“As with planting seeds, our efforts will not bear fruit in just one day.”
- Shinjo Ito
- 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
October 4, 2011 by
“Grab The Torch” philanthropy camp attracted 18 high school students to the beautiful countryside of Burlington, Vermont this summer for a week of service and leadership training. Students from all over the USA came to learn and work together as they developed ideas of self identity. “Grab The Torch” is led by Dave Aldrich and [...]
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
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. [...]
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 [...]
November 1, 2010 by
Her Holiness connected deeply with so many participants at The Women’s Conference in Los Angeles on October 25th. The content and presentation of her remarks were professional, personal, and powerful. How lovely Her Holiness looked! Her hair was beautiful; her suit simple and elegant; her scarf matched the set background. Her gentle beauty and soft [...]
July 28, 2010 by
By Nan Peterson, Blake School Faculty My sincere thanks to the Shinnyo-en Foundation for the gift of a lifetime given to eight Blake School teachers and students and to SEF Fellows. We were treated as royalty and educated about the culture, history and geography of Japan as well as the Shinnyo-en Order. We were given [...]
June 22, 2010 by
The junior class at Wayzata Community Church in Wayzata, Minnesota has worked with Simpson Housing Shelter as part of the Six Billion Paths to Peace and service study and action. The class Path to Peace was to learn about local homelessness and meet the needs of people experiencing homelessness. Simpson Housing is a Minneapolis shelter [...]
June 5, 2010 by
Once a month Blake School teachers offer after school tutoring and meals to a neighborhood close to Upper School. The faculty Path to Peace is to build meaningful connections with our neighbors. “I don’t like green beans” “Here are a few, just try them” “May I have some more, and some of those mashed potatoes [...]
February 3, 2010 by
January 31, 2011 By Nan Peterson Hopkins, Minnesota Just west of the Twin-Cities freshmen and sophomore students study their own personal faith identity and are grounded in their own developing faith through study and engagement with other religions. At Wayzata Community Church – in Minnesota, in which I have introduced Shinnyo-en Foundation’s Six Billion Paths [...]
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...
