Schedules on GPF Japan Filipino Community Mobilization

Please be informed of the update in the GPF Events in Japan that the Filipino Community are actively involved in. If you wish to help in the mobilization please contact the FJMGP coordinators and Filipino Community Representative in your local areas or contact us at fjmgp@yahoo.com.

September 3
GPF Kick Off Banquet for Diplomats 6pm to 9 pm .

Hilton Hotel in Tokyo .The main speaker is Dr. Hyun Jin Moon

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September 13

mini GPF in KANTO

GPF Orientation and Partnership Event for Filipino Leaders in Kanto Area.

Shinjuku Bunka Center 2pm to 4 pm. Contact fjmgp@yahoo.com

Speakers : Koji Matsuda , Angelita Obara

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September 13

mini GPF for International members (Including Filipino).

Shinjuku Bunka Center 5:30pm - 8 pm.

Contact fjmgp@yahoo.com

September 14

mini GPF in YAMANASHI

Chuo Shi Tamaho Sogokaikan 1pm-4pm.
Contact: Jenjen Yamaguchi-luckysevenguyz@yahoo.com / 055-2723806 / 080-33991894

Speakers: Koji Matsuda , Angelita Obara

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September 21

mini GPF in TOKYO (Only For Filipino Core Leaders in Kanto Area)
YFWP Office Seiyaku Bldg 1F, Shinjuku Tokyo. 1pm-4pm Contact: fjmgp@yahoo.com

Speakers: Brian Dirige. Angelita Obara

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October 5

mini GPF in HIROSHIMA

Hiroshima International House 1pm-4pm
Contact Febbie Cabiles -Uraguchi flynnil@yahoo.com / 082- 909-3099 / 070-5430-6381

Speakers: Koji Matsuda , Angelita Obara

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October 5

mini GPF in KANAGAWA

(Co-sponsor: FJBFA/TIMD)
Epoch Nakahara Conference Hall (one min from Nakahara station) 2-4pm. Contact:
Remia Watanabe tetsum4a3sherman@docomo.ne.jp / 042-5223-146 / 090-1110-6714
Robert Alcamfor robert_alcamfor@yahoo.com / 044-533-4235-080-3177-9626
Ma. Fe Miranda- Obuchi mfobuchi@yahoo.com / 045-5751-863 / 090-84616379
Speakers: Brian Dirige, Reiko Nishi, Mr. Kiyoshi , Nishi, Reuben Cruz

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October 5
mini GPF in MIE

(Co-sponsor: UFPA/FJMGP/FJBFA)

Shokugyo – kunren center ,Suzuka-shi , Mieken

Speakers: Takatora Kobayash

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Sept.27/October 10/October 12

Series of GPF Orientation and Partnership Event in ISHIKAWA

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October 12

mini GPF in SAITAMA

(Co-sponsor: FJMGP/FJBFA/TIMD)

Audiovisual Seminar Room 4th floor With You Saitama, Hotel Brillante Musashino Bldg,(Kita Yono or Saitama Shintosin, JR line) 1pm-4:30 pm
Contact : Arnold Hiramis hoshinoheramis@kvj.biglobe.ne

Speakers: Sam Nagasaka , Priscila Akahori

October 12

mini GPF in NAGANO

(Co-sponsor: FJMGP/UFPA/UFO)

Suwako Heights, Sogo Fukushi Center

Contact: ronnie_delossantos@yahoo.com

Speakers: Dante Negre, Brian Dirige, Ken Minami, Jun Flores

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October 12

mini GPF in FUKUOKA

Onojo Madokapia Small Hall

2-3-1 Akebono Machi, Onojou City, Fukuoka T816-0834

Contact Helen Hamada bantolo715@yahoo.com.sg

Speakers: Rev. James K. Herndon , Mr. Hirofumi Sato

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October 12
mini GPF in MIYAZAKI

Miyazaki Shimin Plaza 4th Floor
1-1-2 Tachibana-nishi、Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Pref

Speakers: Takatora Kobayashi

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October 13

mini GPF in OSAKA

Contact Ann Sosogi ta93aaju@yahoo.co.jp

Speakers: Mr. Kajukuri , Angelita Obara

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October 19
mini GPF in SHIZUOKA

Forest Hill, Guest House

Speakers: Angelita Obara, Priscila Akahori,

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October 26

mini GPF in NIIGATA

Kurosaki Shiminkaikan (5 minutes　by car from Furusatomura)
Nishiku Toppara 909-1 Niigata City

Speakers : Angelita Obara, Mr. Mori, Brian Dirige

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November 2

mini GPF in TOCHIGI

(c/o Naty Marcos-Fukuoka, Ernie Nuylan, Annaliza Tamada )

November 9

Mini GPF in Chiba

(c/o Marivic Mizushima)

Schedule prepared by:
Precy Miranda- Akahori ,FJMGP, Secretariat

(As Reported by Coordinators and FCRs)

For changes or additional information you want to include in this memo please send it to the secretariat .Thanks for your hardworks!

Saitama GPF mobilization - KickOff Meeting

FJMGP Saitama hosted a Kick-Off Meeting
August 24, 2008 , Higashi Omiya Hall

To Saitama members : Thanks for your sincere engagement in the mobilization. Looking forward to the success of the incoming Oct.12 main Saitama Mini-GPF !!!

Reported by Arnold Heramis and Lala Hasegawa

Saitama Chapter had a meeting last August 24, 2008 in Higashi Omiya Hall to kick-off plan for the the Global Peace Festival Mobilization . The program started at 3:30pm with the video presentation of GPF Philippines 2007 and the power point presentation of FJMGP with GPF Japan. The presentation encouraged everyone to get involved and fulfill our responsibility in the GPF Japan on November 12-16, 2008 and the GPF Philippines on December 12, 2008.

The mini-GPF in Saitama will be on October 12, 2008 at the audiovisual seminar room 4th floor With You Saitama of Hotel Brillante Musashino Bldg, located between the two stations Kita Yono and Saitama Shintosin, JR line with the capacity of 72 seats, just 5 minutes walk from the 2 stations. Everybody is excited to make GPF- Saitama a success!
The following were discussed:

1. Strategic plan in reaching the 72-100 participants, by going to groups in Omiya and Urawa, visiting different companies with many Filipino employees,by giving invitations to Japanese Language Institute who have a Filipino Monbusho scholars and to the Saitama and Ageo International Associations. We will ask them to send their representatives for the GPF;

2. Invitation, program, ticket for Oct 12, survey form for Nov. 15 and activities like group discussions. At the end of the program, will be asking the guests if they are interested to join the Community Service monthly/quarterly.

3. GPF working committee-Saitama.

4. Service for Peace on Nov. 2 for which Ms. Lita Asai is responsible to look for.

5. 500 yen registration fee.

6. Second generation from 6 yrs old will practice the WHD circular to be trained by Arnold Heramis . They will present it on Oct 12.

7 . Another meeting will be held on September and will encourage everyone to become our partners.

This is just the beginning of Peace, Love and Unity in our hearts.We are grateful that thru FJMGP and internet we are able to know our brothers and sisters that we haven’t met and talked for a long time.

Hiroshima GPF Mobilization -orientation seminar

Hiroshima GPF Mobilization
August 17,2008

To Hiroshima members : Thanks for doing a good start for GPF mobilization. Oct. 5 will be big day out there ! Keep it up and looking forward to hearing more of your activities.


Report By Febbie Cabiles Uraguchi
Activities in Relation to GPF Hiroshima on Oct. 5

1. Akitsu mini GPF Orientation Seminar last Aug. 17, 2008 there were 17 participants attended and they promised to attend Oct. 5 GPF in Hiroshima
2. Weekly meeting together with GPF-J Hiroshima coordinator and International family adviser.
3. Fund Raising Activity " Ohayo gozaimasu Yorushiru Onegaishimasu" during the Sunday service, I made the donation box and approach one by one those who are attending the Sunday service with our mini GPF picture exhibit while holding my donation box.
4. September 7, "Cake Fair" my American partner will bake cakes and we will put on the ground floor of the church to sell as our fund raising.
5. The whole month of September will be the GPF awareness month so every Sunday of this month we will put up Exhibit on Global Peace Festival at the ground floor of the building. Pictures of our past mini GPF, FJMGP flyers, brochures from internet to be printed and other materials and banner will be used as an exhibit. The purpose of this exhibit is for all members to be aware of the Activity in Hiroshima GPF on October 5, 2008 so that all members no matter what nationalities are; Our heart, spirit and mind will be united into one centering on the event on Oct.5. Thru this we can invite and challenge the spirit world to cooperate for the success of the event both international and Japanese spirit will be involved.
6. Another mini GPF on Sept. 21 will be held in the combined towns of Akitsu and Yasuura. The GPF-J Hiroshima coordinator will join us on this day.
7. Now we are checking out other towns where we can held another mini GPF. One of our goals is to conduct mini GPFs in all towns of Hiroshima continuously even after Nov. 15 to organized FJMGP in each towns of Hiroshima .

Yamanashi GPF Mobilization - Lunch party with friends

Yamanashi Preliminary GPF Orientation Report
August 17,2008

Special thanks to ate Jenjen who took initiative in organizing a kick-off to reach out Filipino friends in Yamanashi. FJMGP will always be there... Good luck to all our members there !

Reported By: Remia Martin-Watanabe
On Aug 17, 2008, a preliminary GPF orientation was held in Yamanashi hosted by Mrs. Josephine "Jen-jen" Eslopor Yamaguchi. Nora "Lala" Magpantay-Hasegawa and Remia Martin-Watanabe. FJMGP representatives were invited to introduce the Global Peace Festival content.

The day was actually the lunch party of Jen's group where the Filipinas together with their Japanese husbands and kids and one Filipino Nikkei jin couple (of Japanese descendants) joyfully welcomed us. The Lunch party was initiated by Jen herself. They are doing it 3 or 4 times a year. Jen thought that having this kind of activity will strengthen the bond of family relationship and pursue deeper brotherly hood.

She initiated a project that helped members support each other financially which turned out to be the main driving force in strengthening their communication and foremost trust to each other. She generously shared this project’s ideas to kanto area members to generate funds for our mini GPF activities. I really appreciate Jen's community work which is a sample for us to do something for the community in our own ,creating a new way of introducing our organization.

There were 22 people in attendance. As we present the FJMGP and GPF, everybody is so full of hope. They really appreciated it and determined that, "We will make a GPF here in Yamanashi too."

Since it is just a family-type gathering, with a limited time. A casual, friendly and just a simple presentation was enough. We did not use the projector nor the video. We collected the visual aids and make use of the New Youth Magazine (YFWP magazine), The Ideal Family Magazaine (WFWP magazine) and Lala's GPF Manual showing the Filipino VIP's particularly the presence of Pres Gloria M. Arroyo in the Philippine GPF activity.All of these to further understand what I am explaining about.

Im so happy that these magazines featured the organizations activities. Showing them the GPF in the Philippines and in Paraguay really amazed them. Of course, the aspect of GPF's service, intercultural and inter-racial activity especially the family was also a topic of their interest. But in all of these conversations I put more emphasis on the family. The participants agreed that global peace must come first from the family. The room seems in commotion for everybody wants to speak. One participants(he is working on the hospital as the head of food department) suggested that we advertise the GPF event in the Yamanashi newspaper. We encouraged them to invite VIPs especially the city mayor.

One Japanese husband has been so supportive said that he will try to invite the mayor of the city with the agreement that he will not be alone. He needs somebody with him for support. Even the Filipino Nikkei-jin hopefully wants to bring their clans and even planning to reach out the Brazilian nikkei-jin, too.

Everybody promised to bring more of their friends on the main event in Yamanashi on Sept 14. We cheerfully end up the gathering where everybody is so pleased, full of hope and determination.

Organizing GPF in Japan

GPF Japan Executive Committee partnership with FJMGP
August 3, 2008 Shibuya, Tokyo

A meeting was called among FJMGP officers , active members to organize GPF in Japan to support the incoming Nov.15 main GPF Japan, which is one among the series of GPF events being held around the world. GPF-Philippines is scheduled on December. FJMGP is part of the International Committee of GPF Japan to become partner for peace in reaching out for the Filipino communities in Japan.
( GPF USA is just to be held Aug.9 at the Capitol West Lawn, Washington, DC. click here to see the lastest on Global GPF )

In this connection, FJMGP is coming up with mini local GPF events in selected prefectures and areas in Tokyo in preparation for the upcoming big event in November and GPF for Philippine in December.

Below is a report by Precy Akahori :

Angelita Obara, FJMGP President reported highlights of her meeting with the Global Peace Festival Japan Executive Committee. She said that it was full of energy and expectations. Among all international members, the committee chose us Filipinos as the central people among foreigners whom they expect to bring the community to the event. We were given the goal of at least 10,000 members with the privilege of seating just behind the Ambassadors and diplomats to cheer up and enliven the event. Bus transportation are provided.. They will try to invite Pops Fernandez and JR to come over. So we have to mobilize Filipinos all over Japan and bring them to Tokyo. The event will be on Nov.15th at Ajinomoto Stadium .

The initial internal National Steering Committee for the Filipino Community Representatives had been appointed. They are as follows

a.National Chairman/men :
Edward Mayo and Angelita Obara
b..Program Committee-in charge of inviting performers, speakers for GPF-Tokyo
Brian Dirige, Lala Hasegawa
c..Invitation Committee- in-charge of inviting participants including visiting Pinoy Offices, churches- Lorelie Shiokawa, Remia Watanabe
d. .Technical- preparation of stage, audio, DVD, computer, powerpoint set up
Robert Alcamfor, Jun Granada
e..Secretariat/ Distribution of flyers/pamphlets-GPF-Japan-
Precy Akahori, Fe Obuchi
f. Registration: Liza Nakazaki and Wilma Kondo
g.. Documentation: Arnold Hiramis
h. Food Preparation: Thess Renes, Lalaine

As there are more areas that needs to be filled up, volunteers are welcome to help in any area of their prefence. Corresponding External leaders will be appointed later- they will be coming from other Filipino group members in Japan .

Mini local GPF schedules were planned as follows :

August 30 : CHIBA (contact person: Eutemia Ebato)
September 14 :YAMANASHI (contact person: Jenjen Yamaguchi )
September 21: TOKYO (contact: fjmgp@yahoo.com
October: SAITAMA (contact: Lala Hasegawa, Arnold Heramis )
September 28: HIROSHIMA (contact person: Febbie )
October 5 : KAWASAKI-TACHIKAWA (Nambu Line Area) contact person: Remia, Robert, Fe
October 12 : NAGANO (contact person : Ronnie )
October 13 : OSAKA (contact person : Ann Sosogi)

Brian Dirige gave a consolidated report and common understanding of GPF thru power point presentation. He suggested creating partnership events to fill in the gaps and connect FJMGP to GPF. Thru a systematic timetable he was able to show attendees how to proceed from FJMGP Mini GPF, to GPF Japan and finally to GPF Philippines.Brian recently created an FJMGP blog for the purpose of GPF awareness He suggested to post the blog link to Email Groups like BCA, IFA etc and send it from fjmgp email account and to requests members with personal blogs or website to include link of FJMGP Blog. He also suggested to include the new FJMGP blog link in our leaflets/ brochures and when our requests to Philippine Embassy to publish our group is granted, we can ask them to include mentioning our blog link. He also mentioned sending link to our personal Filipino friends in Japan and asking Family Times in Philippines to create a link in their website for our blog

Remia Watanabe suggested to have a Kawasaki- Tachikawa GPF. She also suggested to have a translated pamphlets for distribution as GPF awareness campaign. Ate Angie stated that if an area has the ability, capacity and confidence to work it on their own (meaning with the local members around the area) they are encouraged to do mini GPFs. Pamphlets in English will be available for distribution by August 15.

Fe Obuchi suggested that if there are no Filipino mini GPF scheduled in their area, bring your guests to local Japanese groups for the monthly held Global Family Festival of YFWP. She also suggested creating 100 voices choir ? that is gathering choir members of all Filipino churches all over Japan making one choir.

Lorie Shiokawa also prepared suggestions prior to the meeting and was was reviewed by the team , facilitated by by Ate Angie .

FJMGP is glad to welcome Robert Alcomfor, Leader of TIMD-Japan who suggested to have a partnership ceremony between TIMD and FJMGP for the purpose of establishing stronger relationship between the two groups.

From November 1-12, the GPF Japan Executive Committee will shoot documentary of volunteer works/events that will be held at each local chapter. If any FJMGP chapter will be doing a voluntary work/event please let us know. So we can inform and send the cameramen to your place. It will be shown on November 15.
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FJMGP Powerpoint Presentation