Dear All,

The International House of Japan (I-House) in collaboration with the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the 5-part webinar series detailed below featuring the Ramon Magsaysay Awardees who talk on themes such as education, governance and information, agriculture, and mental health .

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Webinar Series "Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific Featuring the Ramon Magsaysay Awardees"

Language: English with Japanese subtitles
For details on the series,
https://www.i-house.or.jp/eng/programs/indopacific/

To commemorate its seventieth anniversary in 2022, I-House has launched a webinar series in partnership with the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. The series consists of five webinars on global issues featuring winners of the Magsaysay Award as speakers. The awardees, who are active globally but may not be very well known in Japan, will offer hints on ways to build a better world for all.


Session 1 "Unwavering Activism to Give Minorities a Voice"

Speakers: Steven Muncy (2021 Awardee, Representative, CFSI/USA), TM Krishina (2016 Awaredee, Musician/India)

click here for the webinar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0B29FqQfVM&t=2762s <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0B29FqQfVM&t=2762s>



Session 2"Growing a Social Movement: The Role of Alternative Media"

Speaker: Aruna Roy(2000 Awardee, Co-Founder, MKSS/India)


click here for the webinar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Oioi3-0wQ

Session 3 "The Future Is Theirs: Fostering Children's Independent, Dynamic Learning"

Speakers: Christoper Bernido and Maria Victoria (2010 Awardees, Educators, Physicists/Philippines)


click here for the webinar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzdli7Bzyy4


Session 4 Special Tribute Session to the Father of Natural Farming, Masanobu Fukuoka: "Farmers Championing Environmental and Social Goals"

Speaker: Yang Saing Koma (2012 Awardee, Agronomist/Cambodia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPB8RrtT1Vo


Session 5 Special Tribute Session to Tetsu Nakamura: "Recovery after Conflict, Disaster, and the Pandemic"

Speaker: Ananda Galappatti (2008 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, Medical Anthropologist/Sri Lanka)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_WXgQNVf4&t=1s <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_WXgQNVf4&t=1s>

*About the Ramon Magsaysay Award *

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is given to individuals and organizations working tirelessly in selfless service to the people of Asia. Among those who have been bestowed the award over the years include such renowned leaders as Mother Teresa, Muhammad Yunus, and the 14th Dalai Lama. Other lesser-known recipients have worked just as tirelessly to offer solutions to some of the most intractable problems confronting humankind. Among the Japanese recipients include Sadako Ogata, Tetsu Nakamura, and Shigeharu Matsumoto.