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Stanford Shinnyo Fellow Blog
Carolina Ornelas is the 2015-16 SPIN Shinnyo Fellow from Stanford University. Her fellowship is a year-long, post-undergraduate position at Redwood City 2020 and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities. Check out her blog and follow her throughout the...
read moreFollow this Blog! Center for Service & Community Engagement at Seattle University
The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) at Seattle University supports students and organizations that are engaged various types of social justice issues, from education equity, to hunger & homelessness, to sustainability and beyond. CSCE encourages exploration to help students identify where they best fit in the social justice movement, and CSCE is also home to our Shinnyo Fellows! The Fellows are regular contributors to CCE’s blog and we invite you to follow and learn from them throughout their fellowship...
read more3rd Timer Reflections from Our Annual Retreat
The 2014 Annual Retreat took place on Aug 8th – 10th, and we welcomed many new faces and first timers this year! We were also happy to reconnect with guests who have been to our retreat year after year. Amy Meuers, the Marketing and Communications director at the National Youth Leadership Council, attended for her third time and shared her reflections on the NYLC blog. Thanks, Amy, for sharing such a nice write...
read moreJourney as a Shinnyo Fellow
Sophia Colombari Figueroa is the 2014-2015 SPIN Shinnyo Fellow from Stanford University. Her fellowship is a year-long, post-undergraduate position at Redwood City 2020 and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities. Check out her blog and follow her on her journey throughout the...
read moreVIDEO: Reflection on a Shinnyo Fellowship
Carlo Pasco, 2013-2014 Shinnyo Fellow from Stanford University, shares lessons learned during his year working at the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and their Communities and Redwood City 2020 in this fun video he scripted and produced! His fellowship was part of a unique partnership between those two organizations, the Foundation and Stanford’s Haas Center for Public Service. For more information, check out the Shinnyo Fellows Program...
read moreGlobal Ambassadors’ Summer Media Workshops
Two partners of the Foundation, the White Plains Public School District and the White Plains Public Library teamed up for an exciting summer workshop series for middle and high school students. Led by the Global Ambassadors student organization at the White Plains High School, two 2-week digital media workshops were offered at the library’s new teen space, The Edge, this July. Eight teams of students learned about technology, script writing, and storytelling to create nine episodes of React News, in addition to a handful of very creative iMovie trailers. All of their episodes can be found here. React News is produced by youth for youth in order to RESPOND, EDUCATE, ACT, CELEBRATE and TRANSFORM. They focus on global issues and the many inspiring and positive ways to combat them. Check them...
read moreFilm Viewing of Hawaii Lantern Floating at the University of Washington
With the wish of creating cultural harmony and understanding, Her Holiness Shinso Ito, Head Priest of Shinnyo-en, officiates the annual Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony on Memorial Day to remember and honor loved ones who have passed. Please join us at the University of Washington, Seattle campus for a film viewing and informative discussion about the Lantern Floating. Refreshments will be served along with the chance to write your own words of remembrance or prayers which will float with thousands of others on the warm waters of Hawaii this coming Memorial Day. Sponsored by the Shinnyo-en Buddhist Student Association at UW, Shinnyo-en Seattle Temple and the...
read moreNational Service-Learning Conference is Two Months Away!
25th Annual National Service-Learning Conference®. MONUMENTAL. Washington D.C., April 9-12, 2014. MONUMENTAL, the 25th Annual National Service-Learning Conference, is the ultimate event for anyone committed to changing the world with youth. Each year, the Foundation partners with the National Youth Leadership Council to highlight the work of our grantees and to share the experience with Shinnyo-en youth. You will to get the latest tools, resources, ideas, and inspiration to return home to improve your practice, your schools, and your communities. The conference brings together more than 1,500 attendees from across the United States and many other countries: a mix of innovative teachers who engage their youth in creative, meaningful contributions to society, school administrators who are committed to systematic change, researchers who investigate the direct connection between service-learning and graduation rates, policy-makers who take these messages to the Hill, and young leaders making a positive change throughout the world. Check out their website to register or to get the latest information on featured speakers and...
read moreSave the Date – IYCOC’s 2014 Youth Forum!
To celebrate its tenth year of hosting the Interfaith Youth Forum, the Interfaith Youth Council of Orange County (IYCOC) will be holding a “Faith Festival” on Saturday and Sunday, March 22-23, 2014, at Rosary High School in Fullerton, CA. The festival will have two parts: On Saturday, IYCOC will “express faith through art” with an art show and performance showcase all day. On Sunday, they will “express faith through dialogue” in their traditional facilitated dialogue session. Click here for the flyer and be sure to save the...
read moreTeen Interfaith Leadership Council Featured in The Valley Catholic
A youth member of the Tenn Interfaith Leadership Council of Santa Clara County wrote about her experience on a Shinnyo-en Foundation sponsored interfaith immersion trip to New Mexico in July, 2013. Read her feature in The Valley Catholic,...
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