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Grassroots Exchange Discretionary Grants 2010

Harvard Medical School, Center for Health and the Global Environment. Cambridge,
MA    
Fostering Ocean Conservation in Japan & US through Use of Multimedia &
Cultural Exchange
Project Director: Kathleen Frith
$10,000
1) The participants would understand a variety of threats to the ocean and
their consequences for human health and well-being; 2) By approaching this
topic in Japanese-US pairs, participants would understand that these issues are
global in scope, learn from each other’s cultural and geographical
perspectives, and foster positive relationships between US and Japan; 3) By
using multimedia tools, participants would deepen their learning by finding
ways to communicate ocean science to a larger audience, embracing both
creativity and fact-based content, and be able to share their work with their
community and online audiences.

Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE). New
York, NY
Disseminating an Innovative Model of Philanthropy Education–Japan Roundtables
with Founder of Common Cents
Project Director: Atsuko Geiger
$8,500
To explore the potential for a collaborative project to introduce an American
philanthropic education program to Japan and to establish an effective working
relationship between the parties in the US and Japan with an aim to start a
pilot program in Japan.

Japan Society of Northern California. San
Francisco, CA
Kanrin Maru Symposium: The Future of the 
US-Japan Relationship 
Project Director: Dana Lewis
$4,400
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Japan ‘s first
embassy to the US aboard the Kanrin Maru and USS
Powhattan, provide a forum in Northern California for a sophisticated
discussion of the future direction of US-Japan relations in its diplomatic,
business and civil society aspects. The symposium is designed to tap both the
expertise of senior US and Japanese policy experts who rarely visit the region,
and to tap local expertise of Bay Area universities and the unique resources of
Silicon Valley . We will raise awareness both on-site
and through proceedings.
 
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Center on Terrorism.
New York, NY 
Wisdom of the Survivor Conference 
Project Director: Michael Flynn
$7,500
A day-long conference bringing together over 100 hibakusha from Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, with an equal number of surviving members of victims of the attack on
the World Trade Center to address the issues of the wisdom of the survivors of
atrocity and terrorism.