IR/PS Student Speaks on San Diego Relief Efforts for Japan
Local Connections To Earthquake & Tsunami In Japan
03/15/2011
Hank Crooke, Tom Fudge,
KPBS
If you want up-to-the-date information on the earthquake/tsunami relief efforts in Japan or if you are still trying to contact someone in Japan. Here's a link to the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles' website.
What can San Diegans do to help the victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan? And, what challenges has the local Japanese community faced as it tries to contact family and friends back home? We speak to the president of UC San Diego's Japanese Student Association, the director of disaster services for the local Red Cross, and KPBS Science and Technology Reporter Peggy Pico.
Guests
Yutaka Ishida, Student in School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and President of UC San Diego's Japanese Student Association
Andy McKellar, director of disaster services for the Red Cross of San Diego and Imperial County
Peggy Pico, KPBS Science and Technology Reporter
Click here to listen to the interview.
Related Links
For more information on UCSD and IR/PS students relief efforts, please visit the Facebook event where updates on fundraising events will be announced.
