“The way we currently live and build our societies is
centered on the insatiable craving for more.”
- Shinjo Ito
centered on the insatiable craving for more.”
- Shinjo Ito
Shinnyo-en USA
www.shinnyoenusa.net
Na Lei Aloha Foundation
www.naleialoha.org
Lantern Floating Hawaii
www.lanternfloatinghawaii.com
Global Shinnyo-en Website
www.shinnyoen.org
Exhibition of the Vision and Art of Shinjo Ito web site
www.shinjoito.com
The Univers Foundation
www.univers.or.jp/index2.html
March 30, 2010 by
Youth in Mexico clean lakes and share warm drinks and sweets with people in the local hospital. On March 15th the Six Billion Paths to Peace Club of Leon, Mexico. The 26 person team made up of 6 children, 12 youth, and 8 adults paid a visit to the “Hospital Regional de Leon” at the [...]
March 23, 2010 by
Students gather at Wayzata Community Church, in Minnesota to learn about Six Billion Paths to Peace! Nan Peterson, Director of Service Learning at the Blake School in Minnesota spent a day with more than 100 high school students and teachers to learn about service and peace. Wayzata Community Church is a community of about 3,000 [...]
March 20, 2010 by
A most distinguished award for Shinnyo Fellow Sara Mizner! Shinnyo Fellow Sara Mizner, UC Berkeley senior in Peace and Conflict Studies was awarded the 2010 William Sloane Coffin Awards. Sara is the first student recipient of this distinguished award. Former award recipients include Professor Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Professor Emeritus Robert N. Bellah. Sara was selected [...]
March 18, 2010 by
The Blake School is a pre-K-12, non-sectarian, independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school with campuses in Minnesota. The Blake School is committed to strong academics with an emphasis on the whole child approach. An integral part of this perspective is to support students in developing an attitude of service toward others, the school, the community, [...]
March 15, 2010 by
Shinnyo-en Foundation Supports “21st Century New Tales of the Heike” 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Kanrin Maru to San Francisco, the first official Japanese ship to land on American soil. The Kanrin Maru’s arrival marks the beginning of official relations between the United States and Japan, seven years after Commodore [...]
March 5, 2010 by
Foundation Joins Women’s Day at the Museum An EXTRAORDINARY all-day free event “Day at The Museum” took place on March 4th in Sacramento. California’s First Lady, Maria Shriver partnered with The California Museum to kick off and celebrate National Women’s History Month. This event was the first of many occasions that will culminate in the Women’s [...]
Ms. Nan Peterson is the Director of Service Learning for The Blake School located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is also the first and only Senior Fellow of the Shinnyo-en Foundation. Read more...
