Hello My name is Yukiko Ishiwata. I am a founder of the Tiny Hands' Big Love Project.
Before we go on, I would like to cite my personal blog to express the Mission Statement of this project.
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011
今のじぶんにできること- 3/20- A benefit Concert for the Victims of the Quake and Tsunami in Japan
何よりもまず、被災なさったかたたちにお祈りを。
まだまだ油断はできないところもある。どうか一人でも多くの人が救われますように。
でも、何も出来ないのが辛い。
こんなに遠くに住んでる自分を歯がゆく思った事はない。
いや、祖父母がなくなったときだってうんと辛かった。でもそれはどこかでいつ来てもおかしくないって準備をしていた出来事でもあったのも確か。
きっと今日本国内に居ても被災地で出来る事はあまりないかもしれない。
でも愛する人たちの手を握れる距離にいれたはず。
ここからはそれができないし、飛んで帰れたら良いけどそれすらも今の私には厳しい。
だからって、ここにいる私が憔悴したってますます何にもならない。
不安で不安でしかたなくてもしっかり食べて、眠って、ここからだから出来る事をしっかりしなくては。
ここから出来る事。
私一人ではたいした事は出来ない。
でも今こうして私の余ってる手を、見えない誰かの手を握るために使えたら良いと思う。
そして、そう思ってる他の仲間と一緒に何か少しでもできたら。
昔、大好きだったともだちに「きみのそういうところが偽善的。」って言われた。
そうなのかも。
その言葉は自分で思うよりも深く私を昆虫採集のピンで刺すみたいに長い間じっと固くさせてた。
自分から何かをするのが怖くなったし、不用意に何かを言うのをうんと慎重になった。
それでもやっぱり、何もならないかも知れないけど、何もしないよりはいいと信じたい。
そう思う人が二人になって、１０人２０人になったら、出来る事はぐっと変わるはずだから。
３月20日日曜日夜６時から９時の間、NYCのThe Living Roomでチャリティコンサートを開きます。
利益はしかるべき団体にすべて寄付する予定です。
今現在のところ、どちらの団体にお渡しするのがベストか、情報が落ち着き次第決めようと思っている次第です。
詳細はまだ未定なものが多いですが、出来るだけ沢山のかたにサポートして頂けたらと思います。
普段こんなことお願いしませんが、もしこのブログを見かけて、少しでも何か心に引っかかるものあれば言葉を広めて頂ければ嬉しいです。
週明けには色々詳細またお知らせ出来ると思います。
どうぞよろしくお願いします。
石渡悠起子
Before Anything, my sincere prayers go to the victims and those who are still in terror.
It is still early to call the end. But I truly hope the casualties remain minimum.
It is so hard for me to be away from homeland, not being able to do anything.
I have never hated to be distant from my home like this before.
When my grandparents passed away, it was hard, but I was sort of preparing inside over time for the day it would happen. This is different.
I know there are not much I can do even if I were in Japan.
But at least I could have held hands of my loved ones.
I just can't do that from here or fly home now.
But it won't do any good to anyone if I keep pacing and panicking.
We, who are safe across the ocean and the continent, gotta eat, sleep, and be ready to do what we can do from here.
What we can do. There might not be much if I were by myself.
But my hands are all open to reach out and hold those invisible hands.
Gotta use them. Along with people who share the thoughts.
I was once told that I am a hypocrite, trying to do these things.
Maybe.
The words have hurt me more than I thought and made my courage paralyzed for a quite while.
I did not want to speak out what I felt or take a responsibility.
But I wanna do whatever we can do because after all, I still believe it is better than just sitting around, criticizing others and doing nothing.
If I could have another person, or 10 people, 20 people, and so on, what we can do will be much more.
That is why I decided to host a benefit concert on March 20th Sunday from 6-9pm.
It will be at The Living Room in Lower East Side.
We have not decided where the profit will go yet, but as soon as we have more information, that should be sorted out.
I am still in the middle of putting everything together, but I think I will be able to post more detailed info by the beginning of the next week. Any support would be truly appreciated.
Normally I do not ask this kind of thing here but if this entry somehow reaches your heart, please share it with as many people as you would like to.
I will give an update the next week.
Thank you so much.
Much much Love and sincere gratitude,
Yukiko Ishiwata
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We are going to have our first concert on 20th. Within a week from today.
I will be posting more detailed info and update from now on this page.
Please follow us here.
By the way, I name the project tiny hands' big love.
Our each hand is so small and we feel so powerless. but we could hold each other's hand and create big love altogether!
Yukiko Ishiwata
