Shinnyo-en USA
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Na Lei Aloha Foundation
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Lantern Floating Hawaii
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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
January 12, 2012 by
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. Nan was nominated for the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) Service-Learning Practitioner Leadership Award by Scott Flemming, as Director of The Blake School’s Office of [...]
July 7, 2011 by
Ms. Sarah Johnson is a Biology and Environmental Science teacher at Leadership Public School-College Park on the Castlemont Community of SmallSchools campus and the Program Coordinator of the Green Pioneers Program, a grantee of the Shinnyo-en Foundation. Sarah, thank you for making time to talk with us today. To begin with, would you start by [...]
February 7, 2011 by
Amy Ambrose is the Director of International Relations at University of California Berkeley. Amy is a native of Sacramento, California and earned an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and proceeded to acquire a graduate degree in Business from the University of Chicago. She has been working with the Office of International Relations and enjoys developing [...]
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 [...]
May 13, 2010 by
The following is based upon an interview with Roger Mills, Ph.D, founder of the Health Realization Institute. Roger Mills has been a friend and a grant recipient of the Foundation for several years. According to Haru Inouye, the Shinnyo-en Foundation shares many beliefs and concepts with Roger and the Institute. In particular, Roger’s belief that, [...]
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, [...]
February 10, 2010 by
James “Jim” Kielsmeier is founder and President/CEO of the National Youth Leadership Council, based in St. Paul, Minnesota. He also founded the Center for Experiential Education and Service-Learning at the University of Minnesota, where he is also an Adjunct Professor. Kielsmeier helped initiate the nonprofit African Reconciliation and Development Corps International and led their first [...]
November 13, 2009 by
Tell me, from your perspective as a Master of Ceremonies, what does it mean to be a Pathfinder to Peace? Well, first of all, working with the Shinnyo-en Foundation, their mission is amazing, to build peace throughout the world. People talk about world peace all the time and being Miss America, it’s kind of an [...]
September 13, 2009 by
Steve Guttenberg was Master of Ceremonies at the Civic Energy Awards Luncheon at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service and is a beloved American actor and comedian, starring in films such as Cocoon, 3 Men and a Baby, and Police Academy, among many others in his diverse repertoire of both theater and [...]
August 13, 2009 by
Nan Peterson is the Director of Service Learning at the Blake School, a K-12 private school in Minneapolis Minnesota. She epitomizes the best as an educator, a mother, and leader. But her work goes beyond simply being a good teacher: she has embodied the spirit of service through her 30 years of teaching. Nan Peterson [...]
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...
