I’m writing this blog entry to you from Americus, GA. That’s right, I’ve moved out of the Belle H. Bennett House. I cannot tell you how many tears have been shed. Let me start from the beginning… As most have you have probably read or learned through other blog entries… Housing is my passion. It started […]
Thanks for submitting applications, y’all! We’ll be reviewing, interviewing, and making some decisions in the next few weeks. Looking forward to welcoming a new class!
Get your applications in! Final deadline is this Friday. If you have any concerns, questions, or are worried about meeting the deadline, contact me at emcampbell@scarrittbennett.org. Thanks! Marie
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you…They show us what community and friendship mean; they show […]
Completed applications are beginning to arrive for the 2013-14 BHB House! Keep ‘em coming, y’all. If you need motivation, see this: Susie Gray, resident Scarritt-Bennett Center kitty + cuddly friend of the BHB House…
You’ll feel WAVES OF RELIEF …after you submit your application THERE’S STILL TIME! final application deadline: March 1, 2013 email Marie at emcampbell@scarrittbennett.org
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 5,200 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 9 years to get […]
You’ll feel WAVES OF RELIEF …after you submit your application THERE’S STILL TIME! final application deadline: March 1, 2013 email Marie at emcampbell@scarrittbennett.org
FEELING CLOUDY ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT? set your life on fire… APPLY TO BELLE H. BENNETT HOUSE –email Marie at emcampbell@scarrittbennett.org for an application– PRIORITY Application Deadline: February 1 FINAL Application Deadline: March 1 Program Dates: July 31, 2013-June 1, 2014
Dear everyone: The application for the 2013-2014 Program Year is available. Priority deadline is February 1, 2013. To download the application file, click here: Belle H. Bennett House Application: 2013-2014 If the link does not work, or if you have any questions, please contact Marie at emcampbell@scarrittbennett.org. Thanks! BHB House Advisory Committee
our chalkboard garden sign (when it isn’t washed clean by the rain!) These pictures were taken the week after we planted in mid-October. Peas: Rows: spinach, turnips, & radishes These pictures were taken TODAY! November 16! Just a month later… spinach, turnips, radishes! cover crop: peas & oats (look at how much the peas have […]
When I first heard of Thistle Farms, I thought (as almost any person from the Midwest would) that we would be travelling to the outskirts of the city to an organization that worked and manufactured goods in the same location. I imagined a quiet, peaceful place surrounded by quiet, peaceful land – the ultimate escape […]
On October 15, 2012 we broke ground with the help of Scarritt-Bennett’s very own, Jeff the Tiller-Specialist Cover crop is planted!
“Without prosperous local economies, the people have no power and the land no voice.” (Berry-The-Idea-of-a-Local-Economy) We read Wendell Berry. We visited a farm. We learned at Highlander. We have lots of ideas about what it means to care about and engage local communities, neighborhood, identity, land, place, culture, popular economics. …Now what? Well, we decided […]
Reblogged from Friends of Justice: Marshall Ganz is a lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He played an instrumental, and largely anonymous, role in shaping Barack Obama’s recent campaign. Most importantly, Dr. Ganz has served as mentor to my daughter (and Friends of Justice board member) Lydia Bean. This understanding of story has helped Friends of Justice […]
Our Trip to Highlander Center’s 80th Anniversary Celebration, Sept 1-2, 2012 http://highlandercenter.org/: “Highlander serves as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the South. We work with people fighting for justice, equality and sustainability, supporting their efforts to take collective action to shape their own destiny. Through popular education, participatory research, […]
Center for Nonprofit Management: http://www.cnm.org On any given day, you will probably hear the BHB women declare how much they love to learn about three times. That said, you can imagine how much we all geeked out when we found out we would each have the opportunity to participate in eight workshops at the Center […]
bhb house workshop #2: thank you dr. jim fraser for teaching us about the development and dynamics of public housing… visit dr. fraser’s website: http://jamescfraser.squarespace.com/
On Sunday, August 12, we visited Mamushi Nature Farm in Franklin, Tennessee. This farm is lovingly cared for by Freddie Haddox, a friend, teacher, healer, storyteller, mystic. Freddie frequently refers to the land as “the enchanted place where love grows…” Freddie’s passion for the place — its history, energy, possibility — is inspiring. Our encounter […]
“I commit to the core practice of working for justice with peace. I commit to working at my site placement for 20 hours a week in an effort to eradicate the many different oppressions and injustices that exist in our society. If difficulties arise in my placement, I commit to addressing the challenges with the […]
Greeted with a banner taped to the side of our house that read, “Welcome Belle H. Bennett House Women,” our ten-month journey was finally standing right before us. With the help of Marie Campbell, the Director of Intentional Communities + Volunteers on the Scarritt-Bennett campus, and numerous volunteers from Hands On Nashville, our house was […]
dear Hands On Nashville & volunteers, thank you!!!! we couldn’t have moved into the BHB House so gracefully without you! we moved heavy…heavy…furniture (lots of it!), cleaned, arranged, rearranged, moved more furniture, moved mattresses, recycled lots of cardboard, moved boxes of books, organized… and we had fun doing it! all of us at the Scarritt-Bennett Center […]
It begins tomorrow… August 1, here we come!
SIGN UP to be part of the move-in team on August 1! We need help moving the BHB women into the BHB House! To sign up, go to Hands On Nashville and search for us! DETAILS: On August 1, 2012, 11 young women will be moving to the Scarritt-Bennett Center to live in intentional community […]
