Matsuri producer Norikazu Asano presents on a festival that he has produced in an effort to bring happiness to Japan. (in Japanese)

Japan is one of the safest countries in the world. However, little is known of Japan's dark secret: human trafficking. 

Aiki Segawa talks in depth about the issue of human trafficking in Japan. With the organization of Lighthouse, Aiki is working hard to help victims of human, usually children as young as 6 years old. Working hard to raise awarness within Japan, gain support, and take action to eliminate human trafficking in Japan. 

The Tohoku region, that was hit by the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami, is Angela Ortiz's home. The aftermath left Angela focused on helping to get people back on their feet, and rebuild their lives. OGA for Aid is a organization that helps survivors in the Tohoku area, organizing events for families, and raise awareness and interest in agriculture. 

Kaoru Takahashi works for the global organization, Water Aid. Helping developing countires gain access to clean water, and Water Aid's goal is to for the world to have access to clean water, by 2030. 

Keiko Hayashi is a mother herself, and had no idea about the child abuse that Japan faces. After doing research on the issue, she started up the organization, Bridge for Smiles. Keiko goes into depth on how to help children, in abusive households, to not give up and live for a better life, along with raising awareness about child abuse, and gaining support in communities all over Japan. 

Ryo Ijichi is the director of F-World, which is working on the project of building a indoor facility for the kids in Fukushima. After the March 11th disaster, most of the children are left with no way to play outside, which is unfortunately leading them towards a unhealthy life style. The indoor park will be big enough to hold skate parks, gardens, concert venues, and much more for people to enjoy. 

20 images, 20 seconds per image is a fun way to share experiences and bring people together.

One of the founders of the world wide known, PechaKucha, Mark Dytham goes on to show and explain how the format works. PechaKucha Nights are events that take place all over the world, in over 790 cities, and free for anyone who has a passion and wish to share with their community and the world. 

Rob Nugen gives us a look at his a barefoot lifestyle then apparently confuses the spelling of sole and soul. Soleful living.

Artist Eric Siu shares with us about TOUCHY. TOUCHY is a Human Camera, who's eyes only open when you get in touch. Touch and look at TOUCHY at the same time for a Touch-Snap! With such capability, TOUCHY encourages offline communication through touch and eye contact; TOUCHY relentlessly spreads this message to the world in different ways.

アーティストであるEric Siuは「TOUCHY」についてお話します。「TOUCHY」は接続されると目が開くヒューマンカメラのことです。触ったり注目したりして「 Touch-Snap！」を楽しめます。この機能によって、触れたりアイコンタクトでオフラインコミニュケーションを促進します。「TOUCHY 」は違う方面で世界に情報拡散するようにしています。

Jesse Koehler talks about her time teaching English and traveling to school all over the world from Korea to Africa. She speaks about how diverse and ethnically tolerant the world is becoming. 

This emotive talk about the creation of a purse during a woman's transition from woman to mother brings us to a place of empathy and personal reflection through her artwork and the culmanation of this experience - the skin of the beast.

"Presentation of the Day" on April 7, 2015.

Wisconsin state representative of the 11th Assembly District, Mandela Barnes serves as the ranking Democrat on the Assembly Committee on Corrections and will also serve on the Assembly Committees on Education, Small Business Development, and Jobs and the Economy. He is the chair of the Legislature’s Black and Latino Caucus. Barnes graduated from John Marshall High School and attended Alabama A&M University, before returning to Milwaukee in 2009. Here he delivers an impassioned presentation on morality in America. 

Robert Moosbrugger erläutert in seiner Präsentation die Auswirkungen der internationalen Migration auf die Herkunftsländer. Für die Herkunftsländer große Auswirkungen haben vor allem einerseits die Rücküberweisungen und auf der anderen Seite der „brain drain“, der Talenteschwund. Robert Moosbrugger ist derzeit für die Caritas in Armenien, im Libanon und in Haiti tätig. Seit über 10 Jahren ist Robert Moosbrugger in humanitärem Einsatz, im Rahmen von Entwicklungszusammenarbeits- und Flüchtlingsprojekten, Katastrophenhilfe und Aufbauarbeit. www.caritas-vorarlberg.at

"Empathy is important because it's how we connect with other people."

In a time where technology and a global community have made our world
smaller and more accessible, people appear to be less tolerant and compassionate toward their fellow human beings.In "The Power of Empathy" from PechaKucha Night Maastricht Vol. 30, Nicole M Adams-Quackenbush will show us how to understand different types of empathy and how they can be used to enhance and maintain our humanity.

Timothy Boston notices things...things that we all notice and can relate to...and then some that require a unique individual to see.

We have found ourselves in the throes of an epidemic, the likes of which we have not seen in modern times.  While overdose deaths rage on, we continue to respond with a system of care so broken, with resources so painfully thin, for folks with a severity of problems so complex - we are tossing folks into a chasm that is fundamentally designed to make them fail - and when they do fail - what do we do?  We cage them.  We take their children away.  We rob them of their very humanity.  Fortunately, pockets of resistance are forming, and together - we have launched the Recovery Revolution.

Художник-акварелист Наталия Котомина расскажет о том, как участие в одном социальном проекте принесло неожиданные плоды:

— Занимаясь с детьми творчеством, я стараюсь найти новые, интересные варианты совместного изучения искусства. Так появилась идея арт-проектов, в которых мы объединяем различные виды искусства, исследовательскую деятельность и арт-терапевтический подход. С одним из таких проектов я побывала на Камчатке в январе этого года.