http://blog.ptpi.org The PTPI Blog aims to provide a place to share our members' stories. They inspire us and they will inspire others. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/12/01/ptpi-student-chapter-initiatives-increasing-cultural-awareness/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/12/01/ptpi-student-chapter-initiatives-increasing-cultural-awareness/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:00:12 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=3283 PTPI’s Corvallis, Oregon Student Chapter has a strong representation of exchange students, who help to bring insight and education to the chapter as a whole. Many of the chapter’s activities center on learning and sharing about other cultures. We talked to Chapter President Charlene Zhang to find out more: 1. Tell us a little bit [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/12/01/ptpi-student-chapter-initiatives-increasing-cultural-awareness/feed/ 0 http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/10/19/ipswich-ma-student-chapter-has-one-grand-day/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/10/19/ipswich-ma-student-chapter-has-one-grand-day/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:00:21 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=3135 To raise funds for famine relief in East Africa, our Ipswich, MA Student Chapter participated in the One Grand Day project, with ten members fasting for 24 hours and asking friends to sponsor them. We talked to Chapter President Leine Dietz about why they did it and how it went: 1. Why did your student [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/10/19/ipswich-ma-student-chapter-has-one-grand-day/feed/ 2 http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/09/29/3084/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/09/29/3084/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:00:21 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=3084 Members of PTPI find countless ways to bring the mission of Peace through Understanding to their communities. Carolyn Aker, founder of our Medfield, MA Student Chapter, told us why the chapter members to volunteer their time to sponsoring young women who come to the United States from Afghanistan in order to study and then take [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/09/29/3084/feed/ 2 http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/09/15/one-month-left-to-apply-the-2011-joyce-c-hall-scholarship/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/09/15/one-month-left-to-apply-the-2011-joyce-c-hall-scholarship/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:00:26 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=3044 You’re invited…to apply for PTPI’s Joyce C. Hall College Scholarship! Who: Current members of PTPI, enrolled as a high school senior or full-time college/university student with a 3.0 or higher grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Applicants must have experience with PTPI. What: A scholarship of $2,000 to support your studies at a college [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/09/15/one-month-left-to-apply-the-2011-joyce-c-hall-scholarship/feed/ 1 http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/08/15/european-youth-forum-2011-day-5/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/08/15/european-youth-forum-2011-day-5/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:59:41 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=2805 The delegates who attended PTPI’s 2011 European Youth Forum (EYF) have returned home after spending nearly a week together in Berlin, Germany. Students ages 15-17 from all over Europe participated in a unique theater project, with the theme “Interacting Diversity.” Read two of the delegates’ reflections on the last day below, and see more photos [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/08/15/european-youth-forum-2011-day-5/feed/ 0 http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/08/10/european-youth-forum-2011-day-1/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/08/10/european-youth-forum-2011-day-1/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:51:59 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=2769 The 2011 European Youth Forum (EYF) is currently taking place in Berlin, Germany, bringing together students ages 15-17 from all over Europe. Students apply to attend the conference in groups of five, accompanied by one group leader. The first day of the EYF was dedicated to teambuilding. Participants discussed their fears and expectations, and games [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/08/10/european-youth-forum-2011-day-1/feed/ 3 http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/08/05/5-minutes-with-mark-jamias/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/08/05/5-minutes-with-mark-jamias/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:00:07 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=2719 Mark is President of PTPI’s Norfolk, Virginia (Hampton Roads) Student Chapter. He recently, via Facebook, organized a PTPI Student Chapter Meet-Up at Times Square for members of student chapters in the metro New York City area, as well as for two students visiting from Milan, Italy through PTPI’s International Visitors Program. PTPI Chapters represented include: [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/08/05/5-minutes-with-mark-jamias/feed/ 1 http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/07/19/experience-south-africa-day-8-9-1/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/07/19/experience-south-africa-day-8-9-1/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:04:50 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=2649 We are catching up with the 29 EXPERIENCE delegates who have recently traveled from Cape Town to Johannesburg, South Africa, with a safari in between!  View more photos on PTPI’s Facebook Page. Day 8 “I am who I am because of who we all are.” As the campfire crackled, these were the words spoken as [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/07/19/experience-south-africa-day-8-9-1/feed/ 0 http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/06/27/ptpis-burgas-bulgaria-student-chapter-turns-back-the-clock/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/06/27/ptpis-burgas-bulgaria-student-chapter-turns-back-the-clock/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:00:48 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=2342 PTPI chapter members find unique and diverse ways to support their local community. Our student chapter in Burgas, Bulgaria recently took part in the grand opening celebration of the cultural community centre in their city. Chapter Public Relations Officer Victor Evtimov wrote to tell us about it: I was assigned the task to write a [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/06/27/ptpis-burgas-bulgaria-student-chapter-turns-back-the-clock/feed/ 0 http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/06/06/the-ptpi-family-continues-reaching-out-to-japan/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2011/06/06/the-ptpi-family-continues-reaching-out-to-japan/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:00:19 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=2203 When the world learned about the tsunami and earthquake in Japan, PTPI World Headquarters immediately began hearing from our members. The concern, compassion and selfless generosity shown by our PTPI family all around globe should give us hope – it is a true display of international understanding and friendship. On April 6, 2011 we sent [...]

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