SCC Team

Sunyoung is a General Manager of SCC, along with Keiko. She is on the Board of Directors with Keiko and Chiharu Uchida.
“At SCC, I want to create and provide a place for mothers of different nationalities and cultures to foster connections and gain opportunities. I want to help them to integrate with the community, and play an active role in the community.

I love SCC because it has a cultural diversity that is not biased towards one nationality or culture. The participants in SCC activities are also highly interested in foreign cultures and education, and I feel that it is wonderful that they utilise each other’s strengths to make creative places through collaboration.

I think diversity is created by the individuality of each person.
Recognising diversity means being interested in, and respecting, each and every human being.”

Chiharu is on the Board of Directors with Keiko and Sunyoung.
“I want to help people by sharing my experience as a preschool teacher in Japan and the U.S., and interacting parents and children with my university students.

The thing I like most about SCC is the openness of the people.

I think diversity means ‘Possibility’. Diversity brings more possibility in any community. Differences bring things to think about, lighten up ordinary things so that we can see them from new angles, and many other inspirations. “

“I want to support people who feel uncomfortable or isolated in the community. At the same time I want to help children have broad perspective to their own world and see how much potential they have in the future.

As a participant, I love SCC’s tolerance and open-mind attitude to anyone. It doesn’t matter what nationality, religious and educational background a person has. SCC just considers that “difference” is our “personality” and “difference” makes our society more “colourful”.
As a volunteer, I love to meet various people and make a lot of international friends through SCC’s activities. This opportunity makes my everyday life more exciting and stimulates in a good way.

People can show their differences with confidence in the society. This is “diversity” to me, and it is not only for external differences but also internal differences as well.” – Yuki

I am Farah from Malaysia, I came to Japan for the third time two years ago, I am a mother of three children and I live in Kohoku-ku, Yokohama.

■How I met and got involved with Sharing Caring Culture

I told my Japanese friends that I wanted to do something and they introduced me to SCC. Having worked for many years in my home country, I had a strong desire to be active in some kind of activity, and SCC has enabled me to do that. Being involved in several activities, such as workshops, publication activities, and document reviews, has provided me with language skills and knowledge in related fields. SCC keeps me ‘productive’ and makes my life in Japan ‘fruitful’.

SCC activities bring culturally diverse backgrounds together and share their knowledge and skills. It is great to carry out activities that are relevant to the needs of international families. The activities provide useful information and, above all, create friendships between international families and local people!!! This is the very essence of a multicultural society!

“Through SCC I would like to help women who are skilled and waiting for a platform to share their talent. The thing I like most about SCC is that it connects people from different background and thereby helps me to know about their culture and life experience.

To me, “Diversity” is respecting and celebrating together.”

Elena is a key member of the Oyaco’s Room Parent Support team. She runs may of the Oyaco sessions, especially craft activities.

“I’m happy that I can connect with families from different backgrounds and share not only my own culture and language but also my experience with gentle parenting and attachment parenting which starts when pregnancy does. That’s why I consider Oyaco Room is the right place on SCC.

I enjoy participating in the organization of different activities for SCC and specially matching foreign parents with the right group or person so they can get support. And SCC is the best place to meet both parties.

Diversity is found on each person when they go to meet each other. It always calls for respect and some understanding is necessary. SCC is a good platform to show how different is good.”

Andrew is the photographer of SCC’s events. https://awoolner.com/

He also runs the non-profit Yokohama Theatre Group: https://ytg.jp/

“I’m involved with SCC because life as an immigrant can be pretty isolating, and I think it’s important to have a platform that offers activities and social opportunities for international children and their families.

What I love most about SCC is the accessibility of the programs and activities and the kindness of the volunteers and members.

Diversity is the spice of human existence.”

My main career is teaching Thai culture as instructor. I am so proud and happy to meet many people and share my culture. Cooking, I am also passionate with cooking. Thank you SCC for giving me a wonderful opportunity with this position, senior cooking instructor. I am really happy when I am in the kitchen with various friends.

I love both as a volunteer and a participant.
As volunteer, I can help and share. ( be Giver)
As participant, I can gain the new things. (Be receiver) how wonderful !

I think “diversity” means mixing but not messy.

“I want to help people using SCC as a volunteer and also a participant.

Aside from meeting new people after joining SCC, I am able to help others by sharing some of my experiences of living and raising kids in Japan. It’s a good opportunity to help spread my own culture and language too!

For me, “diversity” is all about having love and respect for people coming from different places.”

Mayumi is a Team Building Coordinator, along with Miki. Together they organize team building opportunities for SCC full members and supporters. They plan and arrange team building seminars or workshops at the SCC members meeting.

“I want to help people get more opportunities to be connected to society. I do this through planning and supporting SCC workshop that they can enjoy as its participant, its facilitator.

For me, “diversity” means respecting other people as they are. But never giving up trying to understand each other.

I love SCC because it is fun!” – Mayumi

Miki is a Team Building Coordinator, along with Mayumi. Together they organize team building opportunities for SCC full members and supporters. They plan and arrange team building seminars or workshops at the SCC members meeting.

“Through my work with SCC I want to help people by making an atmosphere that’s non-hierarchical, equal and full of smiles!

As an SCC volunteer I love to share time with reliable friends and it’s exciting to do projects with them.
As a participant in SCC activities, I love spending pleasurable time with people who come from many kinds of backgrounds. It enriches my mind.

For me, diversity is having curiosity about each other and feeling comfortable expressing ourselves.”