Going Deeper Interviews

Going Deeper with Rev. Dr. Andrea Ayvazian, Part One. Andrea is a long time activist for social justice. Her latest creation is the Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Activism, a unique and widespread free school to teach about social justice movement building skills. It is an inspiring response to these difficult times in our country.

Going Deeper with Rabbi Benjamin Weiner, Part Two. Rabbi Weiner is the religious and spiritual leader of the Jewish Community of Amherst. After learning about his personal unusual path to becoming a rabbi in Part I, we explore some fundamental questions for Judaism in Part II, about God and the afterlife and the political situation in Israel and Palestine.

Going deeper with Rabbi Benjamin Weiner, Part One. Rabbi Weiner is the religious and spiritual leader of the Jewish Community of Amherst, MA. After learning about his personal unusual path to becoming a rabbi in Part One, we explore some fundamental questions for Judaism in Part Two, about God and the afterlife and the political situation in Israel and Palestine.

Going Deeper with Paula Green, Part Two. Paula founded the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding and has worked all over the world with groups and individuals to promote dialogue and understanding among groups that are divided. Please see the Karuna Center’s website: www.karunacenter.org.

Going Deeper with Paula Green, Part One. Paula founded the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding and has worked all over the world with groups and individuals to promote dialogue and understanding among groups that are divided. Please see the Karuna Center’s website: www.karunacenter.org.

Going Deeper with Mehlaqa Samdani, Part Two. Mehlaqa started Critical Connections as a vehicle to educate folks about Muslims and to bring people from all faiths together. Her forums are outstanding, educational and personal both at the same time. Please check out her website at http://www.criticalconnections.org.

Going Deeper with Mehlaqa Samdani, Part One. Mehlaqa started Critical Connections as a vehicle to educate folks about Muslims and to bring people from all faiths together. Her forums are outstanding, educational and personal both at the same time. Please check out her website at http://www.criticalconnections.org.

Going Deeper with Penny Gill, Part Two. A long-time professor of Political Science at Mt. Holyoke and a Dean at the college, Penny is unusual and wise. All the more reason to take her experiences with the ancient Tibetan teacher, Manjushri, seriously. Together they wrote the book, What in the World is Going On? which brings a clear explanation and suggestions for what to do in these difficult times we are faced with. Here is a link to her website: Wisdom Teachings for our Time http://www.thewisdomteachings.org/

Going Deeper with Penny Gill, Part One. A long-time professor of Political Science at Mt. Holyoke and a Dean at the college, Penny is no flake. All the more reason to take her experiences with the ancient Tibetan teacher, Manjushri, seriously. Together they wrote the book, What in the World is Going On? which brings a clear explanation and suggestions for what to do in these difficult times we are faced with. Here is a link to her website: Wisdom Teachings for our Time http://www.thewisdomteachings.org/

Going Deeper with Meg Gage, Part Two, Meg’s professional work has been in progressive philanthropy. She started the Peace Development Fund and Proteus Fund, and co-founded the Traprock Peace Center. At the time of this interview (2017), Meg was quite busy addressing Amherst town politics on the Charter Commission, which led to the demise of Amherst Town Meeting and the beginning of the Amherst Town Council.