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Today I bring you Part 1 of a story: By Marilyn Coblentz I was born in the hollows of Virginia. My parents met at a children’s home on the other side of the…
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Today I bring you the second half of Naomi’s story. You can read the first part here. By Naomi Clark, PhD Taking Ownership of My Literacy Leaving the Fold A few years after…
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Today I bring you another triumphant story of someone who grew up in a Plain community where education was used as a means of social discipline and how she found her way to…
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After a pause (I will explain the pause at a later date), I return to publishing stories from attendees of the symposium “How Our Amish Heritage Influences Our Education and Career” at Elizabethtown…
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Photo of Naomi Kramer Yoder: Photo credit: Callie Wiser Today I bring you the third blog post in the series about the symposium of this past Saturday, June 8. I had mentioned in…
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I promised I would publish more posts featuring speakers from the symposium on Saturday. Today I am introducing you to Luella Gilbert. I will allow her to speak for herself, for she is…
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Photo from left to right: Jonas Brennaman, Ivan Fisher, Paul Nisly, Nancy Nisly, Rose Fisher, Luella Gilbert, Saloma Furlong, David Furlong, Aleta Schrock, Freeman Miller, Lizzie Hershberger, Harley Yoder, Lois Miller, Erma Miller,…
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“The Amish are not exempt from an independent investigation, and yet as soon as the CCI gets involved, it is no longer an independent investigation.” ~ Fellow Pennsylvania Advocate Recently there was a…
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. ~ Maya Angelou There was widespread abuse of Amish women and teenagers that took place in Oak Grove, Missouri, by a…
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Several weeks ago, I started a part-time volunteer job at Safe Communities. I wrote about the restorative experience here on this blog of being a participant at the retreat led by Linda Crockett…
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A Chance for a Different Future
In our last post, we shared one of the outstanding scholarship essays that we received.…
The Gift of Learning
I mentioned in my last post that I volunteer for the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund.…
Updates and Summer in Vermont
It’s been a long while since I posted here, and even longer since I offered…
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