March is Poetry Month, and the Ed Team encourages you to read some poems this month! In particular, we recommend the poems of presidential inaugural poet and youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman in her book Call Us What We Carry. Ms. Gorman’s book is especially relevant this month because the Ed Team is focusing on...
The longer we reuse our stuff, the longer we keep it out of the waste stream. This is a sure way to reduce the amount of trash going into the landfill. “Reuse” is the third in a list of five Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse (Repurpose, Restore, Repair), Recycle, Rot (compost). We have looked at Refuse and...
Click on the links below to see what’s been happening in the world of education this month!
Education Crisis for Girls in Afghanistan
Although parts of this video/article are already outdated, Afghanistan Education Crisis Under the Taliban: Ensuring Access for Woman and Girls from The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security offers recommendations from...
I began my career as a children’s performer, using mime, juggling, puppets and clowning with various theatre companies. I met my husband, who was also a performer, and we created our own shows for families, schools and performing arts venues. We expanded into sourcing other entertainers and events vendors to create multi-faceted special events. My...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine that started on February 24 has reached a one-month milestone and continues to rage. It is devastating to add this country to the growing list of war-ravaged places in 2022: Syria, Yemen, Ethiopia, Mali, Myanmar.
However, the ray of hope and dare I say, sunshine,
As noted in a previous article, the Education Team is working to keep its finger on the pulse of access to education for girls in Afghanistan since the Taliban regained control. Frustratingly, the news is not good. In January, senior Taliban leader Zabihullah Mujahid announced that all girls would be back in school...
The world has changed. Again. And not surprisingly, it is not for the better. Deep sorrow is in my heart for what is happening in Ukraine and Russia – two countries my life has weaved in and out of for the last thirty years, with friends who are like family, a lifetime of memories and...
Oftentimes we live our lives between photos. It is at a time like this that AIWC Düsseldorf (AIWCD) member Vera Kostiuk Busch (since 1973) has inspired all of us to step up and help however we can; all of us must do our part.
There isn’t a day that goes by (since the...
Global Reads – The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall
The FAWCO Virtual Interim Meeting on March 4–6 included a discussion of Jane Goodall’s The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide or an Endangered Planet. This book has a great, hopeful message!! After a presentation by Valerie Garforth, participants divided into small groups to talk...
I am not a gardener. I live in an apartment, right smack dab in the middle of Paris. Once, however – inspired by the majesty of a tree-lined avenue of jacaranda trees in full bloom – I returned from vacation with a packet of seeds and promptly set about the business of starting a forest. From one packet,
