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Sharing Resilience to stop domestic violence in Japan / FEW February meeting

Date Friday, February 12, 2010
Time 1:33am - 2:59pm
Venue Venue: GRIPS, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Roppongi http://www.grips.ac.jp/about/access.html
Price ¥3000 for members, ¥6000 for guests
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Topic:

Domestic Violence In Japan

Speaker:

Sachi Nakajima, Resilience Founder

fter a brief introduction to herself and her organization, Sachi will share some of her experiences in tackling domestic violence in Japan. She will also present some of the basic facts on domestic violence and the cycle of violence so many find hard to escape. Find out what organizations like Resilience are doing to change things in Japan and how you can help.

Resilience http://www.resilience.jp
Resilience is an organization which aims to raise awareness around the issues of domestic violence. Most of Resilience’s work consists of conducting trainings, presentations, and workshops, at a rate of over 100 events a year. Resilience also holds classes at high schools and colleges to promote insight and to prevent abusive relationships among youths. They also organize an annual study tour program to the United States, with themes that range from domestic violence and child abuse to grief care.

Speakers profile Sachi Nakajima, Resilience Founder
Sachi Nakajima has been active in this work since 2003. She brings a background in law (Juris Doctor, 1991, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College) and social work (Master of Social Work, 2003, Portland State University Graduate School of Social Work) to her work at Resilience, an organization she created and directs to support people who have experienced domestic violence. She also holds adjunct positions at Kyorin University and at Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences. Sachi does about 100 trainings, workshops and presentations each year throughout Japan and is looking to expand the work Resilience does to also develop more traininers.

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