DEC. 10: THE In GROUP
Connect Eve's experiences to your readings and discussion about the pyramid of hate and the slow steps that can lead to genocide.
NOV.27: ARN CHORN POND: FINDING THE WORDS TO SHARE HIS STORY
The word that comes to mind when I think about Arn Chorn is 'resilience'. This word come s from Latin roots salire to leap. One dictionary definition is to recover or leap back from difficult experiences. When I consider what Arn was forced to witness and endure as a young child in Cambodia, I am amazed by the way he has transformed such shocking experiences into a life of standing up for peace.
NOV.20: EBOO PATEL: FIGHTING FOR UNDERSTANDING
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SEPT.8 SECRETS TO SUCCESS
Watch and listen again to Eve's talk about being an outsider, not part of the 'in-group' at her school. Think about this need to belong and what may happen to our identity through this process. In the effort of belonging we can sometimes do things that will later cause us shame, make choices that are not reflective of our values.
Have you ever experienced any of the feelings that Eve describes?
How did peer pressure shape Eve Shalen’s identity? The way she viewed others? How does
it influence the way you see yourself and others?
it influence the way you see yourself and others?
“Often being accepted by others is more satisfying than being accepted by oneself, even though the satisfaction does not last.” What does she mean? Do you agree?
NOV.27: ARN CHORN POND: FINDING THE WORDS TO SHARE HIS STORY
The word that comes to mind when I think about Arn Chorn is 'resilience'. This word come s from Latin roots salire to leap. One dictionary definition is to recover or leap back from difficult experiences. When I consider what Arn was forced to witness and endure as a young child in Cambodia, I am amazed by the way he has transformed such shocking experiences into a life of standing up for peace.
- Watch the clip below and consider how we respond to the people around us.
- What has enabled Arn to reach out to help others?
- What connections can you make when you hear and read his story? How does his story impact you?
NOV.20: EBOO PATEL: FIGHTING FOR UNDERSTANDING
Listen to Eboo Patel speaking on NPR This I Believe about a moment in his school life that became a moral turning point.
Watch the video clip below to understand why Eboo strives for religious pluralism, how understanding of differences can lead to peace.
- What does Eboo see that is at the centre of religious violence?
- What has shaped his identity?
- How does his work inspire the concept of the creation of a society where all can live in equal dignity?
- What traits are similar to others we have read about this year: Jesus Colon? Aung san Suu Kyi?
- What does Patel mean by pluralism? How does he define totalitarianism?
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SEPT.8 SECRETS TO SUCCESS
Do you see these traits of success in all the heroes?
SEPT 7: JAMES NATCHWEY
As Peace Day fast approaches, watch the video clip from TED Talks by James Natchwey an inspiring documentary photographer chronicles war.
Photojournalist James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the greatest war photographer of recent decades. He has covered conflicts and major social issues in more than 30 countries.
Why you should listen to him:
For the past three decades, James Nachtwey has devoted himself to documenting wars, conflicts and critical social issues, working in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa, Russia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Romania, Brazil and the United States.
'Nachtwey has been a contract photographer with Time since 1984. However, when certain stories he wanted to cover -- such as Romanian orphanages and famine in Somalia -- garnered no interest from magazines, he self-financed trips there. He is known for getting up close to his subjects, or as he says, "in the same intimate space that the subjects inhabit," and he passes that sense of closeness on to the viewer.
In putting himself in the middle of conflict, his intention is to record the truth, to document the struggles of humanity, and with this, to wake people up and stir them to action.
He is the winner of the 2007 TED Prize, awarding him $100,000 and one wish to change the world. This was his wish: "I'm working on a story that the world needs to know about. I wish for you to help me break it in a way that provides spectacular proof of the power of news photography in the digital age."
Think about the heroism that Natchwey displays through photography.
