The Brick Project Conversations, Part Twenty: Karim and Xochiltl
About Xochiltl Bravo and Urban Compass Xochiltl is Executive Director of Urban Compass. Urban Compass operates after school and summer programs at Verbum Dei High School in Watts, South Central Los Angeles, to serve the students from 112th Street Elementary School and Nickerson Gardens Housing …
Read MoreThe Brick Project Conversations, Part Nineteen: Karim and Nicolas
Is it possible to encourage peace in Africa? Yes, it is definitely possible to encourage peace in Africa. We can do this by continually expanding the scope and innovating the ways in which peace in Africa is encouraged. For example, our global community, often uses nongovernmental …
Read MoreThe Brick Project Conversations, Part Eighteen: Karim and Carly, Charlotte, Blanche, Lucia, Shannon
Is it possible to encourage peace in Africa? YES !!!!! All five of us have learned to encourage peace in Africa as Pencils for Africa (PFA) Assistant Editors (click here for the PFA team). My favorite part of PFA is the opportunity to reach out to …
Read MoreThe Brick Project Conversations, Part Seventeen: Karim and Colin
Is it possible to encourage peace in Africa? Yes, in principle, I am very positive that peace in Africa can be encouraged. However, it is important to view the prospects for peace in Africa through the historical prism of Africa’s dominance by European powers. By …
Read MoreThe Brick Project Conversations, Part Sixteen: Rachel and Sarah
Interview by Rachel Lake of Sarah Evans, founder of WellAware About Rachel Rachel is a Contributing Editor to this website. Click here for her bio which can be viewed on the Editorial Team page. As a middle school student in 2004, Rachel participated in The …
Read MoreThe Brick Project Conversations, Part Fifteen: Annie and Carsten
Introduction by Annie McLeod In two previous interviews, one with Cambridge University economist Sir Partha Dasgupta (Karim and Sir Partha), and one with Stanford University ecologist Paul Ehrlich (Karim and Paul), we see how a long-term friendship between two complimentary skills can result in a …
Read MoreThe Brick Project Conversations, Part Fourteen: Verity and James
by Verity Norman, Managing Editor About James James is an advertising and marketing executive who currently runs start-up, Gap Daemon, a social network for young travelers, many of whom are taking a year off between high school and college. James previously spent more than 25 …
Read MoreThe Brick Project Conversations, Part Thirteen: Audrey and Katie
An Interview with Katie Boswell International Program Manager at One World Children’s Fund by Audrey Weber, Summer Intern at One World Children’s Fund Katie Boswell About Katie Katie Boswell is the International Program Manager at One World Children’s Fund. She is primarily responsible for managing and growing …
Read MoreThe Brick Project Conversations, Part Twelve: Linda and Stephen
Introduction by Linda Kenny I first became aware of El Shadai and it’s founder Stephen Wante in late 2011 when talking with Colleen LaFontaine and Chitra Rajeshwari from One World Children’s Fund. I was planning my first trip to Africa as a volunteer and so hearing …
Read MoreThe Brick Project Conversations, Part Eleven: Karim and Sir Partha
Editor’s Note The Brick Project builds understanding on multiple levels and dimensions. One of the 4 core curriculum areas of The Brick Project is Ecology (the others are History, Art and Literature / Oral Storytelling Traditions). When learning about Ecology, we can, for example, gain …
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