Kenya’s technology evolved. Its political problems stayed the same.
By Nanjala Nyabola—MIT Technology Review—August 22, 2018— In 2007, incumbent Mwai Kibaki won a divisive presidential election in Kenya. Street protests escalated to ethnic violence in parts of the country, and by April 2008 more than 1,500 people had been killed. A decade later, another election also featured widespread allegations of fraud, and more violence. […]
Refugee Teacher Gains Resources, Perspective, and Hope
Refugee Teacher Gains Resources, Perspective, and Hope Classes held outdoors give students a change of scenery. For eight weeks this summer, Syrian teacher Khaled Jasem traded his 20-by-9-footclassroom in a refugee camp in Zehla–capital of the Governorate of Bekka, roughly 30 miles east of Beirut—for a virtual learning space with educators from 9 countries. Jasem […]
July E-Newsletter
July 2018 Photo credit: Jamel Mosely | NeXt Doc Fellow Jalena Keane-Lee meets documentary filmmaker Grace Lee via Skype. Young Filmmakers Find Confidence and Community at NeXt Doc Early last month, 16 emerging documentary filmmakers arrived on campus for NeXt Doc, a week-long intensive program that supports the next generation of diverse documentary storytellers. The […]
Local Resident Gifts Home to the Carey Institute
We are so very grateful to the Ballinger family for their generous gift of their home to the Institute. What a wonderful legacy! Known as the Hyde House, ca. 1796, it was originally a smaller house that was enlarged by Dr. Isaac Hyde to serve as a home and hospital. Later it was owned by storekeeper John S. […]
