Less than lovely
– by Kelli Fleming “Well, shit. I guess I’m not writing this from the best state of mind seeing as last night was Gioel’s 25th birthday.” :10:12 am: This is the first sentence of the blog I…
Magnify Ecuador Conference week 1
Magnify Ecuador Conference week 1, a set on Flickr. Enjoy!
Welcome Aboard
It all started with a mouse click. I was reading an email from an old boss and mentor of mine. She was an active figure in my growth as an individual and professional in the past…
RecrearMagnify starts!
Coming to RecrearMagnify for the second time you think you kind of know what to expect. But the first day of the conference proved this assumption to be wrong at least for me. Everything is new…
Photo Story- RecrearParticipate – Palma Real, Ecuador
We have been quietly busy. I swear. Conference planning, 100 Voices wrap up, finishing our website… the list is endless. In the midst of this vortex of projects, we were offered an opportunity we could simply not…
Into the home stretch . . .
So many people are probably wondering just what is going on with Recrear lately. It's been pretty quiet with 100 Voices finishing up, and our applicants are probably getting antsy to know what is going on. So, I'll provide a little update!
Tu no puedes comprar al joven
En verdad, es un esfuerzo de mi parte -dejar mis concepciones de como uno se ve la participación de un joven en la comunidad. En el Ouest, el idea de participación en su comunidad es definido…
Honeymoon, Dismissed Development Ego and ‘the Italians’
One week in, I have absolutely no idea what 100 Voices will teach me. What is very clear is that everything I have studied, discussed and thought about up to now feels simply not useful to…
Ya viene!
It feels like I’m in East Africa again. For a number of reasons: the quiet beaches, the tease to no end culture, the centrality of community and family, the love for music and food but above…
Tierra Verde
Someone asked me today, ‘De que color es su tierra?’ – What color is your land? Confused I asked him what he meant and he responded ‘Mi tierra es verde por todo que hay que ver’,…
Off Record
Esmeraldas is a wrap up. First community finished, down in the books. Now it’s documenting time- videos, audio, photos, and text. The question I ask myself is how to present the individuals singularly. The experience is…
Vivimos para el esfuerzo que hacemos nosotros
Vivimos para el esfuerzo que hacemos nosotros Cuando pregunté a un joven ‘como percibe su rol como joven en la comunidad’, el me responsdió deciendo las palabras de arriba. ‘Nosotros’ se puede interpreter a varios nivelas:…
Building bridges – blindfolded
To be honest when this project was launched with a mind for working with youth aged 18 -25, I never really conceptualized a clear idea of what these people would be like. Here is what I…
Identity Politics – some things just cannot be pinned down
I will often be the first to rant about the impossibility of defining an individual’s identity. Simplifying it to ethnicity, race, gender, religion and all that fun census stuff – does not quite cut it. The fact is that once you explore each of these further you realize that the boxes are not accommodating anymore.
Rainbow of Desire
What I have been feeling is perfectly normal. Wow this might be one of the first not projected statements I have written, and which now I am condemning as projected as I reflect on this. Development…
Lucha de Voces
When you start a journey, a 100 voices journey, to collect stories of people you have never met, whose homes you have never visited, and whose deepest thoughts you cannot even imagine, you wonder how the…
Just not the traditional way
Some news: the project, in an official sense, has yet to begin. Yet were I might have once allowed this to bother me I feel oddly reassured in the plan that lies ahead. That is, even…
RecrearAppy Kazan
Today is the last day of RecrearAppy Kazan and it’s almost the time to wrap up our project.This makes me sad, but also very excited for more projects to come! We will write a detailed report…
Quoting project participants: Alsu
8 days of the workshop has passed. Few weeks ago I didn’t know anything about Recrear organization, I didn’t know exactly why I had agreed to take part in this workshop, and only now (or maybe…
RecrearApply family
From the very beginning of the project we were saying that we are in Kazan to work. When the project participants were asking whether we had a chance to walk around Kazan, either me or Nolan…
Goodbye Chittagong!
After a glorious morning visiting Chittagong University, Kirsten, a lot of flip-charts and I went to catch a train back to Dhaka escorted by the super cool/efficient/extraordinaire Subir . We were surprised by a group of…
Apply Nolan
It’s Saturday, and it is not so different that we will be going to the school this afternoon to deliver another workshop, but more crazy that I am awake at 7 in the morning. It’s Saturday!…
Transit Notes
I am 1 and a half hour in my 17 hours layover in Kolkata, India. This first hour has been eventful, but I have the strong sensation things are going to slow down. To be sincere,…
Quoting project participants: Marina
Now passed 4 classes Recrear. Unfortunately, I later joined the other participants and was afraid that I will have excess, but for nothing. organizers flexibly approached this issue. A year ago I was constantly asked Sasha…
Qouting project participants: Ksusha
I’m sitting at home today- unfortunately it’s the last day of my vacation – and enjoying of reading the Recrear’s Blog. I think about Nolan’s warring (ex: “Will I be helpful? Will they come back tomorrow?”)…
A message from the local coordinator!
Hello everyone! Im so thankful for RecrearApply which organized such wonderful workshop! It’s very necessary experience for me and I hope It will help me to reach my goal. Im very glad that our meeting is…
Intercultural experience
It is only the third day of RecrearApply, but I feel I have known our project participants for ages. It’s amazing also because new people keep coming in. That is encouraging, but also challenging: can we…
Recrear is not a joke
After a week of sharing Recrear’s vision, projects and internal organization with the management of YPSA, I am reminded forcefully that Recrear is not a joke. YPSA’s organizational history is packed with lessons for us. This middle…
Updates and Holiday Wishes
Hello again everyone, So we have now complete our first two days of Apply!Kazan and are working on material for day three now. The group we presented the introductory presentation to was small, only four in…
Day 1 impressions
So, glad to tell everyone: Fist session of Recrear Apply is finished and it was very fascinating! It sounds like some usual thing – first day of one of the conference in KHTI. But for organizers…