[Event Report] Kyosei Environment Promotion Week (FY2024)

2024/12/20

The Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion held awareness-raising events as part of "Kyosei Environment Promotion Week" from Tuesday, December 3 to Friday, December 20, 2024.

Under the themes of the three activities addressed by the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion—"Work-Life Balance," "Barrier-Free," and "Diversity"—a total of eight projects were held to provide a sense of the expanding efforts toward realizing a symbiotic environment within Keio.

(1) Dec 3 (Tue) "Boccia x Keio Students: A Circle of Community Starting from Para-Sports" (All Keio Student Council Project)

Through the experience and theory of para-sports, we will explore the ideal forms of diversity and community.

[Date & Time] Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 14:45–16:15 (4th period)

[Format] In-person (includes practical boccia experience)

[Location] Hiyoshi Campus, Kyoseikan Collaboration Complex 2F, Multipurpose Classrooms 2 & 3

[Target Audience] Keio students, faculty, and staff (Free of charge)

[Speaker] Mr. Mitsuteru Murakami (Head Coach of the Japan National Boccia Team for the Tokyo Paralympics)

(2) Dec 3 (Tue) "Support for Balancing Personal Concerns and Work (CARE): Good Communicators are Good at Self-Care"

Interpersonal relationships are often cited as a primary factor affecting workplace comfort. Because relationships both inside and outside the workplace are diverse—involving generational gaps, differing values, and variations in positions or scopes of responsibility—many people find building these relationships difficult. In this seminar, we will consider workplace relationships that affect our mental health and "how to communicate with others" to improve those relationships from a mental health perspective.

[Date & Time] Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 18:00–19:30

[Format] Online (Zoom)

[Target Audience] Faculty and staff (Free of charge)

[Speaker] Ms. Reiko Matsumoto (Counselor, E-Partner Co., Ltd.)

Real-time captioning available

(3) Dec 5 (Thu) "Nursing Care Support (KIND): Peace of Mind through Knowledge!! Facilities and Costs"

"I want to provide care at home as much as possible, but it's difficult to balance with work." "I want to use a care facility, but I don't understand long-term care insurance facilities or housing for the elderly." "I don't know how much nursing care will cost." We will answer these questions and concerns one by one, providing specific information and know-how regarding care facilities and associated costs.

[Date & Time] Thursday, December 5, 2024, 18:00–19:30

[Format] Online (Zoom)

[Target Audience] Faculty and staff (Free of charge)

[Speaker] Ms. Toyoko Tsunoda (Director of the Career and Nursing Care Consultation Office, wiwiw Co., Ltd.)

[Program]

1. Looking at Nursing Care from a Housing Perspective

(What to do when care is needed, differences between home and facilities, points of caution, etc.)

2. Long-term Care Insurance and Nursing Care Costs

(Structure of insurance premiums, costs, care certification, service fees/types, reduction systems, etc.)

3. Types of Housing and Facilities for the Elderly

(Types of facilities, eligibility, costs, service details, etc.)

4. How to Choose a Facility and Precautions for Contracts

(Choosing between home or a facility, pros and cons, selection steps, contracts and precautions, etc.)

(4) Dec 9 (Mon) Toward the Restoration of "Everyone's Forest"

Approximately 70% of Japan's land is forest. In the past, Japan was abundant with the blessings of the forest, and forests were close to people's lives, but gradually both their feet and hearts grew distant. Neglected forests become harmful to people; we must protect the water sources and ecosystems that nurture life; it is a waste not to utilize the forests—even if we understand this, the reality is difficult. How can we get closer to the forests that are so near yet so far? What kind of future will a series of challenges create? What can we learn in the forest? This year, as a uniform "Forest Environmental Tax" was imposed on citizens, why not take this opportunity to think about forests as a personal matter?

[Date & Time] Monday, December 9, 2024, 18:15–20:00

[Format] In-person

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

[Target Audience] Open to everyone (Free of charge)

[Speaker] Mr. Haruo Saito (Director of the Arboricultural Research Institute, University Forests, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

[Program]

1. Keynote Lecture: Mr. Haruo Saito

Director of the Arboricultural Research Institute, University Forests, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo

2. Student Activity Report @ Keio University school forest

Minasan mirai project 2nd Cohort: Keio University Future-Leading Fund / Minamisanriku Project

Keio University Student Conference (KUSC) Project #4: "Information Disclosure about Keio's Forests" Project

(5) Dec 12 (Thu) "Is Reasonable Accommodation Unfair?"

When hearing the term "reasonable accommodation," some people may get the impression that it is "unfair."

Individuals with developmental disabilities will speak candidly about reasonable accommodation.

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

[Format] In-person and Online (Zoom)

[Location] Hiyoshi Campus, Independence Wing, Classroom D412

[Target Audience] Keio students, faculty, and staff (Free of charge)

[Speakers]

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

Despite having difficulties with reading and writing, he began receiving accommodations using a tablet in the upper grades of elementary school and continued to a local public junior high school. For his high school entrance exams, he received accommodations such as extended time and was admitted to Keio Senior High School.

He is currently active, having launched the fashion brand YUSUKE KIKUTA.

- Mr. Otoyas Hamachi (4th year, Faculty of Policy Management)

He has severe difficulty with reading. At university, he researches inclusive disaster prevention. He studies disaster prevention in general, such as disaster prevention education and evacuation guidance for public institutions, from an inclusive perspective. At School KIKUTA, a school for children who struggle with reading and writing, he has been involved from the program design stage using his perspective as an affected individual and plays a central role in its operation.

He is a charismatic adult whom the children look up to.

- Prof. Yasushi Nakano (Chair of the Barrier-Free Project Committee, Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Professor, Faculty of Economics)

(6) Dec 17 (Tue) "Keio Organizations Assemble! Thinking about the Future of a Symbiotic Society" (@ease supporter Project)

This is an opportunity for @ease supporters and Keio organizations involved in promoting a symbiotic environment to engage in frank dialogue and deepen their broad insights for creating a symbiotic environment both inside and outside the university.

[Date & Time] Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 17:00–19:30

[Format] In-person

[Location] Hiyoshi Campus, Independence Wing, Classroom D202

[Target Audience] Keio students, faculty, and staff (Free of charge)

[Speakers] Keio student groups related to the theme of Kyosei (S.A.L., KEIO Sports SDGs, Keio Juku-shinbun, etc.)

[Content] Dialogue

(7) Wednesday, December 18: "Talk Show: 'Golf and Life'" (Co-hosted by the Institute of Physical Education)

We will welcome Mr. Tsuneyuki Nakajima, one of Japan's leading players who has won 55 titles and been the prize money king four times, and was the first Japanese player to finish in the top 10 of all four major world tournaments. He will speak on a wide range of themes, including various career paths and how to approach a healthy and rich life through golf. A one-point lesson is also planned.

[Date and Time] Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 17:00–18:00

[Format] In-person and online (Zoom)

[Location] Mita Campus, North Building Hall

[Target Audience] Keio students, faculty, and staff (Free of charge)

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

[Program]

1. Talk by Mr. Tsuneyuki Nakajima

2. One-point lesson (Practical skills)

(8) Friday, December 20: "Rap Performance & Workshop: A Place to Voice the Difficulties of Living—I didn't actually intend to tell anyone, but..."

In a rapidly changing world, people live while carrying the difficulties of living. They pretend not to notice their own struggles and try to keep them suppressed deep within their hearts. When they can no longer hold them back, they try to push their own difficulties onto people in even more vulnerable positions. In this way, the difficulty of living is omnipresent in the world, while at the same time being concentrated on specific individuals.

So, is the difficulty you carry only your problem? Might your struggles be connected to various issues in Japan and the world, or the situation surrounding minorities? With the help of music and the power of the venue, let's first try to put it into words and think about it.

We welcome FUNI, who leads workshops incorporating rap, for a performance and workshop to connect and dialogue with other participants about the difficulties of living that we face in the age of diversity.

[Date and Time] Friday, December 20, 2024, 18:00–20:00

[Format] In-person

[Location] Mita Information Plaza 2nd Floor, Conference Room

[Target Audience] 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.

Also conducts rap workshops at juvenile detention centers and literacy classes to give voice to one's thoughts.

Continues to be active through rap beyond just music, including an interview in Ryo Isobe's "Reportage Kawasaki," rap supervision for the manga "Yami Kawasaki: The Boundary of Struggling," and social movements.

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

 Yoshikazu Shiobara (Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University)

[Content] Performance & Workshop