{"id":1401,"date":"2008-03-11T10:46:17","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T01:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2008-06-06T18:33:58","modified_gmt":"2008-06-06T09:33:58","slug":"press-release-first-ngo-franca-meetings-sendai-mar-15-osaka-mar-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=1401","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: First NGO FRANCA meetings Sendai Mar 15, Osaka Mar 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FORMING NGO FRANCA
\n(FOREIGN RESIDENTS AND NATURALIZED CITIZENS ASSOCIATION)
\nFIRST SENDAI AND OSAKA MEETINGS
\nSAT MARCH 15 AND TUES MARCH 25 RESPECTIVELY
\nOPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ARUDOU DEBITO WILL SPEAK
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BACKGROUND: FRANCA as an idea was first conceived last November, in the wake of the Japanese Government’s decision to fingerprint almost all Non-Japanese residents whenever they re-enter Japan. This caused great consternation amongst NJ residents and taxpayers, who disliked being officially associated with criminals, terrorists, and carriers of infectious diseases “There are many interest groups out there that support minority views, but none for long-term NJ residents and immigrants,” was the sentiment. So throughout December and January, FRANCA as a group was established, with the intention of formally registering as an NGO with the Japanese government by the end of 2008.
\nhttps:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=789<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.debito.org\/?s=FRANCA<\/a><\/p>\n

In the wake of our first FRANCA meeting in Tokyo last January, we decided to chair two more meetings around Japan, organized by local members, to spread the word. Arudou Debito will discuss the hows and whys of creating this NGO. Those dates are:<\/p>\n

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\nSat March 15 6PM-8PM
\nSendai FRANCA inaugural meeting
\nSendai Fukushi Plaza Meeting Room 2 (10F), by Itsutsubashi subway station)
\nhttp:\/\/www1.neweb.ne.jp\/wb\/kenmin\/sisetu\/sisetu\/01\/01_12.htm<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Tues March 25, 7PM-9PM
\nOsaka FRANCA inaugural meeting
\nOsaka Shiritsu Shimin Gakushuu Center 4F
\nhttp:\/\/www.ocat.jp\/center.html<\/a><\/p>\n

FRANCA’s information website is
\nhttp:\/\/www.francajapan.org<\/a>
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Open to the public. Admission free. More about what we stand for:<\/p>\n

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\nFRANCA’S MISSION STATEMENT:
\nThe Foreign Residents’ And Naturalized Citizens Association (FRANCA) Japan commits itself to:<\/b><\/p>\n

1. equal and nondiscriminatory treatment for all foreign residents and naturalized citizens in Japan;
\n2. their fair representation and inclusion in Japan’s economic and social processes;
\n3. the promotion of positive perceptions of non-Japanese peoples and multiple cultures in Japanese society.<\/p>\n

FRANCA’S GOALS:
\n1. To eliminate negative public images and stereotypes of non-Japanese and multi-cultural Japanese.
\n2. To eliminate discrimination by race, nationality, ethnicity, and national origin.
\n3. To highlight the benefits of immigration and a multi-cultural society.<\/p>\n

To this end, FRANCA works to achieve these goals through sustainable and effective lobbying, networking and public relations campaigns aimed at educating the public.
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Thanks for reading. Hope to see you there!
\nArudou Debito in Sapporo (debito@debito.org)<\/p>\n

Our online discussion group may be found at:
\nhttp:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/francajapan\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Press Release: Forming NGO FRANCA
\n(Foreign Residents And Naturalized Citizens Association)
\nFirst Sendai And Osaka Meetings,
\nSat March 15 And Tues March 25 Respectively
\nOpen To The Public, Arudou Debito will speak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,12,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-discrimination-templates","category-immigration-assimilation","category-speech-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}