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- The 2007-2008 'Nai Taleem: Real Learning for the 21st Century'
Film Festival is now ready to be screened in your hometown! Last
year's festival made it to over 30 places around India, and also
in several other countries, like Bolivia, Ukraine, Canada, USA,
Korea, and Thailand. Check out this year's brochure, hosting
information and the profile
of films. The festival hopes to elevate conversations on human
learning by looking at conceptual insights and practical experiences.
16+ hours of films from around India and the world have been selected.
View some selected films on-line. Contact Manish Jain to
see how you might organize the festival in your community!
- Deer Park Institute, in Bir, Himachal Pradesh, is hosting a number of engaging programs this summer. "The Importance of Spiritual Practice in Modern Times" (May 3-4); "Essential Buddhist Studies" (May 7-June 20); "Buddhist Sanskrit-Level 1" (May 19-June 19); and "Traditional Chinese Medicine" (June 6-10). Please visit Deer Park Institute on-line
to learn more and register today.
- Gap Year College will be hosting a "Festival of Kabir: in film and song" from June 19-22, 2008, at the SIDH campus in Mussoorie, Uttaranchal. There are a number of ongoing interesting programs happening there. Contact Vinish Gupta for more details or visit the Gap Year College website.
- The Tibetan Freedom Struggle has entered a new phase. Hundreds of Tibetans, young and old, are marching to Tibet to stake their claim for freedom before the Summer Olympics are held in China. Tibetans in Tibet are taking a bold stand against the Chinese occupation as well. Visit www.TibetanUprising.org to learn more about the bold effort and how you can be a part of it.
- The sixth annual Leveraging
Privilege for Social Youth Jam will be happening from July
13-20, 2008, in West Virginia, USA. An international gathering,
with people who feel they experience a variety of privileges,
this is an exciting opportunity for those who are interested in
using all that they are and all that they have on behalf of all
that they love. Please contact Shilpa
Jain if you are interested in being a part of this unique
event!
- In 2009, it will be a hundred years since Gandhiji wrote and
published, Hind Swaraj, his seminal work on taking down civilization
and regenerating Swaraj (self-rule and radiance of the Self).
Young people from around the country want to commerate this with
their own work on Swaraj. Join us for "Swaraj100"
a series of gatherings to explore where we are in our own freedom
struggle(s) and where we want to be going in the future... Contact
Nitin Paranjape to learn
more. (*dates to be announced*)
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