English for Activists

Welcome to the English for Activists (EFA) website. We use this website for English practice and discussion about English and Activism. 

There are currently two English for Activists courses: one in Tokyo and one in Yokohama. Matt sometimes also teaches at the Pacific Asia Resource Center (PARC) Freedom School.

The Tokyo course is sponsored by Labor Now! and meets once a week, on Tuesday evenings. The Yokohama course meets every other week on Fridays.

Many of the participants are activists in the workers movement, women's movement, immigrant rights and other social movements. Some are very experienced activists and movement leaders. Others are newer to activism. All of us use English in our work, activism and/or travel, to build international solidarity and for information exchange.

Please Register
If you register on this site, you can do many things. You can:

• create your own blog
• comment on any story or blog
• read other participant's blogs and comments
• watch videos and read along with the text
• find links to websites and files you can use to practice English
• find activist links
• add links
• add an event to the calendar
• ...and much more!

First step:register. Second step:create a blog entry telling people who you are and what you are interested in -- use the create content link below your name.

Thanks to:

Yamasaki Seiichi, Takasu Hirohiko, and Nagashima Hiroyuki organizers of the Tokyo course and Chino Kimiko, organizer of the Yokohama course.