PSC Action Team and Skills Build Focus group meetings

PSC Action Team Meeting
Saturday, February 24, 2007 10 am - 12 noon
Tully’s Coffee Shop at Yoyogi Station (JR), North Exit
http://www.tullys.co.jp/store/detail.php?shop_id[]=246

Join us for the first action team meeting of the year. We will be making detailed plans for the action team events on the yearly calendar. This year we will develop 2 to 3 panel discussions as well as have several action days including a beach clean up and an event based on the theme of hunger. This is a great chance to get involved with PSC. We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information, please contact Marcie at mfinck@kta.att.ne.jp

Skills Build focus group - Nonprofit NGO leaders lunch
Friday March 2 12:30-2:00pm
at Fujimama's in Harajuku
map and access info: http://www.fujimamas.com/contact-map.html
theme #1: skill needs and volunteer availability
Cost - pay as you go,
RSVP - Please contact rose.ito@gmail.com by March 1 to join us.

Overview - A time to share ideas and know how and talk about problems we commonly face. I would also like to run some project or workshop ides by you and i would love for you to do the same. Topics i have had in mind include pr, volunteer needs info sharing, fundraising events etc...We would like to come up with a topics list at the first gathering.
Note - This month will be over lunch but next month we will do it in the evening. We will hold them at different times (early evening over coffee/drinks or over lunch) so that different people can join.

PSC 2007 events schedule

March
- team meetings
Feb. 24 - action team
March 2 -skills build focus group
- core group meeting date TBA
- action event? i.e. join another group's event?
(US student volunteer starts internship March 23)

April
- skills build workshops series #1
- April 3,7,10,14, 17, 21, 24 (5 or 6 of these) themes - pr (?), advocacy (SJR), vol mgt (SJR), education for social justice (MARCIE), community organizing (SJR), fundraising (?)
- team meetings
focus group - april 2
- core group meeting

May
- panel #1 – theme women and children
- team meetings
- core group meeting

June
- skills build workshops series #2
- themes - presentation skills (dawn?), letter writing (SJR), creating a corporate council for nonprofit NGO support (SJR) educating on human rights issues (?), fundraising (SJR) youth and social change ?? (Ari – psc intern)
- team meetings
- core group meeting

July
- action event #2 theme – sea/environment – beach clean up?
- team meetings
- core group meeting

August
No event
Core group meeting and Preparation

mid-late September
- panel #2 – theme – TBD (disaster prevention and relief?)
- team meetings
- core group meeting
(US student volunteer returns to the US)

mid-October to mid November
- skills build workshops series #3
Outreach(?), fair trade (SJR), Fundraising (?), Advocacy (SJR), 2? (?)

- team meetings
- core group meeting

late November/early December
- Action event – theme: hunger or poverty
- team meetings
- core group meeting