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Loyola School Telco Hosts Spirited 78th Independence Day Event

Dr. Ajoy Kumar and Anand Barman attend flag hoisting ceremony Loyola School Telco marked India’s 78th Independence Day with a vibrant celebration featuring patriotic performances and inspiring speeches. JAMSHEDPUR – Loyola School Telco commemorated the 78th Independence Day with a flag hoisting ceremony and cultural program in its primary block. Chief guest Dr. Ajoy Kumar and special guest Anand…

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Sybil Haydel-Morial (November 26, 1932 - September 3, 2024) is an activist, author, educator, mother, and New Orleans native, who served as an administrator and Associate Dean at Xavier University for 28 years.

Her family created their networks of interaction in Black communities. In her memoir, she explained how her “parents, along with other middle-class Blacks, out of necessity created our cocoon of interaction for professional and social activities and at the same time limited the rejection and humiliation we experienced in our Southern cities.” Her parents made their backyard a play area for the neighborhood children so that they might safely play.

She studied at Xavier University before transferring to Boston University. She applied to Tulane University. She was accepted and enrolled in two courses. When filling out a registration form, she wrote “Negro” in the blank for race. Tulane University asked her to leave because they did not accept Black students. Loyola University rejected her because she was Black. She returned to Boston to complete her MA and began teaching.

She married “Dutch” Morial (1955). They had 5 children, Her son Marc is President of the National Urban League. She became a champion for civil rights. After being rejected by the League of Women Voters for membership based on race, she and several other mothers formed their organization, Civic, Cultural, and Social Organization). CiCulSo evolved into the Louisiana League of Good Government, an organization of women of different ethnicities that pursued voting rights and ensured voter rolls included Black people. She joined the women’s auxiliary of the Urban League. She filed lawsuits against the Orleans Parish School Board for enforcing a law that kept Orleans Parish school teachers from advocating for integration or belonging to associations that favor integration.

She championed many civil rights issues, She curated educational programs to raise awareness about civil rights while leading several community organizations. She completed her memoir Witness to Change: From Jim Crow to Political Empowerment. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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High School Year 1 1 - English II 2 - Geometry 3 - Biology I 4 - Career Orientation | Civics * 5, 6, 7 - NOCCA - Violin

High School Year 2 1 - English III 2 - Algebra II 3 - Chemistry I 4 - World History * 5, 6, 7 - NOCCA - Violin

High School Year 3 1 - English IV 2 - American History 3 - PE 4 - PE / Health 5 - NOCCA - Violin

College Loyola University New Orleans Violin Performance BM, MM

I guess I'll go for a BM in Violin Performance at Loyola and the MM in Violin Performance there. I'm already a music student, just have to submit a violin audition and get accepted. I was also in Honors, which seems to be easier but maybe more "gifted" often and sometimes okay in many ways.

It's sad nothing else is involved, but there will be a lot involved in a college major itself. I was gonna do Composition, but to get a degree in an instrument is a lot to invest, too. The schedule is built around it. If I wanted to do something else later for some reason could work around, like conducting, which is often a Masters degree. I also really liked Music Education. You can get a Masters or Doctorate in that without a Bachelors, which there is only one or so schools with it online, The Baptist College of Florida is all I have now.

I want to be a top orchestral violinist, not a concert master, moreover but also a soloist. In fact, I want to be 2nd violin. I wonder what 3rd violin would be like.

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The advantages of owning a 2 BHK flat in Baner-Sus, Pune:

Investing in a 2 BHK flat in the burgeoning Baner-Sus area in Pune offers a plethora of benefits that cater to the demands of modern living. With the strategic location, growing social infrastructure, and the promise of high returns on investment, the prospect of owning a property in this area becomes increasingly enticing.  Let's delve into the advantages of owning2 BHK flats at Codename Horizon Baner-Sus.  

Excellent Connectivity

Baner-Sus, Pune, enjoys an advantageous location, offering seamless connectivity to different parts of the city. With prominent roads like the Pashan-Sus Road and Baner Road in close proximity, commuting becomes hassle-free. Launching soon Codename Horizon in West Pune is close to

NH 48 enhances its accessibility, making it an ideal residential location for professionals and families alike.

Easy Access to Prime Office Locations

The allure of living in Baner-Sus extends to its close proximity to prominent employment hubs such as the Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park and ICC Trade Tower. This close proximity significantly reduces travel time, making it an appealing choice for those seeking a work-life balance.

Convenience at Your Doorstep

The well-developed social infrastructure in Baner-Sus adds to its appeal as a residential hub. Residents can enjoy a host of amenities ranging from high-end shopping destinations like the Pune Central Mall, The Pavilion, Xion Mall, to reputable educational institutions like Loyola High School, St. Joseph High School of Pune, and Pune University. The area is also equipped with reliable healthcare facilities including Apollo Clinic and Shashwat Hospital, ensuring that residents have access to quality medical services.

Promising Investment Returns

The steady growth in infrastructure and civic amenities in Baner-Sus positions it as a promising area for real estate investment. With the surge in property development, the prospects of high returns on investment in the coming years are particularly attractive for potential investors and homeowners.

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Baner-Sus boasts a harmonious blend of natural beauty and modern conveniences. Residents can revel in the picturesque views of the surrounding hills, breathe in the fresh air, and enjoy a peaceful environment with organised traffic and lush greenery. The pleasant weather conditions further enhance the appeal of this locality as an ideal residential destination.

With its seamless connectivity, thriving social infrastructure and the promise of high returns on investment,owning2 BHK flats in Baner -Sus at  Codename Horizon, presents an opportunity to experience the best of both worlds.

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Civic Education Teacher Recruitment at Jesuit Memorial College

Civic Education Teacher Recruitment at Jesuit Memorial College

Job title: Civic Education Teacher Recruitment at Jesuit Memorial College Company: Jesuit Memorial College Job description: Jesuit Memorial College (JMC) is Catholic boarding secondary school in Port Harcourt, Nigeria for boys and girls. Open to all, Christians and non-Christians, it is owned and run by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). It was opened in 2013 in memory of 60 students of Loyola…

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"Two months ago I had a nice apartment in Chicago. I had a good job. I had a son. When something happened to the Negroes in the South I said, that's their business, not mine. Now I know how wrong I was. The murder of my son has shown me what happens to any of us, anywhere in the world, had better be the business of all us" Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley November 23, 1921 - January 6, 2003 Mamie Till Mobley was born on November 23, 1921 in Webb, Mississippi and soon migrated to Argo, Illinois with her parents. Young Mamie inherited a strong sense of morality and work ethic from her parents Alma Spearman and John Carthan. Mamie excelled in all areas of academic achievement which spawned her interest and desire to become an educator and seized every moment as a teaching opportunity. She was the first African American to make the honor roll at her predominantly White high school. She was a graduate from Chicago Teacher’s College and obtained a Master’s Degree from Loyola University. Mamie responded to her spiritual calling serving as church clerk, youth leader, Sunday School teacher and missionary. She eagerly accepted the offer to join as a founding member of Evangelistic Crusaders C.O.G.I.C. and continued her civic activism until her death. Her only child, Emmett, was born July 25, 1941 and they moved to Chicago, Illinois in the early 1950s. On August 21, 1955, Till-Mobley sent her son to Money, Mississippi to stay at the home of his uncle for the remainder of the summer. On August 24, Emmett joined several other African American teenagers at Bryant's Grocery and Meat Marker for candy and sodas. Emmett allegedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant who was White and working at the store. When Bryant's husband, Ray, returned from a trip August 28 and was told of the alleged incident, he and his half-brother, J. W. Milam, kidnapped Emmett from his uncle's house. Emmett's body was found swollen and disfigured in the Tallahatchie River three days later. Mamie was thrust into the precarious role of pioneer for justice when she made a brave decision to publicly expose the deeply entrenched racism that saturated Southern towns. After viewing the savagely murdered body of her 14-year old son, she knew that there were no words that could ever describe the horror that any person, let alone a mother, could ever witness. It was at that moment she made the intrepid decision to have an open-casket funeral exposing Emmett Till's remains. "I wanted the world to see what they did to my baby." Tens of thousands of people viewed Emmett's body and photographs were circulated around the world. “God told me, “I have taken one from you, but I will give you thousands.” The ability to allow her personal pain to fuel her public passion and activism aroused the consciences of Black America sparking the Civil Rights Movement. After the funeral, Till-Mobley toured the country relating the events of her son's death and trial of his murderers and raising money for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Rather than sitting quiet, Mamie organized the Emmett Till Players, a touring troupe of youth who utilized their gifts and skills of oration for empowerment of others to become “the best they could be”... Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley died January 6, 2003. Her autobiography, "Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime that Changed America," was published later that year. “That is, after all, how it works. We don’t come here with hatred in our hearts. We have to be taught to feel that way. We have to want to be that way, to please the people who teach us to want to be like them. Strange, to think that people might learn to hate as a way of getting some approval, some acceptance, some love. I thought about all that” Mamie Till-Mobley, Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime that Changed America

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We’re taking questions about social media & mental health

As researchers and advocacy groups examine the impact of social media usage on mental health, they are discovering both positives and negatives. While social media fosters community and allows people to connect in ways that are possible only because of the Internet, social media can also come with risks-- bullying, harassment, and language of hate. This Tumblr Issue Time discussion brings together panelists from media, advocacy, and healthcare to discuss the relationship between social media and mental health, explore the positive effects it has on community, and examine solutions for how you might mitigate or address some of the negative risks. 

Our panelists will answer your questions in an Issue Time right here on @postitforward on Tuesday, May 30th. Ask anything you’d like. 

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You can read more about our panelists after the jump,

Brett M. Peters, Director of Media & Strategic Partnerships at It Gets Better Project (@itgetsbetterproject​)

Brett is the Director of Media & Strategic Partnerships at the It Gets Better Project. He began his work with IGBP in 2011, assisting with the production of their Emmy Award winning MTV specials. Since then he has supervised several video (MTV, Logo, MSNBC, L/Studio) and cause marketing (Doritos, Uber, Converse) partnerships and has been integral to the organization’s growing presence on social media.

Maya Enista Smith, Executive Director, Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation

Maya Enista Smith has over a decade of experience in the civic engagement, leadership, youth development and community engagement fields. Maya proudly serves as the Executive Director of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation which is committed to building a kinder and braver world. Previously, Maya served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Mobilize.org whose mission is to empower and invest in Millennials to create and implement solutions to social problems.

Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Social Work, Author

Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW is an associate professor of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago, the founder and host of the award winning Social Work Podcast, and co-author of the 2015 text, Suicide in Schools: A Practitioner's Guide to Multi-level Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, and Postvention.

Hakeem Rahim, mental health speaker, and advocate  

Hakeem Rahim is a nationally recognized mental health speaker, educator and advocate. Hakeem is committed to decreasing  the stigma of mental illness, promoting mental health and ensuring the mental wellness of all.   In 2012 Hakeem began speaking openly about his 18-year journey with bipolar disorder. Since then Hakeem has spoken to over 50,000 middle school, high school & college students, testified before the Congress and Senate, and was featured in print and television ads as part of New York City’s ThriveNYC Mental Health Awareness Campaign. Hakeem is the founder and president of I Am Acceptance, a 501 (c)3 non-profit committed to ending suicides on college campuses by promoting community wellness and acceptance. To find more about Hakeem, I Am Acceptance and to bring him to your school, college or organization, please visit iamacceptance.org and hakeemrahim.com.

Eve Andrews, writer at Grist, a nonprofit environmental publication

Eve Andrews writes the Ask Umbra advice vertical for Grist, a nonprofit environmental publication. She has covered sustainable food, reproductive rights, and the arts as they relate to climate change and the environment, and she's now trying to figure out the ways in which simply being a functional, more engaged person can help save humanity.

Dr. Kristen Wells, Clinical health psychologist and Associate Professor at San Diego State University

Kristen Wells is a clinical health psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University.  She has received extensive training in mental health, especially in coping with medical conditions, such as cancer.  Kristen currently teaches doctoral clinical psychology students who are learning how to implement psychotherapy for adults. She has published more than 70 peer reviewed publications in public health, psychology, and medical journals.

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Loyola University Chicago Launches Annual Innovator in Social Business Awards

Loyola’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility today announced the awardees of its inaugural Innovator in Social Business Awards. 

The awards are presented to extraordinary companies committed to doing well and doing good across three categories: Social Impact, Environmental Stewardship, and Purpose and Profit. A ceremony will be held during the Baumhart Center’s annual Leading for Good conference, which convenes business leaders to provide the needed skills, knowledge, and networks to accelerate social value creation in their respective companies. 

“The Baumhart Center extends Loyola’s pioneering work in business ethics, social responsibility, and education for social justice,” said Dr. Jo Ann Rooney, president of Loyola. “The Financial Times recently cited Loyola’s Quinlan School of Business as one of only four pre-eminent business schools in the world advancing ethics, sustainability, and social purpose. The conference and these inaugural awards leverage Loyola’s expertise in moving today’s business leaders toward greater purpose and action in solving today’s most urgent social issues.”

The 2020 award recipients are:

Social Impact Award: Chobani, based in Norwich, New York, for its commitment to diversity and inclusion, its extraordinary benefits for workers, and its innovative Chobani Shares initiative, which gives every full-time member of the company the opportunity to share in its growth.

“We’re honored to receive this recognition from Loyola’s Baumhart Center. Making good food and doing good deeds is what motivates Chobani. Humanity first and making a difference in people’s lives – that’s what we do at Chobani.” - Peter McGuinness, president, Chobani.

Environmental Stewardship Award: Indigo Ag, based in Boston, for its Terraton Initiative, a global effort to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it within agricultural soils.

“Indigo is honored by Loyola’s recognition of our efforts to accelerate the most immediate, affordable, and scalable means to address climate change: farmers. We’re grateful to The Baumhart Center for its continued leadership in promoting the pivotal role that business can play in solving our most pressing global challenges and to be counted among a group of organizations driving toward a more sustainable future of business.”– David Perry, CEO, Indigo Ag.

Robert L. Parkinson Jr. Award for Purpose and Profit: Bain Capital Double Impact, headquartered in Boston, for its innovative partnership with the nonprofit B Lab and for its commitment to measuring and improving the social impact of portfolio companies. 

“Accurate and comprehensive measurement of impact is fundamental to our approach, and we could not have established early success without our fantastic partners at B Lab. Thanks to them and to the Baumhart Center for all they are doing to advance the field and inspire future leaders to embrace impact as a guiding tenet across all business sectors.”  - Greg Shell, managing director, Bain Capital Double Impact.

Nominations for the awards were invited from a group of more than 70 executives and academics who serve on one of the Baumhart Center’s advisory committees. Nominated companies were then evaluated on four criteria: quality of innovation, depth of impact, scalability of innovation, and commitment of leadership. 

“Our aim with these awards is to speed the adoption of social innovation in business,” said Seth Green, founding director of Loyola’s Baumhart Center. “We are impressed by the array of recent announcements from the Business Roundtable, BlackRock, and others on the importance of purpose in business. Through our awards, we seek to offer explicit role models and best practices that set the standard for what it truly means to do well and do good, together.”

The awardees were selected by a judging committee that included eight business and civic leaders:

Vicki Escarra, Senior Advisor, BCG; former CEO, Feeding America; former CMO, Delta

Janet Froetscher, President, Pritzker Foundation; former CEO, Special Olympics International

Jennifer J. Griffin, Baumhart Professor of Business Ethics, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago

The late Robert Parkinson, Chairman Emeritus, Baxter International; former Chairman, Loyola University Chicago

Sunil Sanghvi, Senior Advisor and Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Co.

Kevin Stevens, Dean, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago

Kevin Washington, CEO, YMCA of the USA

Greg Wasson, President, Wasson Enterprise; former CEO, Walgreens

The Innovator in Social Business Awards will be presented annually. Click here to access more information on the awards and to access the Innovations in Social Business 2020 Annual Report.

About the Baumhart Center

The Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility is an interdisciplinary center at Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business that equips leaders with the business tools to accelerate social impact. The center is home to an array of research and educational initiatives, including the highly selective MBA that exclusively prepares working professionals to marry profit and purpose in their careers. Learn more at LUC.edu/BaumhartCenter or find us on Instagram at @BaumhartCenter.

About the Quinlan School of Business

The Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago educates responsible leaders who strengthen the local and global business system. Quinlan draws on the resources of a world-class location in the heart of Chicago and on industry-leading faculty to offer leading undergraduate, graduate, and executive education. Quinlan’s highly respected degrees include the Baumhart Scholars MBA for purpose-driven professionals and the one-of-a-kind Next Generation MBA. The school is named for Michael R. Quinlan, a double Loyola alumnus, and former president and CEO of McDonald’s Corporation. Learn more at LUC.edu/Quinlan or find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LoyolaQuinlan.

About Loyola University Chicago

Founded in 1870, Loyola University Chicago is one of the nation’s largest Jesuit, Catholic universities, with more than 17,000 students. Nearly 11,500 undergraduates call Loyola home. The University has four campuses: three in the greater Chicago area and one in Rome, Italy, as well as course locations in Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vernon Hills, Illinois (Cuneo Mansion and Gardens); and a Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois. The University’s 14 schools, colleges, and institutes include: the Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, Quinlan School of Business, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Stritch School of Medicine, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Communication, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, School of Education, School of Law, School of Social Work, Graduate School, Institute of Pastoral Studies, Institute of Environmental Sustainability, and Arrupe College. Ranked a top national university by U.S. News & World Report, Loyola is also among a select group of universities recognized for community service and engagement by national organizations like the Carnegie Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service. Learn more about Loyola, like us at Facebook.com/LoyolaChicago, or follow us on Twitter @LoyolaChicago.

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Note: Photos from the awards ceremony can be accessed here.

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Playa del Rey, Los Angeles: Civic Pride Soars in This Tiny Beach Community

John and Sue Campbell loved their home in Bel Air, with its privacy, swimming pool and sweeping views. But in December 2017, as the Skirball Fire raced through Bel Air and the slopes of the Sepulveda Pass, scorching hundreds of acres and sending residents fleeing, their quiet cul-de-sac with only one way in and out began to feel dangerous.

Then came 2018, and with it the Woolsey Fire, which ripped through the canyons of Los Angeles and broke records for destruction in California. Mr. Campbell, 66, and Ms. Campbell, 62, decided they’d had enough.

“The fires just kept raging,” said Mr. Campbell, who grew up in Britain and is the founder of Palawan Productions, a music production company. “The helicopters would fly so close that we could make out the face of the pilot. We would wake up and our entire place would be covered in soot. It was very frightening.”

They sold their three-bedroom, three-bath home for just over $2 million and headed to Marina del Rey, where they keep a boat docked, living in a temporary apartment at the Marina Bay Club while they searched for a new home. They knew little about Playa del Rey, the tiny, funky beach community wedged between Marina del Rey, El Segundo and Los Angeles International Airport. But much like the new home they eventually moved into, the neighborhood, they realized, was well worth a second look.

In April they paid $1.5 million there for a new home with three bedrooms, 27-foot ceilings and windows offering sweeping views of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve and its egrets and blue herons.

“This is a friendly, tight-knit community where shops and the beach are all within walking distance,” said Mr. Campbell. “In our old home we would sit on our porch and look at the view and think it was wonderful, but we wouldn’t get up and do anything.”

The Ballona Wetlands also lured Wesley Bullock and Jhoanna Pugrad to Playa del Rey.

Mr. Bullock, 34, and Ms. Pugrad, 29, were renting in Marina del Rey when they began their house hunt. They only discovered Playa del Rey because of their regular bike rides down the seven-mile Ballona Creek Bike Path, which separates the two neighborhoods.

“All of Los Angeles’s beach communities are so congested and they’re surrounded by tourists,” said Ms. Pugrad, an accounting manager for Snap Inc., the company that developed Snapchat. “Playa del Rey has a huge beach that felt untouched. It shot to the top of our list.”

The couple landed in a 1,300-square-foot townhouse with two bedrooms, two baths and a bonus room, with access to a gym, pool and tennis courts. Their double-pane windows block out the noise from LAX, and on the weekends, they say, they love staying local.

“My job can be stressful,” said Mr. Bullock, a contracts manager for a number of tech companies. “Living in the neighborhood, I’ve noticed a difference in terms of staying grounded.”

Mr. Bullock and Ms. Pugrad have been dating for seven years. Both are well acquainted with the adjacent community of Playa Vista, where planned live-work-play communities and campuses for Google, Verizon and YouTube have sprouted up in two decades of frenzied development. Playa del Rey, Mr. Bullock said, is the antithesis of all that.

“The reasons we moved to Playa del Rey are the same reasons we would never want to move into a tech-impacted community like Playa Vista,” he said. “We share the same admiration for Playa del Rey as the people who have lived here for many years. We definitely don’t want to change it.”

Prince O’Whales, a quintessential Southern California dive bar, is a favorite among locals in Playa del Rey.Credit…Adam Amengual for The New York Times

What You’ll Find

In August 2018, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to block the construction of the Legado 138 project, a mixed-use complex comprising 72 apartment units and 7,500 square feet of commercial space along Culver Boulevard. It was a huge win for local advocates, who had spent months campaigning against the proposal, arguing it would trigger a development rush and imperil the culture of Playa del Rey.

“When you look at Playa del Rey, you know you are not in Marina del Rey, Venice or Manhattan Beach,” the advocates wrote in a change.org petition that collected 4,390 signatures. “Playa del Rey is the last true small beach community left in Los Angeles.”

The language of that petition, entitled “Tell Legado to Fit In or Go Home,” offers a glimpse of the fierce sense of protectiveness many longtime residents feel over the community. There is no Starbucks in Playa del Rey, no upscale chain restaurants and no high-rise buildings.

Buildings, in fact, are capped at 37 feet or three stories, which gives the area the feel of a small village — albeit one with dive bars and a constant low roar from airplanes taking off and landing at LAX.

Around Culver Boulevard, a handful of new businesses, including Playa Provisions (from “Top Chef” winner Brooke Williamson) and the wine bar Bacari PDR share real estate with old standbys like the bar Prince O’Whales and the hamburger joint The Shack.

8324 DELGANY AVENUE | A four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath house, built in 1929 on 0.16 acres, listed at $2.75 million. 855-789-0891Credit…Adam Amengual for The New York Times

What You’ll Pay

Despite residents’ efforts to fight gentrification, Playa del Rey isn’t immune to the tech boom in its backyard. But while prices have been creeping upward, the median home price in the community is still much lower than in nearby beach towns like Venice and Santa Monica.

In 2017, there were 276 single-family homes and condos on the market in Playa del Rey, at a median sales price of $697,500, according to Miller Samuel Real Estate Appraisers and Consultants. In 2018, there were 239 homes on the market, at a median sales price of $762,000. In 2019, there were 227 homes on the market, at a median sales price of $777,000.

Renters should expect to pay about $2,200 a month for a one-bedroom apartment and $4,000 to $5,000 for a three-bedroom.

330 REES STREET | A three-bedroom, two-bath house, built in 1953 on 0.12 acres, listed at $1.599 million. 424-280-7400Credit…Adam Amengual for The New York Times

The Vibe

“Everybody is so intertwined here,” said Tom Corte, 70, a realtor with ERA Real Estate who has lived in the area since 1953. “There’s a sense of identity.”

Mara Epstein-Saidiner, 68, says that sense of belonging became so important to her and her husband, Grant Saidiner, 65, that when a family health crisis and bankruptcy forced them to sell their three-bedroom home two years ago, she insisted on staying in Playa.

“I said no matter what happens, we’re staying in the neighborhood,” said Ms. Epstein-Saidiner, who grew up in New York City and is the director of sales and marketing for Zalo USA, which makes high-end adult products.

8340 MANITOBA STREET, NO. 2 | A one-bedroom, one-bath condo, built in 1969, listed at $525,000. 310-766-1863Credit…Adam Amengual for The New York Times

The couple bought their home in 1999 for $340,000. They sold it for just over $1 million, and now rent a townhouse nearby with a rooftop garden.

Over the decades, Ms. Epstein-Saidiner became involved in Playa del Rey’s protests against development, which have run the gamut from protecting the wetlands and beach dunes to fending off large-scale developers. “They don’t like change here, they don’t want a Starbucks in our little town, and they’ll prevent things like that,” she said. “It’s a little time capsule of a place and it’s a very close-knit community.”

The Schools

Students in Playa del Rey are served by the Los Angeles Unified School District. Nearby elementary schools include Paseo Del Rey Elementary School (a science magnet school), Loyola Village Elementary (a fine and performing-arts magnet school) and Playa Vista Elementary.

During the 2018-19 school year, 44 percent of third-graders at Paseo Del Rey, 53 percent of third-graders at Loyola, and 81 percent of third-graders at Playa Vista met benchmarks for English language arts on the California Smarter Balanced Assessment test, compared with 43 percent districtwide and 49 percent across California.

During the same year, 23 percent of third-graders at Paseo Del Rey, 55 percent of third-graders at Loyola, and 81 percent of third-graders at Playa Vista met benchmarks in math, compared with 44 percent across the district and 50 percent across California. (According to the California Department of Education, students with scores at or above benchmark levels on these tests are ready for higher-level coursework.)

Most high schoolers attend Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets, where during the 2017-18 school year, 60 percent of students taking the SAT exam met benchmarks for English, compared to 56 percent districtwide and 71 percent statewide; 24 percent met benchmarks for math, compared with 31 percent districtwide and 51 percent statewide. (For the SATS, the College Board defines students as “college ready”when their test scores meet a benchmark of 480 in English and 530 in math.)

The Commute

The eight-minute drive from Playa del Rey to Playa Vista can take up to 20 minutes in traffic. Downtown Los Angeles is about 30 minutes away, and the drive to LAX is about 10 minutes.

The History

In the 1870s, developers attempted to dredge the Santa Monica Harbor in what is now Playa del Rey. Its first land development, built in 1921, was called Palisades del Rey; the filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille was among its homeowners. After decades of building, the city of Los Angeles seized many of the homes in the city’s southern portion to make way for an expansion of LAX.

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beginnings The first Jesuit college opened at Messina in Sicily in 1548, but the roots of Jesuit education reach back to an earlier event. In 1521, a young man training for a career at the Spanish court was wounded in a military engagement with the French. Ignatius Loyola was the youngest child in a family of feudal lords in the Basque region of northern Spain. He returned to his family’s home to recover from his wounds. There, he passed the time reading a copy of the life of Christ and a book about the saints, which led him to reflect deeply about his own life and to experience a calling to abandon his career at court and to follow Jesus instead. Calling himself a “pilgrim,” he traveled across Spain to the ancient monastery at Montserrat where he dedicated his sword to Mary as a symbol of his new life. In the nearby town of Manresa, he spent months alone in prayer, reflection, and service of the needy, trying to learn the rudiments of the spiritual life on his own. In spite of his mistakes, he slowly learned how to distinguish between what led him in a good direction and what did not. He later said of this part of his life that God was teaching him the way a schoolmaster deals with a child. He discovered he had a talent for helping others find the freedom to respond to God’s invitation in their lives. He began to keep notes about his own spiritual experiences and his conversations with those who came to him. These became the basis for a small book he later put together for those helping others to grow spiritually, which he called Spiritual Exercises. jesuits I gnatius decided that to serve God effectively he needed an education. This quest brought him to the University of Paris, where he became the center of a group of friends. Using his Spiritual Exercises, he challenged them to think about how they were going to use the unique gifts and personalities God had given them. After receiving their degrees, they decided they would stay together as a group and “help people” as Jesus and his disciples did. Gradually, they came to the decision to form a new kind of religious order. They were ordained Catholic priests and, in 1540, they received the approval of the Pope and called them selves “The Society of Jesus.” Later, critics derisively called them “Jesuits” and this is the name that has stuck. how did jesuits get involved in schools? At first, no single activity defined the new religious order. The early Jesuits preached in the streets, led men and women through the Spiritual Exercises, taught theology in universities, instructed children in the catechism, and cared for plague victims and prostitutes. Others went off to work in distant parts of the world, as Francis Xavier did in India. They were discovering their mission by doing it, adapting to change, taking risks, and learning by trial and error. Nonetheless, the early companions were all graduates of the best university in Europe and they thought of themselves as specialists in “ministries of the word.” Gradually, they came to realize that there was one emerging activity that connected their intellectual training, their world-affirming spirituality, their pastoral experience, and their goal of helping souls. When citizens of Messina asked Ignatius to open a school for their sons, he seemed to have decided that schools could be a powerful means of forming the minds and hearts of those, who, because they would be important citizens in their communities, could influence many others. When the college in Messina proved a success, requests to open schools in other cities multiplied and soon education became the characteristic activity of Jesuits. When Ignatius died in 1556 there were 35 Jesuit colleges across Europe. Two hundred years later, there were more than 800 in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. They constituted the largest system of education before the modern era of public schooling and the first truly international one. why were jesuit schools successful? The simple answer is that they met a need. Europe entered the modern world almost overnight in the early 16th century. The voyages of exploration to the Americas and the Indies, the Protestant revolt, and Gutenberg’s printing press changed people’s understanding of the globe, redistributed wealth, and turned Europe into a battleground of ideas. A prosperous middle class wanted an education that would prepare their sons for the opportunities of this new world that was unfolding around them at a dizzying pace. When Jesuits began their schools, two models were available. One was the medieval university, where students prepared for professions such as law, the clergy, and teaching by studying the sciences, mathematics, logic, philosophy, and theology. The other model was the Renaissance humanistic academy, which had a curriculum based on Greek and Latin poetry, drama, oratory, and history. The goal of the university was the training of the mind through the pursuit of speculative truth; the goal of the humanists was character formation, making students better human beings and civic leaders. Jesuit schools were unique in combining these two educational ideals. Perhaps the most important reason for the success of the early Jesuit schools was a set of qualities that Jesuits aspired to themselves and which they consciously set out to develop in their students: n Self-knowledge and discipline, n Attentiveness to their own experience and to others’, n Trust in God’s direction of their lives, n Respect for intellect and reason as tools for discovering truth, n Skill in discerning the right course of action, n A conviction that talents and knowledge were gifts to be used to help others, n Flexibility and pragmatism in problem solving, n Large-hearted ambition, and n A desire to find God working in all things. These qualities were the product of the distinctive spirituality that the early Jesuits had learned from Ignatius and that Ignatius had learned from his own experience. Jesuits hoped, in turn, to form their students in the same spiritual vision, so that their graduates would be prepared to live meaningful lives as leaders in government, the professions, and the Church. jesuit education is a process How does this spiritual vision get translated into an educational vision? The early Jesuits struggled to describe what they called “our way of proceeding.” Their accounts varied but it seems that they thought of their distinctive spirituality as a three-part process. It begins with paying attention to experience, moves to reflecting on its meaning, and ends in deciding how to act. Jesuit education, then, can be described in terms of three key movements: 1. Be Attentive We learn by organizing our experience and appropriating it in the increasingly complex psychological structures by which we engage and make sense of our world. From infancy, learning is an active process but in our early years it happens without our being aware of it. Once we become adolescents, though, whether we will continue to learn is largely a choice we make. Conscious learning begins by choosing to pay attention to our experience—our experience of our own inner lives and of the people and the world around us. When we do this, we notice a mixture of light and dark, ideas and feelings, things that give us joy and things that sadden us. It is a rich tapestry and it grows more complex the more we let it register on our awareness. Ignatius was convinced that God deals directly with us in our experience. This conviction rested on his profound realization that God is “working” in every thing that exists. (This is why the spirit of Jesuit education is often described as “finding God in all things”). So, our intimate thoughts and feelings, our desires and our fears, and our responses to the people and things around us are not just the accidental ebb and flow of our inner lives but rather the privileged moments through which God creates and sustains a unique relationship with each of us. How do I pay attention? By observing, wondering, opening myself to what is new, allowing the reality of people and things to enter my consciousness on their own terms. This is why Jesuit schools have traditionally emphasized liberal education, a core curriculum, and the arts and the humanities— studies that can enlarge our understanding of what it means to be human and make us more sympathetic to experiences different from our own. This happens outside the classroom too—for example, in service programs, when we enter into the lives of others. Referring to students engaged in working with the poor, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, the former leader of Jesuits across the world, stated, “When the heart is touched by direct experience, the mind may be challenged to change.” The key movement that begins this process of learning and change is paying attention. 2. Be Reflective The outcome of paying attention to our experience may be a complex variety of images, unrelated insights, feelings that lead in contradictory directions. To connect the parts of our experience into a whole, we need to examine data, test evidence, clarify relationships, understand causes and implications, and weigh options in light of their possible consequences. We need, that is, to see the patterns in our experience and grasp their significance. Reflection is the way we discover and compose the meaning of our experience. Figuring out our experience can be an inward-looking activity—identifying our gifts and the future they point us towards or confronting the prejudices, fears, and shortcomings that prevent us from being the kind of people we want to be—but it can also mean looking outward—at the questions that philosophy and theology pose to us, at subjects like biology and finance and economics and the different ways they organize and interpret the world and help us understand ourselves. In either direction, the goal is the freedom that comes from knowing ourselves, understanding the world, and finding the direction that God is disclosing for our lives in and through our experience. Reflection is a kind of reality-testing. It takes time and care. Ultimately, it is the work of intelligence, which is why Jesuit education has always emphasized intellectual excellence. There is no substitute for using the minds God gave us, to understand our experience and discover its meaning. 3. Be Loving Being attentive is largely about us and how God is working in us through our experience. Being reflective moves our gaze outward, measuring our experience against the accumulated wisdom of the world. Being loving requires that we look even more closely at the world around us. It asks the question: How are we going to act in this world? In part, this is a question about what we are going to do with the knowledge and self-understanding and freedom that we have appropriated by reflection. How shall we act in ways that are consistent with this new self and what it knows and values? But we can’t move very far in the direction of answering this question without discovering that it is not only a question about how our lives can be authentic. It is also a question about our relationship to the world around us and what the world needs us to do. We are not solitary creatures. From the womb, we live in relationships with others, grow up in cultural, social, and political institutions that others have created for us. To be human is to find our place in these relationships and these institutions, to take responsibility for them, to contribute to nurturing and improving them, to give something back. We can understand this in quite secular terms if we choose to, but through the eyes of faith there is an even more compelling reason for thinking and living this way. Ignatius ends his Spiritual Exercises with a consideration of love. For him growing in love is the whole point of the spiritual life. He suggests two principles to help us understand love. One is that love shows itself beginnings The first Jesuit college opened at Messina in Sicily in 1548, but the roots of Jesuit education reach back to an earlier event. In 1521, a young man training for a career at the Spanish court was wounded in a military engagement with the French. Ignatius Loyola was the youngest child in a family of feudal lords in the Basque region of northern Spain. He returned to his family’s home to recover from his wounds. There, he passed the time reading a copy of the life of Christ and a book about the saints, which led him to reflect deeply about his own life and to experience a calling to abandon his career at court and to follow Jesus instead. Calling himself a “pilgrim,” he traveled across Spain to the ancient monastery at Montserrat where he dedicated his sword to Mary as a symbol of his new life. In the nearby town of Manresa, he spent months alone in prayer, reflection, and service of the needy, trying to learn the rudiments of the spiritual life on his own. In spite of his mistakes, he slowly learned how to distinguish between what led him in a good direction and what did not. He later said of this part of his life that God was teaching him the way a schoolmaster deals with a child. He discovered he had a talent for helping others find the freedom to respond to God’s invitation in their lives. He began to keep notes about his own spiritual experiences and his conversations with those who came to him. These became the basis for a small book he later put together for those helping others to grow spiritually, which he called Spiritual Exercises. jesuits I gnatius decided that to serve God effectively he needed an education. This quest brought him to the University of Paris, where he became the center of a group of friends. Using his Spiritual Exercises, he challenged them to think about how they were going to use the unique gifts and personalities God had given them. After receiving their degrees, they decided they would stay together as a group and “help people” as Jesus and his disciples did. Gradually, they came to the decision to form a new kind of religious order. They were ordained Catholic priests and, in 1540, they received the approval of the Pope and called themselves “The Society of Jesus.” Later, critics derisively called them “Jesuits” and this is the name that has stuck. how did jesuits get involved in schoo

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Catching up with Irene Kapustina (’15), Artistic and Executive Director of The Angle Project

What are you up to, Irene?

At the moment my sole focus is on developing my company The Angle Project (TAP). I officially started it half a year ago and my goal is to grow it significantly and make it sustainable in the near future. The Angle Project is a theatre production company as well as a theatre initiative that uses performance art to help displaced and multicultural communities. I co-founded the organization with Emma Klauber, my colleague and friend, and I serve as the company's artistic and executive director. 

What were you doing before you joined the MA program?

I am originally from Belarus, and I was able to complete two full time years of the International Relations Program at Belarusian State University before I came to the US, but theatre had always been my true passion. My first major US destination was Chicago, and it was there I decided to shift my career towards theatre. I entered Loyola University's theatre program and while in school acted in numerous storefront theatre productions and studied and performed improv at Second City. Desire to make a theatre career brought me to NYC, where I was lucky to find MAAT.

What experiences from the MA program stand out for you?

First of all the program's genius approach to teaching pedagogy and applied theatre techniques by applying them to the work with us, students, and helping us constantly look back and reflect how it all works in practice. The amount of self-reflection and analysis that we had to do was enormous and served us well.

Another big part for me was the practical, hands on approach to the work that, nonetheless, did not exclude rigorous academic preparation. We had to constantly collaborate on project making and implementation with our peers and test the pedagogy on each other and external community participants. And I guess the most important point here is that throughout this whole process we received invaluable support from the faculty to ensure we succeeded and learned at the same time.

Last, not least, what I treasure the most in MAAT is the all-inclusive, liberal, open atmosphere created by Chris and Helen, which helps you to really look inside yourself, get in touch with who you are, and be who you wish to be—to experiment, grow, and enjoy being you.

What are you most passionate about in your work now?

It may sound pragmatic, but I am really passionate about making the work sustainable. In the end, applied theatre is a lot of work and it is impossible to do it continuously if one does not get compensated adequately. And that's an art in itself.

How did the MA in Applied Theatre prepare you as an entrepreneur?

MAAT gave me two main things. First is the impeccable practical training in creating and facilitating sessions, activities and exercises. By the time I was done with the program, I had a thick activity folder filled with sessions, blueprints for various projects, games, etc. I am using it almost every day and keep growing it on my own. 

Second, MAAT not only gave me access to an existing artistic community but taught me how to build my own. We had to go out and secure community partnerships. Faculty were always there to help us, but made sure we made the first move. Picking my own topics added meaning to my work and deepened the confidence with which I worked. And much of what I am doing now grew out of projects I started while at MAAT.

For example, The Angle Project's current ongoing art programs for immigrant seniors and young people at the Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst grew out of my thesis project. Also, TAP's partnership with Hunter College's Russian language program came to be thanks to my independent study on foreign language acquisition through drama. And because MAAT and Chris Vine specifically encouraged me in pursuing research on immigrant integration through performance, the topic that brought me to MAAT, I feel well versed in the subject and will be proud to represent The Angle Project and the work it does at 2017 Involvement Conference at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership.

And, of course, the connection and support by the faculty goes well beyond the program. Recently, thanks to Chris Vine, The Angle Project and I were able to create a partnership with Trinity Institute 2017: I am now working on creating a storytelling series for their annual Water Justice international conference that will take place at Trinity Church Wall Street in March 2017.

In the end, MAAT turned out to be an excellent program for me, because it made me an articulate, confident, and aware theatre practitioner and educator and gave me tools to continuously grow and challenge myself as an artist and a citizen.