SelfDesign High blog

Each time a person
stands for an ideal
or acts to improve
the lot of others
or strikes out against
injustice

her or she
sends forth
a ripple of hope

and crossing each other
those ripples build a current
of energy and daring
that can

sweep down the
mightiest wall of oppression
and resistance

few are willing to
brave the disapproval
of their fellows
the censor of their colleagues
the warmth of their society

Moral courage is
a rarer commodity
than bravery in a battle
or great intelligence

Yet it is
the one
essential, vital quality
for those who seek
to change the world
that yields most painfully to change

The International School of the Kootenays is happy to invite everyone to chat, visit and work with ISK during 2008.

One of our main objectives for the New Year is to reach out more to our local and global communities with activities focused on peace. These activities invite dialogue, offer instruction and provide the opportunity to artistically express personal and community responses to the question of how to build peace.

Beginning in February, ISK is offering the following peace oriented seminars, workshops and projects:

• PeaceJam Seminars for grades 10, 11 and 12
• Peace Tiles and Peace Flags workshops
• Practical and Fine Arts Courses, including: water colour painting, book binding, creative writing, making your own zine, improvisational drama
• One World Community Choir.

In the mean time, we always welcome new ideas and stories to share around the promotion of or actions to be taken towards living in peace. New projects in which you can become involved can be found online, in your local/national communities and in schools everyday! See the following link for an example of a world hunger project started online and feel free to add a comment with your thoughts, ideas and similar projects.

http://www.freerice.com/

http://mixedmedia.us/peacetiles/

http://www.peacejam.org/

http://www.razoo.com/

http://www.unicef.org/ (‘Voices of Youth’)

To learn more about our school, available courses and important workshop dates you are welcome to visit our fresh new website, or call our office directly.