IGS Seminar will be held as follows. For more detailed information, please see the attached poster.
■ Date and time: Wednesday, January 18, 10:30〜12:00 (JST)
■ Venue: MIRAI CREA Conference Room
■ Lecturer:
Mr. Masaho Morichika, Higashihiroshima City Community Coexistence Promotion Division
Mr. Tomoyuki Okamura, Higashihiroshima City Council of Social Welfare
■ Language: English
■ Abstract: Guest lecturers from Higashihiroshima municipal office and Higashihiroshima City Council of Social Welfare will explain (1) the challenges facing community as families become more diverse and (2) the city's initiatives to build CHIIKI NO TSUNAGARI (local connections and support groups). Then, we will discuss what each of us living in the community can do toward the realization of CHIIKI KYOUSEI SHAKAI (community symbiosis society).

※ Interested students are welcome to join Family Diversity I (8:45 - 10:15 on the same day) prior to the seminar to learn about the background of the community symbiosis concept (e.g. demographic and family changes in Japan and Higashihiroshima City)