The Elections Approach I'm writing this entry on a beautiful Nairobi afternoon, sunny with a breeze, and just two days before Kenyans go to the polls. Driving today felt very different from other days. I heard there were large, raucous political party gatherings near the Central Business District; crowds and…
This week I met up with George at the ACREF center in Baba Dogo before going into the community to meet some of Sisi Ni Amani's partners. George and the other Sisi Coordinators have spent months identifying and cultivating relationships with the people and grassroots organizations who can be their…
Last week I felt like a kid in a candy store during a visit to the set and studio of the cutting edge The XYZ Show. Puppet master and activist Tony Mboyo is one of the first Kenyans I met while working on Peace in Our Pockets. Tony moderated the…
As I shared last week, the pre-election climate in Kenya is very different now from my previous trips. The pace of Sisi Ni Amani's work is much faster as the March 4th election approaches. I continue to be encouraged and impressed with the diversity of peace work and large number…
Video Librarian, July 31, 2012 “I hear colors,” says Silvia Heyden, an 82-year-old Swiss-American who weaves tapestries in her sunny North Carolina home. Heyden approaches her art synesthetically, often with one sense expressing as another (as she says at one point, “I have an eye in each finger.”). The pieces…