2010 : Shinnyo-en Foundation

The Putney School Summer Program Application Now Accepted!

December 29, 2010 by

The Putney School Summer Programs, Putney, Vermont, offer students the opportunity for in-depth exploration in the visual arts, performing arts, and creative writing, as well as sustainability through the Farm Program. The Program for International Education for non-native English speakers offers English-language classes and accelerated learning through language immersion. We enroll 135 students in each 3-week summer [...]

Culture Shock

December 25, 2010 by

December 25,2010 Culture shock is all but inevitable when traveling between two vastly different worlds. I wrote on the subject in the airport in Dallas. I was stunned, confused and had processing time waiting for my flight to Denver. Here are my reflections of my first few moments back in the States after 7 months [...]

The Season

December 18, 2010 by

December 18, 2010 The holiday season is a special time of year. I’ve always absolutely loved the holidays. It’s not about the presents for me. I’ve never been big on that, even as a kid. What I love most about the holidays are white lights glittering everywhere and excuses to have festive gatherings with all [...]

Shinnyo-en Sponsors the Native Youth Academy

December 10, 2010 by

December 2-5, 2010 Last week the Shinnyo-en Foundation was invited to participate with Native American Middle School and High School students from across the country to explore their roles as environmental warriors through the auspices of the Native Wellness Institute at the Native Youth Academy December 2-5, 2010. The Native Youth Academy provided youth, adults [...]

Exploring Youth Identity

December 4, 2010 by

During the month of November, Safe Passage always does a Summer Camp with our youth. Summer Camp is usually organized by the Sports Department. The activities are broken up by week: one week at martial arts, one at science, etc. The entire camp is organized around a unifying theme. This year’s theme was picked in [...]

Letter from Alie Bollaidlaw

December 3, 2010 by

Dear Friends at the Foundation, I believe that the first day I walked into the Shinnyo-en Foundation to begin my nine week fellowship is very telling of the way the rest of my summer experience turned out, although I had no idea of this at the time. I tentatively walked into the office not [...]

Jim Kielsmeier Shares Photos and Reflection

November 29, 2010 by

Jim Kielsmeier, who is the founding president and CEO of National Youth Leadership Council, and a longtime friend of the Foundation shares a very personal reflection through photos taken in the US and Canadian Rockies. A wonderful gift to you from a wonderful friend.

Indigenous Peoples Annual Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island

November 29, 2010 by

Last Thursday before dawn thousands of people began to convene on Alcatraz Island for the Indigenous People’s Sunrise Gathering. Native Americans and people from all over the world gathered to give thanks to the “Creator and Mother Earth for our Survival and Spirit of Resistance” in commemoration of the 1969-71 occupation of Alcatraz by the [...]

Letter from Becca Richardson

November 19, 2010 by

Rebecca Richardson is currently a junior at Stanford University majoring in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CSRE). The CSRE is an interdisciplinary major that allows her to combine courses from several different departments and craft her own area of concentration. For the past two years she has been volunteering on a weekly basis at [...]

Eastview Middle School Opens New Digital Media Lab

November 18, 2010 by

On October 22nd, 2010, New York senator, Suzie Oppenheimer, cut the ribbon to the new Digital Media Lab, a center for innovation, at Eastview Middle School, built in order to assist us in our education. The Global Ambassadors greeted Senator Oppenheimer and interviewed her, asking questions about education, leadership and her goals for the future. [...]

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