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To
Sail the Oceans of Diversity Towards Positive Personal Transformations by Sandeep Patkar
" The past nine months will be a time that I will cherish and honor for
many years to follow. The few but true friendships that I was afforded.
The sense of brotherhood and belonging by one special friend. To have
experienced the human sense of psychological warmth and compassion.
The introduction of religion, diversity in all forms in each of respective
paths of life. In the end, it is but one path that we truly converge
upon. Via diversity and personal transformations, we all converge upon
a common ground."
The
Unfinished I by Naureen Mohammad
" All of the pieces I have picked up this year at the International House
have been transparent, allowing me to see so much more that I could
see before. I have no idea what the finished picture will look like,
and I suppose I never will since I will continue adding to it with
every person I meet until I die. But what the International House has
taught me is how to ensure that every person I meet, every piece of
glass that is added to my soul, is clear, no matter the circumstances
of our meeting."
Citizens
of the Same World by Irene Corantis
" People starve, communities fall apart, violence thrives, families
fade, nature disappears…While all this is happening in our earth,
some people continue on with their lives as if nothing is wrong. It’s
as though we’ve become a world of sleepwalkers…we look
around at the world’s problems and wish they would go away.
And yet, so many of the world’s problems could be solved if
people just spent a little time listening to each other…not
hearing each other but really listening. I think, ultimately, the
I-House has changed me in two ways: it has helped me learn to listen
to other people…and it has also made me realize that no matter
how proud we are of our respective countries…,we are all citizens
of the same world."
[Untitled] by Agnieszka Ignaczak
"
I will miss many things from I-House: dance classes every Monday, series
of lectures on globalization which opened my eyes and turned my attention
to important and interesting issues, cultural explorations during discovery
month and Great Hall couches, where I sat during so many coffee hours.
But more than anything I will miss the people – my friends. I
will never forget them because they impressed their images in my heart
and changed it forever."
Winners
from 2002
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