Blog Entries - November 2007

Serving at Thanksgiving--Seeing Old Friends

ncorbitt

A Letter from Kayon Watson. "So at the last minute I decided to go to Guatemala with BuildaBridge International which is an innovative organization that works in the toughest parts of the world bringing healing and hope to youth through the arts. I volunteer with them in Philadelphia so [...]

Beautiful Resistance

katlac00

I am finally settled in Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. In the camps you can see poverty and the poorest living conditions in the town, but living in the camp builds a sense of community with those I will be working with.

Last week I arrived safely in Tel Aviv, Israel [...]

La Limonada Arts Camp

ncorbitt

When one enters La Limonada the warnings of violence, the smell of poverty and the sheer compression of people, especially children, are overwhelming (over sixty percent of the country's population are children under 16).

This Thanksgiving a team of BuildaBridge artists joined hands with three collaboratin [...]

Thanksgiving in Prison

ncorbitt

"What do you expect me to do? Wait until I'm 80 to do this." That was Ron Hevey's (age 66) quip when I commented on his courage andinterest in teaching painting inside Gautemala's prisons over the 2007 Thanksgiving Holiday. This was his second trip with BuildaBridge and he saw many [...]

Thank You BuildaBridge Artists

ncorbitt

During this Thanksgiving season we say thank you to the artists of BuildaBridge, and many others, who give of themselves in the transitional homes and sheltersof Philadelphia working among the more than 3000 homeless children of the city. Here is a page from Mindy Flexer's journal that typifies their experie [...]

My upcoming trip to Palestine

katlac00

Tomorrow I leave for Palestine. There’s a lot of things on my mind as I prepare for my trip: calling friends and family to say mygoodbyes, running last minute errands, getting all the logistics in order for my arrival, and finally packing up two suitcases to last 3 months. It all feels surreal. I& [...]

BuildaBridge Associate Headed for Palestine

ncorbitt

Kathleen McLaughlin, who has worked in development for BuildaBridge for the past year, heads to Palestine as a BuilaBridge Associate to work for reconciliation through drama. Her work, which will also be the basis for her master's thesis for Arcadia University in Philadelphia, will include building relationships between diverse social and re [...]