Successfully Building Leaders for the Future Dr. Artika Tyner "Education and literacy are essential for justice, social change, and to equip the next generation of leaders." -Dr. Artika Tyner Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute (PPGJLI), a community literacy nonprofit based in St. Paul, Minnesota, is successfully building leaders for the future by creatively engaging youth in personal ... Read More ►
Cultural Appreciation Article Series #3 The Importance of Reciprocity Joaquin Muñoz, Aiyana Masla, And Masumi Hayashi-Smith Introduction To The Series We at Alma Partners have noted that many teachers carry similar questions and concerns related to cultural appreciation and appropriation. Some are holding back from taking risks that could lead to growth, afraid that they will cause harm or that ... Read More ►
Cultural Appreciation Article Series #2 An Exploration of Relationship by: Joaquin Muñoz, Aiyana Masla, and Masumi Hayashi-Smith We have noted that many teachers are carrying similar questions and concerns. Some are holding themselves back from taking risks that could lead to growth, afraid that they will cause harm or that they have already caused harm, and concerned with how to ... Read More ►
Dear Readers, We are honored to offer you the spring 2025 issue of Lilipoh, with the theme “The Many Faces of Grief.” It has been fascinating and inspiring to watch this issue take on a life of its own, and to experience the many ways that the authors featured here engage with this universally human emotion. In these pages, it ... Read More ►
Healing the Grief of Disconnection Chrystal A. Odin “People who think a pluralistic society can’t exist are suffering from a lack of imagination.” - Walken Schweigert, PCF Community Member We breathe in air, cry water and salt, our bones are healed up from the stones of the earth, and our power is born of fire-heat and blood. As ... Read More ►
To Be A Witness Of Darkness Margit Ilgen To go in the darkness with a light Is to know the light. To know the dark go dark. Go without sight, and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings, and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings. Wendell Berry[1] I am a psychotherapist, and I work ... Read More ►
What Blooms After the Rain Jennifer Davis-Bachmann “What is grief, if not love preserving?” -Vision, WandaVision (A Marvel Television Show) No one deserves to lose an unborn child, yet it happens more often than many expect. It is also a topic that does not get discussed publicly. It comes with shame, embarrassment, suspicion, heartache, surprise, shock, disappointment; ... Read More ►
Why Did the Doctor Go To The Farm? Mark Hancock MD It could well be asked why I, as a physician, would have any interest or business going to a farming conference and retreat. From a conventional perspective, there seems to be little relationship or relevance between medicine and agriculture, but I find a fruitful aspect of Rudolf Steiner’s ... Read More ►
Early Childhood How we Rise is How we Raise Ona Wetherall O’Hara Early last autumn, I made a fire and baked dragon bread in the outdoor cobb oven we have at our Rosebud pre-kindergarten program. Two children came with me each time I went to the oven to feed the fire and check on the rolls, and most of ... Read More ►
The Healing Plant Initiative Steven Johnson DO Over the past six years a dedicated group of biodynamic gardeners have been partnering with Uriel Pharmacy[1] in North America to integrate local plants into existing anthroposophic remedies, as well as to create new medicines and explore potential medicinal plants and minerals not used before. Jean-David Derreumaux, Ben Davis, and interns at ... Read More ►
