296th INTG Meeting – A Talk by Carol Grodzins, Vice President, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, and Nikom Putta, Ashoka Fellow. Translator Ken Kampe Profile: Carol Grodzins, Vice President, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public Carol leads Ashoka’s Global Fellowship program, realizing the collective potential of 1,800 Ashoka Fellows in over 60 countries. Her past experience … Read more
295th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Documentary Film Presentation by Hseng Noung of the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) Second Showing of the Documentary to an Audience of More than 80 “Sacrifice” (1998) is a 50-minute documentary produced and directed by Ellen Bruno. Each year thousands of young girls are recruited from rural Burmese … Read more
294th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Film Presentation by Matt Blauer and Saw Doh Say, a Free Burma Rangers Relief Team Member “Prayer of Peace: Relief & Resistance in Burma’s War Zones” is a 28-minute documentary film about relief workers caring for their people amid a human rights crisis in Karen State, Eastern Burma. … Read more
293rd INTG Meeting – A Talk and Presentation by Richard Fuller Rich Fuller, now 60, worked as an agricultural volunteer with International Voluntary Services in Viet Nam from 1969 – 1971, and from 1973 to 1975. He returned to Viet Nam in 1993 and met and sang with the late Trinh Cong Son, several of … Read more
292nd INTG Meeting – A Talk and Presentation by Sasha Alyson and Khamla Panyasouk Summary of the Talk and Presentation Traditionally, books have been rare in Laos. Shared textbooks are available in many villages, but most children have never seen a book they would want to read. Few people even realize that reading can be … Read more
291st INTG Meeting – A Talk and Documentary Film Presentation by Laurie Maund, and Hseng Noung of the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) “Sacrifice” (1998) is a 50-Minute Documentary Produced and Directed by Ellen Bruno Each year thousands of young girls are recruited from rural Burmese villages to work in the sex industry in neighboring … Read more
289th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Presentation by John Moore This is the script of John’s talk. Each slide in John’s presentation showed either a singer, a musician with their instrument or an instrument. After talking about the subject of the slide, John then played an extract of the music of the subject of … Read more
286th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Presentation by Carol Stratton The Script for Carol’s Talk and Presentation The subjects most often depicted on monastery walls are the Life of the Buddha and the tosachat, the last ten Jatakas telling of the Buddha’s ten previous lives. These Jatakas each explain a given virtue which the … Read more
