Presentation at the 6th Nanki-Kumano Geopark Festa & Symposium 3-16-2019 ・T. Kubo SLIDE-DVD showings: “the Phoenix Fold in Susamai” and two other WWBC DVDs; “Water – いのちの水” and “Hand in Hand Beyond Cultures 手をつなごうよ”(T. Kubo)
Jeff Berglund 京都国際観光大使 International Goodwill Ambassador 2016 ~ Present
Craig Smith KUFS Community Engagement Center – Director for International Programmes 2018 (WWBC members’ sincere condolences to Craig, who passed away 1/3/2019)
2016-17 WWBC’s collaborations with “Kyoto Japanese Folk Dolls Museum” to produce English versions (DVDs) of “The Fushimi Clay Dolls” (伏見人形) and “Gosho-ningyo and Saga-ningyo Dolls” (御所・嵯峨人形) to support a project to promote the preservation and utilization of cultural properties of Japan. Tetsuo Kubo, Quentin C. Durning, Heidi S. Durning, Takushi Tani
Submission of the WWBC project to 2016 AMPU: Summer 2016, T. Kubo, C..Smith and the KUFS WWBC members submitted their product, “Hand-in-Hand Beyond Cultures: 手をつなごうよ” to “Action Moves People United (AMPU)”－UNESCO-USFUCA, an international project to promote World Peace through media initiatives. For more information: ≪ www.ActionMovesPeopleUnited.org ≫ (Kubo & Smith)
Craig Smith: PEACE –BUILDING PROJECT for students (A, B and C below)
A: Faculty Advisor for Peace-Building Conferences
- Asian Youth Forum, Thamassat University, Thailand January 26-February 2, 2015. Theme: Learning to Live Together
- Rome Model United Nations, LUISS University, Rome Italy March 14-18, 2015. Theme: Save the Earth
- World Model United Nations, Korean National University of Foreign Studies, March 16-20, 2015. Theme: The Post:MDG Development Agenda
- Japan University English Model United Nations at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies June 27-29, 2014. Theme; Fostering Global Citizenship
- Tsukuba English Model United Nations at Tsukuba University December 5-7, 2014. Theme: The United Nations Proposals for the 2016 Sustainable Development Goals
B: Faculty Advisor for Community Engagement Projects:
- Picture Books for Cambodian Children, Cambodia Feb 9-21, 2015. Project Description: Japanese and English language and culture teaching for children living in poverty
- Global Village, Bangalore India, Feb 25-March 6, 2015 Project Description: micro-financing house building project in a resettlement village
- Outreach, Cebu Philippines August 3 -13, 2014 Project Description: observation of, and participation in Philippine projects to help children living in poverty
- Global Village, Quezon City Philippines Sept 4- 14, 2014 Project Description: micro-financing house building project in a squatters’ slum
C: Board of the Kyoto International Cultural Association（京都国際文化協会）
- UNESCO World Memory Register Application Committee for the National Repatriation Museum in Maizuru City from 2012 – 2015
- Executive committee of the Network of Global Translators of Atomic Bomb Survivors testimonies
- A Founding Faculty Advisor of the Japan University English Model United Nations, The Tsukuba University English Model United Nations, and a Faculty Advisor to the Asian Youth Forum
Jeff Berglund – some social activities:
- “Visit Kyoto Ambassador：Friend of Kyoto (国際観光大使)” 2014
- “Jeff@KYOTO: もてなし京都案内“（A navigator for KBS Kyoto TV: A Guide to Kyoto Hospitality）
Worldwide judge for the 2014 “Future of Education” Youth Essay Contest by the World Genesis Foundation, June 2014 (Tetsuo Kubo)
Presentation & WATER DVD showing at the 2014 UNESCO International Conference “Global Ethics, Sustainable Development and Social Media” (UN in NY), March 8th 2014 (KUFS WWBC Tetsuo Kubo & Craig Smith). Also mentioned in Newsletter USFUCA-WFUCA – March 2014 UNESCO international conference (Craig Smith & Tetsuo Kubo)