Category: Profiles

Deepa Narayan
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Changes at PYE | April 2020

Deepa Narayan, PYE Board Chair shares greetings during this challenging time, and updates on PYE leadership.

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Letter from Nadia Chaney, Director of Training

Dear PYE community, With a heart full of gratitude I will be stepping down as the Director of Training at PYE at the end of …

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Seeing New Possibilities: Aida Gadallah, Luxor, Egypt

Photo Credit: Gani Naylor Meet Aida. She is a creative facilitator who works at the Funtasia Cultural Centre in Luxor. She is part of a team of facilitators …

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PYE Trainer, Andrew Nalani, Has an Urgent Message for Bill Gates

On September 26th, PYE Trainer and New York University Ph.D. Candidate, Andrew Nalani, spoke to a packed audience that included Bill and Melinda Gates, and …

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A group of students making a rhythm stand mid clap with one arm straight out in front of their body, and one raised straight above their head.
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Youth Grow Wings Through Self Acceptance

A new Jamaican facilitator shares her journey through Creative Facilitation trainings and youth camps.

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Creative Classroom participant Kleopatra Kalogerakou stands on a ridge, an ancient greek temple stands behind her off in the distance
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Engaging Students in Learning

How one teacher learned to bring her artistic self into play to create a welcoming atmosphere.

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Jennifer’s Story: A Group Rhythm of Solidarity

Thanks to Partners for Youth Empowerment, the power of play and creativity is an active, vibrant part of my daily life. My facilitation trainings with …

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Themis’ Story: Transforming Work into Play

Themistoklis Gkion is a lead facilitator with Partners for Youth Empowerment and the Founder and Learning Experience Architect at Flow Athens in Greece, but he …

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Camp Youth Sheds Labels and Finds Himself

How one young man stepped into his power and purpose in life.

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Xanthippi’s Story: Bringing Rhythm to Greece

Xanthippi Anastasiadou is a music teacher at a primary school in Thessaloniki, Greece and Master’s student at the University of Macedonia. A full year after …

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