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| Alternative NGO Summit Meetings/Events | month | date/time | name of the events |
oraganizer/sponsor contact address web-site/email |
place | contents |
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| Jun | 17-18 | Conference on Okinawan Studies | Japan Peace Society | ||
| 22-25 | International Women's Forum | Okinawan Women Act Against Military Violence | Okinawa Prefectural Women's Center "Tiruru", Naha City | some programs need subscription beforehand | |
| 23-July 1 | Okinawa Film Festival 2000 |
Okinawa Film Festival Executive Committee
http://www.okinawa-ff.com(Japanese only) |
Jun 23,24 Naha Municipal Citizen's Hall / Naha City Jun 30,July 1,2 "Palette Kumoji" / Naha City |
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| 30-July 2 | Okinawa International Forum for People's Security |
"Focus on the Gloal South" and "People's Plan Study Group"
http://www.jca.apc.org/peoplessecurity/index-en.html ppsg@jca.apc.org |
Urasoe-Sou, 57 Takushi Urasoe City | ||
| July | 1 |
Peace Summit "Flowers Grow from the Earth" Towards Peace Without Military Bases |
Wabiai-no-Sato Foundation 0980-49-3047 |
Yomitan Cultural Center in Yomitan Vil. | admission fee: 1,000yen |
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5 18:30- |
Lecture Meeting "We Have Something to Say about Okinawa G8-Summit" | Weekly Friday Magazine editors/Okinawan Citizens' Network, A Call for Withdrawal of Bases for World Peace | Naha-City Citizens' Hall (Shimin Kaikan) | speakers: Shin sugo (writer), Shun Medoruma (writer), Tokushin Yamanouchi (former mayor of Yomitan Vil.) | |
| 7 | International Lawyers' Conference | ||||
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10 10:00-18:00 |
Another Tiny Summit in Yambaru Nago |
Econet Chura
chura@orange.ocn.ne.jp http://www9.big.or.jp/~chura/(Japanese only) for more information |
Jimbun Gakko, east coast of Nago City | need subscription beforehand | |
| 13-18 | Okinawa International Environmental NGO forum |
Okinawa Environmental Network
C/o Professor Ui, Okinawa University 555 Kokuba, Naha, Okinawa, 902-8521, Japan ui@mail.okinawa-u.ac.jp for more information |
Okinawa University,Naha City Nago City |
We'll gather your voices to G8 summit from the viewpoint of environmental protection, and submit the statement of Environmental NGOs in the world to G8 summit. | |
| 14-15 | Sculptor Minoru Kinjou's Exhibition |
Minoru Kinjou's 100-meter-long Relief Project
http://www3.osk.3web.ne.jp/~hattorir/okiren.htm(Japanese only) |
Naha City | ||
| 14 | An Appeal in front of Camp Kinzer | Anti-Base Landowners' Association/Urasoe Branch | U.S. Marine Corps Camp Kinzer / Urasoe City | ||
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15 17:00- |
Urgent Action! Rally to Denounce Sexual Violence Committed by US Soldiers!! |
coordinating committee
for more information |
Okinawa Convention Center / Open-air Stage Ginowan City |
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| 16 |
Dugong Sympodium for the alternative community development, for the coexistence with Dugongs! |
Save the Dugong Foundation
http://www.jinbun.co.jp/dugong-e/index.html |
Kushi City-hall Branch, Sedake east coast of Nago-City | Anthony Stokes of Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority reports on Environmental Assessment of dugong habitat in Australia. | |
| 16 | 2nd Full-Moon Festival |
2nd Full-Moon Festival Organizing Committee
Co-sponsored by Save the Dugong Foundation and Takesumi-Shiawase Studio Save the Dugong Foundation http://www.jinbun.co.jp/dugong-e/index.html |
Sedake Beach/east coast of Nago-City | Shoukichi Kina and other Okinawan and Japanese musicians | |
| 17-23 | NIRAIKANAI CELEBRATION |
May All Weapons Become Musical Instruments
http://www.ryukyu.ne.jp/~champloo/niraikanai(Japanese Only) champloo@ryukyu.ne.jp for more information |
Okinawa/Tokyo | Shoukichi Kina and many other Okinawan and Japanese musicians / Guest speakers from Native American communities | |
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17-23 13:00-20:00 |
Yanbaru Peace and Information Center; US Bases, the Dugongs, Nago Citizens |
Yanbaru Peace Wave/Council Opposing Offshore Base Construction
http://www.yanbaru.ne.jp/~nago1221/eindex.html nago1221@yanbaru.ne.jp |
Nago City | Space for exhibition about US Military heliport construction plan in Nago, natural environment in Yanbaru Area(Northern part of Okinawa Island) etc.. | |
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18
9:00-13:00 |
People's Summit 2000
TOES JAPAN |
TOES JAPAN
http://www2.plala.or.jp/asso/iwaokinawaps.htm(Japanese only) |
Okinawa Prefecural Youth Hall/Kume 2-15-23, Naha-City | Sustainable local developments under globalization | |
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19 14:00-19:00 |
Sympodium "What is Okinawa for Japan? What is Japan for Okinawa?" Okinawa as a Difference: Its Nucleuses and Directions |
Yanbaru Peace Wave/Council Opposing Offshore Base Construction
http://www.yanbaru.ne.jp/~nago1221/eindex.html nago1221@yanbaru.ne.jp |
Meiou University Hall/Nago City |
Panelists: Teruo Hiyane, Kinhide Mushakouji, Shun Medoruma, Hiroaki Idaka, Kang sang jung (participation through pre-recorded video), Seigen Miyazato, Tetsuo Maeda, Tomohiro Nagamoto, Suzuyo Takazato |
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19 18:30- |
Peace Rally agaist Bases and Military | Okinawa Citizens' Network, A Call for Withdrawal of Bases for World Peace | Education and Welfare Center / Furujima Naha-City |
NGOs' Joint Press Conference Appeals from overseas NGOs etc. |
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| 19-20 | JUBILEE2000 International Conference |
JUBILEE2000 Coalition/JUBILEE2000 Japan
http://www.eco-link.org/jubilee/ parc@jca.apc.org |
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20 14:00-15:00 |
Prefectural-wide Action! "Human Chain Surrounding Kadena Air Base" |
Okinawa Peace Movement Center
map of Kadena area |
U.S. Air Force Kadena Air Base / Kadena Town, Chatan Town, Okinawa City | ||
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20 16:00- |
Peace Rally agaist Bases and Military | Okinawa Citizens' Network, A Call for Withdrawal of Bases for World Peace | Kadena Town Cultural Center / Kadena Town | Appeals from Puerto Rico, ROK, the Philippines etc. | |
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21 13:00-14:00 |
Peace Walk |
Yanbaru Peace Wave/Council Opposing Offshore Base Construction
http://www.yanbaru.ne.jp/~nago1221/eindex.html nago1221@yanbaru.ne.jp |
Nago City | Let's walk to Cape Busena, main venue of G8-Summit, with petition to US President and Japanese Prime Minister! | |
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21 18:00- |
Conference: "Okinawa is not a part of Japan!" |
Okinawa Day-Laborers' Union | Naha Central Hotel / Naha City |
Mikio Uchiyama
International Non-Violent Action Committee |
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21 14:00- |
Grand Workshop in Okinawa "Towards the 21st Century of Human Rights and Environmental Protection" |
Grand Workshop Coordinating Committee
http://www.bund.org/ mail@bund.org |
Pallet Cizens' Theater Kumoji, Naha City |
Shouichi Chibana, Masao Kunihiro, Douglas Lummis, Taisuke Ara, Shoukichi Kina, Eiko Asato | |
| 22 | "We don't Need Military Bases. Let Us Play in front of the Gate!" | "Kamadou-gua" wemen's group in Ginowan-City | in front of Gate 2 of US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station | Land and Sky of Futenma are Ours! | |
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22 15:00-18:00 |
NO MORE NEW BASES! Appeal from Nago |
Yanbaru Peace Wave/Council Opposing Offshore Base Construction
http://www.yanbaru.ne.jp/~nago1221/eindex.html nago1221@yanbaru.ne.jp |
Futami Crossing, near US Marine Corps Camp Schwab / Nago City | performance, Okinawan folk tune etc. | |
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22 9:00- 17:00- |
Rally Denoucing VIPs' Visiting of "Foundation of Peace"
Rally Denoucing VIPs' Dinner Party at Shuri Castle |
Okinwa Day-Laborers' Union |
Peace Commemoration Park / Itoman City Sueyoshi Park / Naha City |
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23 10:00-18:00 |
Another Tiny Summit in Yambaru Nago |
Econet Chura
chura@orange.ocn.ne.jp http://www9.big.or.jp/~chura/(Japanese only) for more information |
Jimbun Gakko, east coast of Nago City | need subscription beforehand | |
| August 27 | Mermaid Festival in Sedake |
Save the Dugong Foundation and "Umi to Kaze no Yado(Sea and Wind Inn)"
http://www1.plala.or.jp/akahane/ningyo/index.html(Japanese only) Save the Dugong Foundation http://www.jinbun.co.jp/dugong-e/index.html |
Sedake Beach,Nago-City | ||