by N. Clark Judd, Riverdale Press
“When Dinar Enggar Puspita returns to Indonesia from her stay in Riverdale for the school year, she’ll give a journal to her friends back home.
In it is the story of her time in New York City, which she has been writing throughout her stay. And what a story it is.”
Read the full story in the Riverdale Press
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We’re very excited and honored that YES alumni in Egypt were invited to attend Pres. Obama’s speech yesterday at the University of Cairo.
Check in here for their thoughts and impressions, starting with this article from 2003 alumna Sara Awad.
If you’re a YES student or alumni anywhere in the world, let us know what you thought of the speech by posting here.
If you missed it, read the transcript or watch the complete video at whitehouse.gov.
Photo: White House Photo, 6/4/09, Pete Souza
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Great opportunity for YES alumni and current YES participants!
Youth around the world are invited to participate in a dynamic video festival organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Recognizing youth as agents of social change in a world often characterized by intolerance, and ethnic and religious divisions, the PLURAL + video festival is aimed at involving youth in addressing questions on migrant integration, inclusiveness, identity, diversity, human rights and social cohesiveness wherever they be in the world.
Submissions will be open from 1 June to 30 September, 2009.
Visit the UN AOC web site for additional information.
YES students Dina Mahmod of Egypt and Tony Nugroho of Indonesia were recently featured in the Washington Post! :
“Building a little firsthand knowledge between religious tribes was exactly the goal of the field trip taken last week by members of Temple Beth Ami in Rockville. At the invitation of two Muslim exchange students spending a year in the Washington area, the temple’s ninth-grade comparative religion class came to the Silver Spring center to see a mosque.”
Click here for the full article.
Photo courtesy Jody Axinn
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