“One who follows the spiritual path should make the
most of the “now” that will never come around again.”
- Shinjo Ito
most of the “now” that will never come around again.”
- 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
May 3, 2011 by
Deepening the Understanding of Six Billion Paths to Peace in Our Schools and Community News Bulletin from White Plains The Current global education projects in White Plains, New York are the result of years of reflection and discovery by students, educators and community members working to celebrate diversity while incorporating an ethic of global citizenship [...]
May 3, 2011 by
A Blake Upper School Path to Peace is to promote community safety. Take Back the Night is a nationwide event to raise awareness about sexual assault and sexual violence. This year The Blake School, along with Harvard University; Kent State; University of Notre Dame and St. Mary’s College is proud to be one of Ten [...]
May 3, 2011 by
A sixth grade class from The Blake Middle School (Nick Rathmann’s class) visited Bridging, an agency that serves people moving out of homelessness into housing. Last fall the class went on a tour at Bridging and noted the clients needed towels for their new homes. The students were so inspired that they went back and [...]
May 3, 2011 by
Frequently in many different ways, students cross intergenerational boundaries and one example of this is with senior citizens. Some sixth grade students made paper flower arrangements and created hand painted flower pots and filled them with live pansies. These were delivered to a local senior care facility as a gift of friendship to the elders. [...]
March 15, 2011 by
On behalf of Shinnyo-en Foundation, we would like to express our condolences to the people in Japan who have been affected by the 9.0 earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011 and the aftermath of the Tsunami. We wish to express our gratitude to all of those who have contacted us asking how they might be [...]
March 3, 2011 by
“Artists are among the most generous of people. Perhaps inherent in the appreciation of creativity comes a deep, -Kelly Borsheim underlying love of humanity and our Earth” A long time friend of Shinnyo-en Foundation, Robert Matsunaga, can be regarded as an artist in all of his endeavors. As a graphic designer, photographer, and writer, he [...]
February 3, 2011 by
On February 1st the United Nations launched the first World Interfaith Harmony Week which will annually be observed during the first week of February. Recognizing that the moral imperatives of all religions, convictions and beliefs call for peace, tolerance and mutual understanding, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the week offers an opportunity to focus on interfaith [...]
February 1, 2011 by
By Nann Peterson Hopkins, Minnesota January 10-14th, 2011 First Grade Peace and Friendship Project in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Faculty at The Blake’s Lower School believes students learn through personal involvement and active engagement with people, places, things and ideas. Through hands-on exploration, interaction and dialogue with peers and adults, and reflection [...]
February 1, 2011 by
January 19th, 2011 Cake, balloons, music and fun- members of Blake’s Upper School Community Service Board didn’t miss a thing when they hosted a birthday party for their senior citizen friends as part of the Friendly Visiting Program. Through Little Brothers: Friends of the Elderly, Blake’s Upper School students serve those who are sixty and older, [...]
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 [...]
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...
