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Karen Faith Villaprudente (IF'11, Philippines) on February 21st, 2013The coastal community I was doing household survey on is in danger of being demolished to give way to a beach resort. The fishing households in this community earn, on the average $1,243.30 every year or $3.40 for a 7-hour fishing day. This is just one example of thousands of coastal communities that are being [...]
Shammi David (IF'08, India) on May 29th, 2008I thought that I should write somethings about women in Seattle. Before coming to US I had a opinion that here women are not friendly to outsiders, proud, very well setteled in their families and many other. But when I landed in Seattle I got a different experience on womens. Seattle is a place for its progressive [...]
Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon) on May 14th, 2008At iLEAP: The Center for Critical Service the curriculum offers Fellows a unique and rare opportunity to inspire their creativity and to sharpen their thinking to share a common vision to affect positive social change in communities around the world. One aspect or approach of the process is by organising world cafes. Having held one [...]
Shammi David (IF'08, India) on May 13th, 2008my participation in world cafe just reminded me my town in which people sit in small cafe, drinking coffee or chai, tea and talking the news from local to world. though can’t go around the world they speak out different news related to different places. this the feeling I got when I was in worldcafe [...]
Nzene Sylvester (IF'08, Cameroon) on May 6th, 2008To succeed in the new global economy, poor countries need healthy and well-educated people, and greater access to knowledge, ideas and new information and communication technologies. And to reduce poverty more quickly, there needs to be a shift in the global research effort. This was the focus of Edith Grace Ssempala of world bank discusions [...]
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Ram Pokhrel (IF'08, Nepal) on April 25th, 2008Thanks to those who attended the event. It was great to be with you all in the Grass roots Social Change interaction last night at Antioch University. I would like to thank all the iLEAP staff for organizing the event. I enjoyed the event very much and hope you did too. I am eager to [...]
Shammi David (IF'08, India) on April 24th, 2008I had an opportunity to meet Prof. Don Comstock at Antioch and was able to have a good and fruitfull discussion on what made him to commit himself for social change. His memories drives him back in 1960′s who was in Vietnam during war, he was also in civil rights movement and trying to understnad [...]
Ram Pokhrel (IF'08, Nepal) on April 24th, 2008Yesterday we had the opportunity to meet and interact with Dr. Donald. While going through his experiences of more than 40 years I found him critical and personality full of care for his sustainable community and nation overall. His work in Vietnam with the government made him change the way of thinking, eventually he turned [...]
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iLEAP on April 16th, 2008Below you can view video clips from the iLEAP Fellows answering the following two questions. The Fellows will also be asking these questions of people in the Seattle community and recording their responses! 1. How and why were you first inspired to work for social change? 2. What is your vision for the future? Shammi [...]
Shammi David (IF'08, India) on April 15th, 2008This iLEAP program for Social Change has given me an opportunity, quickly to think about (social) change, which is very easy, faster, better and for that I have come all the way from Coorg to Seattle, to see, learn and build linkages and take back the bests with me for a better change in our [...]
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