Above is a picture from the path to my tent. It’s a short walk to the main campus from the campsite. Steam was rising from the mountaintops in the distance as the warmer weather rolled in over their snowy peaks. I live and work with Dharma
I am currently working for Suisen Fukushikai, a social welfare organization that caters to a wide variety of clients and their needs. They have multiple centers for people with intellectual disabilities, both children and adults, as well as an infant care center, a center for
I’m not on the most typical co-op. Sure, I’m in Tokyo, Japan, the biggest city in the world, but that’s not what makes it unique. This is my fourth co-op, and unlike any other co-op I have done, I don’t have any co-workers for my
[caption id="attachment_5700" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Beautiful statue in the Botanical Garden[/caption] “You didn’t understand anything we just said, did you?” Diego said to me in Castellano as I sat at the small kitchen table along with nine other Argentines. I looked out the window to an illuminating
For my fourth and final co-op, I sought an experience in the world of law. In my prior work at North Star Fund, I had come across the important role played by legal clinics and civil rights lawyers in justice movements and activism. I wanted
Dear Readers, For my final Co-Op experience as a fourth-year Antiochian I traveled to Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Here I am working for Chapel Hill Quest Martial Arts, where very skilled instructors teach their martial art, To-Shin Do, as well as different fitness classes and women's
This summer I am working at Gould Farm. There are many ways to describe Gould Farm and to explain what they do but, overall, they are a community that focuses on the rehabilitation of people with specific mental disabilities, such as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder,
I am now about a month into my time in Coon Rapids, Iowa, a time that has been personally challenging in a number of ways. I usually dread co-ops. They tend to be a time of loneliness and economic strain. For some reason, I was
It’s be a good place to start by saying my co-op is a little unorthodox from an Antioch student’s normal co-op, though, there is a reason I am doing this. My co-op is located all around Southwestern Ohio, as I shadow physical therapists around the
Monica Bongue is the owner of Muddy Fork Farm https://www.muddyforkfarm.com and at the heart of her work she is an ecosystem manager. She manages not only the abundant plant life that grows on her farm, but also the animals and insects that use her fields.
