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Raina
My name is Raina. I am twelve years old, an eighth grade student at Eastview Middle School in White Plains, New York. I was born in the United States, but my family is from Kerela, India. I hold many ties to my culture and travel to India often.
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. She told students at Eastview how superb an asset this lab is to us, and how crucial... Read more...
It was in India, this summer, that I visited an orphanage for disabled children, to give away some old clothes and toys that I no longer use. Sometimes, it is the smaller acts of kindness that can lead to powerful personal experiences. That is where my journey truly began.
I have been a Global Ambassador for three years now, and it has been a truly amazing experience for me. Global Ambassadors is a program that works in collaboration with the Six Billion Paths to Peace initiative. In the sixth grade, I participated in a youth conference at the UN focusing on the topic of insufficient health care. Last year, I was a part of our Passion for Peace event and the yearly Global... Read more...
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...
