Event Announcement: "Kyosei Environment Promotion Week 2024"

December 5, 2024

Keio University is committed to promoting initiatives related to "work-life balance," "barrier-free access," and "diversity," aiming to realize a society where people from diverse backgrounds—including age, gender, SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity), disability, culture, nationality, race, creed, and lifestyle—can respect each other's dignity without anyone being isolated or excluded. We are holding the "Kyosei Environment Promotion Week," an awareness-raising event intended to provide an opportunity to share these initiatives widely with everyone and to foster individual understanding. This event will feature many attractive programs, including lectures and seminars with distinguished guests from various fields. With the exception of some programs, archives will also be available, so we encourage you to watch them. We look forward to your participation.

For details on each program, please check the links on the poster.

Kyosei Environment Promotion 2024.pdf

We will provide specific information and know-how about nursing care facilities and their costs.

[Date & Time] December 5, 2024 (Thu) 18:00–19:30

[Format] Online (Zoom)

[Eligibility] Faculty and staff (free of charge)

[Lecturer] Ms. Toyoko Tsunoda (Director, Career and Nursing Care Balance Consultation Office, wiwiw Inc.)

How can we get closer to the forests that are so near, yet so far? What can we learn from them? In a year when a uniform "Forest Environment Tax" has been imposed on all citizens, we will reconsider the forests as a matter of personal relevance.

[Date & Time] December 9, 2024 (Mon) 18:15–20:00

[Format] In-person

[Venue] G-Lab, 6F, East Research Building, Mita Campus

[Eligibility] Open to all (free of charge)

[Speaker] Dr. Haruo Saito (Director, Institute of Silviculture, The University of Tokyo Forests, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

When you hear the term "reasonable accommodations," do you get the impression that it's "unfair"? In this session, individuals with developmental disabilities will speak candidly about reasonable accommodations.

[Date & Time] December 12, 2024 (Thu) 16:30–18:00 (5th period)

[Format] In-person and online

[Venue] Room D412, Independence Wing, Hiyoshi Campus

[Eligibility] Keio students, faculty, and staff (free of charge)

[Speakers]

• Mr. Yusuke Kikuta (4th year, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)

He has difficulties with reading and writing but began receiving accommodations via a tablet in upper elementary school and went on to a local public junior high school. He passed the entrance exam for Keio Senior High School with accommodations such as extended time.

He has launched and is currently running the fashion brand YUSUKE KIKUTA. https://yusuke-kikuta.square.site/

• Mr. Otoya Hamachi (4th year, Faculty of Policy Management)

He has severe difficulty with reading. At university, he researches inclusive disaster preparedness. He studies disaster preparedness in general from an inclusive perspective, including disaster education and evacuation guidance in public institutions. At KIKUTA, a school for children with reading and writing difficulties, he is involved from the program design stage, leveraging his perspective as an individual with such difficulties, and plays a central role in its operation. He is a charismatic adult role model for the children.

• Dr. Yasushi Nakano (Chairperson, Barrier-Free Project Committee, Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Professor, Faculty of Economics)

▶Video URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TIqk9hozN6sBDKcoISCQAWhLQq9o1ZVD/view?usp=sharing

[Date & Time] December 17, 2024 (Tue) 17:00–19:30

[Format] In-person

[Venue] Room D202, Independence Wing, Hiyoshi Campus

[Eligibility] Keio students, faculty, and staff (free of charge)

[Speakers] @ease supporter, SAL, Keio Sports SDGs

[Content] Panel discussion

▶Video URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IT7WdmIQ649yk3ZC1iUWUdCbREiPNANL/view?usp=sharing

Professional golfer Tsuneyuki Nakajima will speak on a wide range of topics, including various career paths and how to approach a healthy and fulfilling life through golf. A mini-lesson is also planned.

[Date & Time] December 18, 2024 (Wed) 17:00–18:00

[Format] In-person and online

[Venue] North Hall, Mita Campus (for in-person attendees)

[Eligibility] Keio students, faculty, and staff (free of charge)

[Speakers] Mr. Tsuneyuki Nakajima (Professional Golfer) × Dr. Takataka Inami (Associate Professor, Institute of Physical Education; Graduate School of Health Management)

▶Video URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SDmq0tWIysw-GEWOv2TE-zRnYtzPz3Qg/view?usp=sharing

We will welcome FUNI, who leads rap-based workshops, for a performance and workshop where we can connect and converse with other participants about the struggles we face living in an age of diversity. (This event will be held in connection with Pride Commitment).

[Date & Time] December 20, 2024 (Fri) 18:00–20:00

[Format] In-person

[Venue] Conference Room, 2F, Mita Information Plaza

[Eligibility] Keio students, faculty, and staff (free of charge) Capacity: 20 people

[Speakers] • FUNI (Rapper/Poet) (Actor/Facilitator)

Formed the rap unit "KP (Korean Power, Korean Pride)" in 2002. Grand Champion of SSWS in 2007.

He also conducts rap workshops in juvenile reformatories and literacy classes, helping people voice their feelings. He continues to be actively involved in activities that go beyond music, including being interviewed for Ryo Isobe's "Rupo Kawasaki," supervising the rap for the manga "Yami Kawasaki: The Borderline of Struggle," and participating in social movements. URL: KAWASAKI2 ~me,we~ | FUNI

• Dr. Kohei Kawabata (Professor, Department of Multicultural and International Cooperation, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Tsuda University)

• Dr. Yoshikazu Shiobara (Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University)

*Please register using the application form for each program. Event information will be sent to your keio.jp email address.

*If you require accessibility support, please contact us by email at least one week before each event. We will consult with you and provide support in a feasible manner.

*For staff members: Please obtain permission from your department head to participate during work hours.

*If you do not have a keio.jp account and wish to participate, please contact the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. keiodiversity@info.keio.ac.jp (We also accept other inquiries here)