Category Archives: Public Achievement

>Front yards and public spaces

Posted on April 27, 2010 by

>I have been thinking about my garden a LOT lately, probably too much.  It is my currently preferred distraction.  Instead of reading and writing at my computer while developing some serious upper-back pain, I can be outside getting my hands … Continue reading →

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>A Public Achievement Coach’s Reflection

Posted on April 19, 2010 by

>I read with interest the By the People‘s recent posting, which is the reflection of a college student coaching a Public Achievement team in Milledgeville, Georgia (USA).  John Fogelman’s story is a good one, not rose-colored but truthful in its … Continue reading →

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>Mingachevir’s PA Team "Charitable Youth" Wins National Azerbaijan Award

Posted on April 13, 2010 by

> Through the email listserv created by Shukufe Nacafova, I was informed that the Public Achievement team Charitable Youth, mentored by teacher Gulnaz Hajiyeva and college student Elvin Aliyev in Mingachevir, Azerbaijan, recently received a national award in Baku for … Continue reading →

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>Georgia and Azerbaijan – Concluding Thoughts

Posted on April 8, 2010 by

> Map Photo by lyndonK2′s photostreamFlickr Creative Commons It’s Thursday, 8 April, and I spent part of this morning reading a New York Times article titled, “An Insurgency Evolves in the Caucasus Region as Wounds Fester,” which describes the resurgence … Continue reading →

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>Using Theatre of the Oppressed as a Public Achievement Learning Tool

Posted on April 7, 2010 by

>I became familiar with Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) approximately the same time that I became familiar with Public Achievement (1998 – 2000), so in my mind, these two pedagogies (and I call them that because for me they have … Continue reading →

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>Comparing and Contrasting Public Achievement USA and Caucacus Versions

Posted on April 6, 2010 by

>On April 2, Nickia Jensen, a great PA team member and PA coach in her own right, commented on this blog, asking, “I am wondering how you see/think of the connections between the PA you see there and the PA … Continue reading →

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>The Workshop Is Finished

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

>So much for writing everyday.  None of us had wireless for the past three days, and there was one computer with an ethernet connection.  Two-thirds of the participants are 30 years old or younger.  Figure it out for yourselves: there … Continue reading →

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