Ripples: July - Sept'17 Edition

[Anisha Gupta]

Dearest Alumni,

I hope this email finds you in the wait of Diwali break to begin and festive mood to celebrate the festival. :) The past 3 months in Youth Alliance have been like a time machine, where as we moved ahead onto the new experiments, new places and people, we did it carrying forward the learnings and relationships we had from our formitive years. There were more than enough occasions for us to reflect, celebrate, feel the joy and gratitude as we continued receiving love, love and love in the community which whole heartedly always aceept, accept and accept.

Thank you for being a part of what keeps us going. I hope this brings a smile on your face and well if it does, you can enclose it in your inbox and share with us. :) We would love to hear how you feel about it and how can we spread the ripples more.

View this email in your browser GRAMYA MANTHAN WINTER '17 The 8th edition of Gramya Manthan is being organized in Gujarat in collaboration with Safai Vidyalaya and ESI, Sughad. This winter, we would immerse, understanding ourselves through a new lens, a new village, a new community in Kutch. Date: 22nd - 31st December 2017                           Read more stories and reflections of our participants on our blog: Ripples   Final Deadline: 12th November ENTREPRENEUR'S MEET With an intention to build a supportive ecosystem for our Alumni Entrepreneurs, Youth Alliance's first 3-day Residential Program was organized from 1st - 3rd September in Delhi. With 24 people from 13 organisations, whose work varied from education to agriculture, to art and community leadership etc., the residential deepened the focus on personal transformation as a way of leadership, empathetic understanding as an issue/community engagement approach and build inter-connections with the fellow travelers who are on-to the similar journey. In these 3 days, the sessions were facilitated by Ravi Gulati (Manzil), Rajen Makhijani (Ex. UChicago), Sahil Sood (Sangha), Ridhi and Rahul (Swantantra Talim), Mohit Arora (SSE) and, Mini Kakkar (NFI). Glimpses Here. ACTION LEARNING SATURDAYS Action Learning by engaging in the labor of love (Shramdaan) at Gandhi Ashram, Delhi and cleaning the  Toilet Museum. Know more... REASONS TO CELEBRATE NURTURING A COMMUNITY SPACE Over the years Youth Alliance has been supported and nurtured by the community. Taking forward the gift of community, we have shifted to a new place, our new office cum community space. We intend to build this space for all and open it to other like-minded young dreamers. If you wish to spend some time here, contribute to build it or maybe block your space for coming months/years reach out to us.  CELEBRATING NEW TEAM  We, at Youth Alliance, feel more strengthened in our work and belief as the team expanded by joining of 2 of our Alumni and a founding member. We welcome them with great love and excitement. TALKS AND MEDIA In the recent Daan Utsav, Bloomberg Quint, Prakhar Bharitya wrote about youth leadership, new age choices young people are making and story of Youth Alliance "Opening Young Minds And Hearts To Social Leadership." GRATITUDE Venkat Krishnan Founder, Give India   Decades later, when India would talk about its flourishing culture of "Giving" it would be traced back to a few individuals who played the key role in this. The whole of idea of Daan Utsav (previously called Joy of Giving Week) has been invisibly led by Venkat, who before that started Give India. We are grateful to him for selflessly devoting his life to spread the idea of giving in India and invoking goodness in people's heart. The festival of giving is already reaching millions in less than a decade, we are sure that in years to come it will reach billions and make our society a more just place to live in. Read more... TESTIMONY Tarun Cherkuri Founder, Indus Action   Youth Alliance is one of the most authentic and nurturing organizations I have experienced in my last 8 years of being in development sector. If you are young and want to be inspired by the values of sewa, humility, community building and rigor, Youth Alliance's Gramya Manthan program is the space to find your voice. CHANGE-AGENT  SPEAKS Nageshwar GM'16   मुझे व्यक्तिगत रूप से ग्राम्य मंथन एक कविता लिखने के माफ़िक लगता है जिसकी सर्जन प्रक्रिया के लिए उस से गुजरना बेहद जरुरी है| इसके अनुभव इतने गाड़े है कि उन्हें किसी तरल पदार्थ की तरह आप बहा नहीं सकते | ये वो खुशी है जो मुझे अपनी पहली रोटी तवे पर फूलने पर हुई थी, ये वो आंसू है जिसे बरसो पहले में गिराना चाहता था|  Read more. Meghna GM'17 My journey was a little rough, but very fruitful. I am glad I chose Gramya Manthan over Goa, as Goa would have impacted me for only a short time span whereas GM has left a life long impact on me. Since day one GM has forced me to focus on myself, to pay attention to myself, my thoughts, my desires. This was very difficult for me to do as I had lost interest in myself and my life. All I ever thought of was work and career. Read more. ABOUT US YouthAlliance nurtures empathetic leaders who apply their head, heart, and hands to understand and serve the world to become more equitable, cooperative and sustainable. This is done by designing processes, creating spaces and support communities/organizations to amplify the leadership potential of young people in experiential learning and ethical leadership programs like Gramya Manthan and Leadership Journeys. Copyleft 2017 Youth Alliance Our mailing address is:  B-94, 2nd Floor, Lajpat Nagar -1, New Delhi Write to us if you wish to unsubscribe receiving this.