On a recent trip to Tokyo, Amanda Ellis met with members of the EWCA Tokyo Chapter and Ramy Inocencio who was on assignment in Tokyo from CBS News.
L-R: Tokyo Chapter president Yasuo Hoshino, Amanda Ellis, Michiko Yamashita, and chapter vice president, Masyuki Yokota
L-R: Yukiko Abe, Cindy Yoshiko Shirata, Amanda Ellis, Hitomi Yokote
East-West Center Association
Chapter Development Committee, Quarterly Reports
2019 1st Quarter Chapter Reports (January to March)
Editor: Dr. Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen
Vice President for Chapter Development
East-West Center Association
Chapter Development Committee, Quarterly Reports
2016 Third Quarter Chapter Reports
Compiled by Dr. Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen
Vice President for Chapter Development
Thank you to the 22 Chapters who submitted Quarterly Reports. Your submissions as well as your ongoing commitment to EWC and EWCA outreach are sincerely appreciated. The following Chapters and representatives responded to the call for reports: 1) APLP (Miloni Gandhi) 2) ASDP (Dona M. Cady) 3) Bali (Agung Muninjaya) 4) Bangladesh (Abu M. Ekramul Ahsan) 5. Brisbane (Iraphne Child) 6. Chandigarh (Rajesh Aggarwal) 7. Chennai (S. Rajamani) 8) Faisalabad (Muhammad Ibrahim) 9) Hawaii (Carl Hefner) 10) Islamabad (Arjumand Faisel) 11) Jakarta (Irid Agoes) 12) Kansai (Yumiko Okamoto) 13) Karachi (Ghazala Fasih) 14) Lao (Chanthavong Saignasith) 15) Mumbai (Sarosh Bana) 16) Nepal (Nirendra Dhoj Maske) 17) New York (William Armbruster) 18) Okinawa (Kiyoshi Nakachi) 19) Singapore (Alice Seng Seok Hoon) 20) Southern California (Claire Langham) 21) Seoul (Won Nyon Kim) 22) Tokyo (Kazuhiko Takemoto)
CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
QUARTERLY REPORTS: EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING (7/17/2014)
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: Estrella Besinga Sybinsky, VP CHAPTERS
Thank you, especially to the nineteen chapters for responding to the call for chapter reports and congratulations on all your noteworthy community outreach activities and scholarly and research collaborations. You all make the EWCA proud.
The following chapters and chapter leaders responded: 1) APLP (Vinh Ho) 2) ASDP (Jessica Sheetz-Nguyen) 3) Bali (Anak Agung Muninjaya) 4) Brisbane (Iraphne Childs) 5) Chandigarh (Rajesh Kumar Aggarwal) 6) Faisalabad (Muhammad Ibrahim) 7 )Kansai (Seiko Furuhashi) 8) Korea (Jeong Taik Lee) 9) Lahore (Arfa Zehra) 10) Laos (Chanthavong Saignasith) 11) Latin America (Laura Viana) 12) Mumbai (Sarosh Bana) 13) Nepal (Nirendra Maske) 14) Okinawa (Keiko Yamazato) 15) Philippines (Pauline Bautista) 16) Singapore (Alice Seok Hoon Seng) 17) Sri Lanka (Rajapaksha Harshini de Silva) 18) Taiwan (Nora Chiang) 19) Tokyo (Yasukata Yano)
CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
QUARTERLY REPORTS, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING (1/17/13)
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY Estrella Besinga Sybinsky
HAPPY 2013! Despite the hectic holiday schedule worldwide, seventeen chapters managed to respond to the call for chapter reports. We continue to thank you for your response, though your respective chapter may not have much activity to report.
The following chapters responded: 1) Bali Chapter (Agung Muninjaya) 2) Brisbane Chapter (Iraphne Childs) 3) Chandigarh (India) Chapter (Rajesh Kumar Aggarwal) 4) Chennai Chapter (P. Subramaniyam) 5) Hawaii Chapter (Carl Hefner) 6) Kansai Chapter (Seiko Furuhashi) 7) Korea Chapter (Jeong Taik Lee) 8) Kuala Lumpur Chapter (Gan Siowck Lee) 9) Laos Chapter (Chanthavong) 10) Mumbai Chapter (Sarosh Bana) 11) Nepal Chapter (Nirendra Maske) 12) N.Y., CT, N.J. Chapter (Bill Armbruster) 13) Papua New Guinea Chapter (Solomon Kantha) 14) Singapore Chapter (Alice Seng Seok Hoon) 15) S. California Chapter (Claire Langham 16) Sri Lanka Chapter (GBA Fernando) and 17) Taiwan Chapter (Nora Chiang).
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