At the end of every Elder interview I ask the elders to share some Words of Wisdom with the kids and, in that same spirit, the folks at America.gov asked me to write some words of advice.
Read moreA Message from Larry Long for America.gov
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Teaching Tolerance
This month the magazine Teaching Tolerance is featuring an interview Larry Long did with Helen Tsuchiya from the 2004 Prairie View celebration. You can read the article online: Beyond the Barbed Wire. You can listen to the seven part interview on our website.
Part ONE:
In the News
Larry Long is a Twin Cities singer and songwriter, who uses his work to inspire others. He is executive director of the Minneapolis-based nonprofit Community Sense of Place and recently started the program Elders’ Wisdom. Larry Long started the Elders’ Wisdom Children’s Song program with the belief that people are never too old—or too young—to learn tolerance and understanding. www. America.gov’s profile on Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song asked “Can Tolerance Be Taught?” which takes a closer look at how our program is exploring that question through our work in schools and communities.
Arlington resident Arlene Fischer recently sat on a chair in her old classroom at the Green Isle Community School.
