The Brick Project Conversations

  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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …