JET Prefecture Round-Up 08.15.11
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Emily Lemmon, (Hyogo-ken, Shiso-shi, 2009-present), PSG volunteer, organizer of Hyogo-ken’s PEPY Ride, student of Shorinji Kempo, and editor of the Hyogo Times, gives a little taste of what JETs are doing around Japan. To submit items for future JET Prefecture Round-up posts, e-mail Emily at jetinfogather [at] gmail.com.
Newly brought to my attention is the website ToBetterUs, put together by a former Miyazaki JET to assist with earthquake/tsunami relief. The website seeks to generate money through website ad revenue; instead of money, contributors are asked to donate their art. Here they are on facebook and twitter!
Events by Region
- Summer seminar for English teachers in Kamikita District was held July 29, at the Misawa International Center.
- Aomori’s Welcome Party will be September 10th.
Chubu Region
- The Nagano JET Welcome party will be held at Winds, Friday 12th August after the Nagano JET Orientation.
- Nagano JET groups will attend the Lake Suwa Fireworks display.
- There will be a Japanese cooking class for foreigners (chicken teriyaki and chocolate mousse) on September 4th in Okaya City.
- Toyama Beer Garden on August 13th.
- JETs will Hike Mount Fuji August 20th and 21st!
- Toyama JETs are attending lots of matsuri this month.
Kansai Region
- JETs host a cooking class and supermarket tour for their newcomers.
- Goon BBQ is Saturday, August 20 in the southern countryside of Nara, and features swimming in the Yoshino River, and grilling in the shade.
- Nara’s next Smile Kids Japan visit will be Saturday, August 27.
- Group C Welcome and Pre-orientation Beer Garden will be Sunday, August 28 at Niko Hotel Beer Garden.
- Nara JETs’ Group A Welcome Dinner was Saturday, July 30th.
- Marty Party 4 / Nash Bash 1 / Nara JET Welcome Party will be September 3rd – 4th in Tenkawa.
- Hyogo’s Welcome Party will be August 20th in Kobe.
- Ehime JETs will continue the tradition of the annual book exchange at this year’s orientation.
- There will be trivia night on Friday the 12th of August in Matsuyama.
- Enkai for the Ehime Orientation wll be at the Takashimaya Beer Garden on Thursday the 11th of August.
- This year’s Ainan Mud Soccer Tournament will be on Sunday, September 4th at Sasayama Elementary School in Ainan, Ehime.
- Some JET volunteers will assist with “Green Market,” a flea market / farmers’ market that aims to promote Kochi’s local producers and businesses on August 20th in Kagami Village.
- The Fukuoka Day Out will be October 15 and will include Fukuoka Softbank Hawks Baseball Game v. Seibu Lions, Asahi Beer Garden Dinner, and Night Out at Clubs along Tenjin’s Oyafuko-dori Strip! This event is for Fukuoka, Oita, Saga, and Nagasaki!
- The Oita JET Welcome Party is August 19th at the Forus Beer Garden in Oita City.
- On Saturday August 20th, the Oita International Plaza will be holding its monthly Japanese Conversation Circle.
- KumAJET will be hiking the lovely Mt. Aso on August 27th!
- Ichi Kyu Bee will be held in Kumamoto on October 1st as the first Co-ed ALT-hosted Ultimate Frisbee tournament in Kyushu!
- Welcome Dinner for New JETs will be August 19th at Cafe de Nature in Miyazaki.
- Some JETs will join NPO Miyazaki as they return to volunteer in Ishinomaki in August, September 5, and October 20.
- Miyazaki CIR Tiffany is on the planning committee this year’s Nobeoka, a famous outdoor Noh play, held in the spectacular setting of the city’s castle ruins on October 8th.
- KAJET Welcome Dinner will be Monday, August 22nd at the Porto Casa outdoor beer garden at Dolphin Port.
- Kagoshima’s JET Day Out was August 6th, and new JETs got a whole day of information and fun!
Jobs: Purpose Campaigns (NY)
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Via JETwit and JETAANY Webmaster Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06) who works for Purpose. Please make sure to mention “JETwit via Lee-Sean” if you apply for any of these positions.
Purpose is actively hunting for a senior Movement Strategy Director and a CTO among our top priority hires. We’re also on the lookout for great talent for a Finance Manager, Creative Director, Developers, and Project Mangers – full list.
For Movement strategy Director, we want someone who can architect major projects for clients, and create and run new partnerships and incubated ventures. As you know, our 3 core disciplines are marketing/communications, strategy consulting and political organizing — so the ideal candidate will be very strong in at least one of these areas (e.g. a super talented political organizer who has helped to start or build a movement organization). Full job description
For CTO, we’re looking for a world-class team leader to oversee all aspects of technology, from the overall vision, to the buy/build/integrate decision-making process, to development and deployment of the organization’s applications and web presence, and management and growth of the technology team. Demonstrated interest in technology for social change and mass digital participation is a must. Full job description
For the right person, these roles are an opportunity to shape and direct major areas of a rapidly growing (approaching 50 people) organization.
Job: Japanese Research Institute is looking for a Japanese/Spanish bilingual research assistant, ASAP!
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Via Pasona, N.A. Please make sure to indicate you learned about the job via JETwit if you apply. Yoroshiku!
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Japanese Research Institute is looking for a Japanese/Spanish bilingual research assistant, ASAP!
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Location: Downtown NY
Position: Research Assistant
Salary: Temp – $14.00/hour (*Possible to become a permanent position)
Working Hour: 9-5/M-F
Job Description:
– Research industries and companies in South/North America .
– Have an appointment for the interview with local organization.
* Industry Example- Automobile, Energy etc.
Requirement:
– Japanese proficiency/ Reading and Writing, Spanish or Portuguese proficiency/ Speaking and reading
– Entry level is welcome.
– Basic PC skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
If you are interested in this position, please contact at mtakemura@pasona.com.
All Hands volunteers and 3M workers take a break from tearing down drywall to enjoy a delicious bento lunch. All Hands executive director and founder David Campbell, center, T.R., second row, far right. (Eric Zdenek)
By T.R. Pearson (Shiga-ken, 2004-06) for JQ magazine. T.R. currently works in the Admission Office at Riverdale Country School in the Bronx, New York. This was his third deployment with All Hands after volunteering in Indonesia in 2006 and Bangladesh in 2008. If you’d like more information on All Hands, he can be reached at theodoreroyce[at]gmail.com.
I’m sure most JETs remember the influx of e-mails after every typhoon or earthquake in Japan. It didn’t matter if you lived hundreds of miles away on a different island, family members and friends wanted to know you were safe. With the exception of a couple rumbles and some violent windstorms, my time as an ALT in Nagahama, Shiga-ken was relatively peaceful. While earthquakes in Japan are always a concern, the scale of devastation that occurred on March 11, 2011 was unimaginable and unpredictable. Watching coverage from my home in New York, I was now the worried person sending e-mails to friends and researching ways I could help. I found my answer on March 14 when I received a message from the international disaster relief organization All Hands entitled “Japan Tsunami Assessment.”
Three days after the quake, executive director David Campbell and international operations director Marc Young, were on the ground surveying the damage and meeting with local governments to discuss possible response projects. As Marc said in his e-mail, “the best way to really understand the situation is to be there on the ground, and make important decisions from that perspective.” After encountering some refusal for assistance in certain areas, the mayors of Ofunato and Rikuzentakata in Iwate-ken graciously opened their arms and their cities to All Hands to coordinate relief efforts, recruit volunteers, and distribute fresh food through a partnership with Second Harvest Japan. A month after All Hands launched Project Tohoku, they received over 4,000 applications from eager volunteers. Initially, the organization requested people with Japanese language skills and cultural knowledge to expedite the work that needed to be done. This made JET alums and current expats living in Japan perfect candidates to get involved.
Much like the JET Program, All Hands attracts people from all over the world at different stages in their lives. To date, All Hands has brought in over 539 volunteers from 28 countries. When I was there in June, I worked alongside college students on summer break, backpackers who rearranged their travel schedules, mid-career professionals who quit unfulfilling jobs, nurses with extensive international experience, and of course, JET alumni. Certain aspects of the JET Program mirrored this experience as we navigated an unfamiliar landscape, discussed Japanese culture, talked about our hometowns, sang our hearts out in karaoke booths, shopped at the grocery store, and lived in a community as if it were our own.
New LinkedIn group: JET Alum Okane
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All JET alumni and Friends of JET are welcome and encouraged to join a new LinkedIn group:
JET Alum Okane
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4045224&trk=anet_ug_hm
For JET alumni who have an interest in, work in or aspire to work in fields related to money – i.e., finance, fundraising, investment, accounting, tax, economics, insurance, etc.
Click here for a list of all of the other JET Alum LinkedIn groups you can join.
