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Xist is the SKS women’s group that focuses on empowerment, education and
enlightenment, helping its members become strong, confident women of the future.
The group, led by student co-presidents Katrina W. ’12 and Kara K. ’12 and faculty
and staff members Anna Stein-Obreros, Irene Seguin and Michelle Martinetti, meets
weekly to learn about social issues affecting women around the world, talk about per-
sonal experiences and participate in fundraisers for local and global organizations. One
such organization is BeadforLife (www.beadforlife.org).
BeadforLife is a nonprofit organization that works to eradicate extreme poverty by
creating bridges of understanding between impoverished Africans and concerned world
citizens. Ugandan women turn colorful recycled paper into beautiful beads and gather
shea nuts to press into shea butter for cosmetics and soaps. The beads and shea butter
become income, food, medicine, school fees and hope. The young SKS women of 2Xist
sold the jewelry during school and weekend activities. They successfully raised over
$3,000, of which 20% is returned to the group. They passionately portrayed the story
of the Ugandan women they were helping while proudly wearing the beautiful beaded
jewelry around campus.
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and business skills the industry is search-
ing for as an aid in curriculum develop-
ment.
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He is a board member of Prodigal
House, a therapeutic community founded
in 1972 to address the needs of returning
veterans who have alcohol and drug prob-
lems. Prodigal House became a leader in
extended care chemical dependency treat-
ment for veterans.
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He is also currently serving as the
fund-raising chair for The Retreat, an
inpatient Drug and Alcohol rehab center
providing support to those seeking to
establish a solid foundation of recovery
grounded in the spiritual principles of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
Michael and his wife, Traci, live in
Minneapolis where she is a dedicated ten-
nis bum and he is a yoga enthusiast. “I do
a head stand for at least 5 minutes every
day. Sometime things look clearer if you
turn them upside down. I was and will
always be a grateful dyslexic.”
“I am also grateful to my many friends,
the alumni and faculty of The Storm
King School who know how unique it
was to be on Storm King Mountain.”
Recycled Art
Program
Recycled art: self portrait by DaeWon (Dennis) K.
Chinese characters, meaning “art”, created from
recycled material by students Huang Q. and Luo Z.
BEADS: © CStEINBERG 2007
M
rs. Ping Moroney’s “Intro
to Art” class has been
working on some exciting proj-
ects this year using all recycled
materials. The resources, such as
newspapers, cups and cardboard
boxes are inexpensive, easy to
find and make great mediums
that are outside of the stan-
dard materials. The students painted self
portraits on cardboard boxes and made
three dimensional letters or objects out
of newspaper and cardboard.
One project was the creation
of three dimensional letters or
objects using cardboard and
newspaper. Kristen L. created a
3-D K while Huang Q. and Luo
Z. created characters meaning
“art” in Chinese. Dominique
D. created four self portraits of
herself on a cardboard box using
acrylic, charcoal and watercolor.
“It’s exciting to see a paper cup
turn into a beautiful work of
art. I hope to work with it more
in the future!” said Olivia P.
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