-6060 

●Number of participants:  20 maximum  (Reservation in advance is necessary)

●How to apply: Participants should sign up by April 10 and send the following

           to Miho Yoshioka uskj30641@iris.eonet.ne.jp

                                          or fax: (06) 674-5857

 Write:
     1) Name

     2) Tel: and Email address

     3) How many people will participate

  4) Whether or not you will join the dinner afterward          

 

●●Schedule●●
13:30pm      Meet just outside the West exit of JR Sannomiya Station.
14:00-14:30pm    Tour the Kobe Muslim Mosque  

                      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Mosque

14:30-15:30pm   Brief talk on the Kobe Muslim Mosque

                            and  discussion with  Arai Ahsan, General Secretary

15:30-16:30pm  Coffee and tea at Nishimura Coffee Shop
                                (a Malaysian student will join us and talk about

                                Islamic culture)

16:30-17:30pm   Free time to walk around and visit Kobe Grocers,

                            Kobe Halal Foods etc.  http://www.kobegrocers.com, 

                            http://www.geocities.jp/kobehalalfood/newpage1.htm)   

17:30pm    Dinner at a Turkish restaurant (optional)

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A seminar at Osaka Jogakuin: What is Kokusai Kyosei?– Peacebuilding in North East Asia as

What is Kokusai Kyosei?– Peacebuilding in North East Asia as
an Example 『国際共生』とは何か:東北アジアの平和構築を例に」

Dr. Johan Galtung ヨハン・ガルトゥング博士

Research Institute of International Collaboration and Coexistence
(RIICC) will hold a seminar at Osaka Jogakuin
日時: 2013年4月12日(金) 18:15-20:30頃
会場: 会議室1
Date/Time: April 12th, 2013 18:15-20:30
Place: Conference Room 1

ファシリテーター: 奥本 京子 大阪女学院大学 教授
Facilitator: Kyoko Okumoto, Professor at Osaka Jogakuin University

※報告および議論は英語と日本語で行います。(通訳あり)
*The Report and discussion will be in both English and Japanese with
an interpreter.

協力: 平和学会関西地区研究会、トランセンド研究会
Cooperation: Kansai Regional Study Group of Peace Studies Association
of Japan, and Transcend Japan

Access:
JR大阪環状線「玉造」駅 西へ約700m
JR Osaka Loop line, Tamatsukuri Station, go west about 700 m.
大阪市営地下鉄「玉造」駅1号出口より西へ約300m
Osaka city subway (Nagahori Tsurumi Ryokuchi) exit 1, go west 300m.
See: http://www.wilmina.ac.jp/ojc/access

参加無料・お申込みはメールにて受付 E-mail: riicc@wilmina.ac.jp
Free admission Please let the center know by e-mail: riicc@wilmina.ac.jp