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Introducing Bali Institute for Global Renewal
Introducing
Bali Institute for Global Renewal
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About BIGR …………………………………………………………. 1 Our Back Story ……………………………………………………. 2 Our Future, Our Dreams………………………………………. 3 BIGR Program Offerings………………………………………. 5 Client Profiles……………………………………………………… 7 Seven Reasons for Success………………………………..... 11 Our Team…………………………………………………………... 12 Appendix…………………………………………………………… 14
The Bali Institute for Global Renewal is:
The largest provider of cultural immersion and service learning programs sponsored by American universities and high school programs being offered in Bali, Indonesia.
A global education organization providing high-impact, inspired learning for students and adults through transformative opportunities connecting the rich culture of Bali around four primary topics of global concern: global leadership, global health/wellness, global social entrepreneurship and indigenous wisdom.
A mission that at its core is to build 21st century leadership, cultural understanding, and bold activism around the world.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu attending a Bali Institute global forum and dialogue in 2006.
Our Vision
A world in which people understand the value of inspired learning across generations and cultures, and who are fully equipped to step into their own leadership to make change.
About Us: Our Vision, Our Mission
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Bali Institute for Global Renewal (BIGR) is the first global learning organization based in Bali that explores cultural immersion, service learning and deep dialogue to empower students, groups and organizations in their quest to make a difference in the world. BIGR includes a consortium of universities, international organizations, NGOs, thought leaders and consultants who promote a sustainable, humane and culturally-diverse life for all. We offer customized programs and educational courses for individuals, students groups, universities, yoga and other transformative learning retreats. We also provide short and longer-term volunteer placement in a variety of volunteer positions in various NGO programs. All of our programs are based on the importance of indigenous intelligence and wisdom which is alive and well in Bali. We work hard to provide deeply moving cultural immersion experiences and service learning opportunities that can assist local organizations while providing profound learning for the participants. BIGR emerged from two “Quest for Global Healing” Conferences and a third gathering entitled “Awakening Global Action,” developed and produced by the founder, Marcia Jaffe, and a senior level collaborative team she pulled together – all happening in Ubud, Bali in 2004, 2006 and 2007. In less than four years, these three gatherings brought together more than 1,200 people from more than 40 countries to explore new roles individuals might play in addressing such global issues as poverty, human rights, sustainable development, environment concerns, nonviolent conflict resolution, and numerous other challenges. At the conclusion of the conferences, programs started being developed offering multicultural and intergenerational leadership training and dialogue; thought-leader gatherings; global activism programs; and other workshops that wove in Balinese cultural learning and other indigenous wisdom practices as a central component of the transformative learning experience. In the last four years, BIGR has been asked to develop cultural immersion programs with a growing list of top American universities for specific courses lasting from 2-5 weeks in Bali, on a variety of topics. Since then, more than 1,000 university and high school students from around the world have participated in BIGR’s programs. Our core team works closely with each program and professor to co-design and co-facilitate the courses, helping to link curriculum with specific cultural immersion experiences – creating truly transformative and engaged learning at its core.
Our Back Story
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Listed below is a sampling of the new directions that our growing team of staff, Balinese leaders and global advisors are helping us launch in the coming years. 1. Become a Learning Hub
Serve as a satellite “village” campus for all of Asia — a portal into both new and ancient ways of living through a more values-driven economy.
2. Launch New Concept: Village as Educators
Develop an innovative “Bali Core” program that turns a local village into a global learning lab — what it looks like to have the village community serve as host leaders around their own visions of sustainability, cultural awareness, environmental protection, and education that benefits the whole village.
Bring indigenous leadership practices into the schools, so that village locals become teachers to the western youth coming to stay as part of their study abroad experiences.
3. Focus on Our 4 Primary Areas of Committed Engagement
1. Global Leadership Training 2. Social Entrepreneurship Programs 3. Global Health and Wellness 4. Indigenous Wisdom Learning
Our Future, Our Dreams: Innovative Directions that Transform
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4. Expand Opportunities for High-impact Practicum Courses and Internships
Strengthen capacity for shared benefits between local NGOs and student interns/practicum courses.
Build new service learning opportunities among a growing list of NGOs in Bali and Indonesia
Provide learning and leadership tools for local NGO staff administrations
Build new capacities between local Balinese and American universities for shared best practices, seminar and course development, and other innovative learning opportunities.
University of California-Irvine public health students with residents of Panti Wreda Wanaseraya nursing home. The students were paired with the organization as part of their practicum project, which involved completing an assessment of needs for the facility and organizing an activities fair for the residents.
5. Launch our first Bali Institute Global Yayasan (Foundation)
Provide free leadership training to local Balinese NGO administrators
Make scholarships available for participants in Bali Institute programs
Provide training and support for practicum students during programs as well as interns from both Bali and abroad who are interested in the target issues of our partner NGOs
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1. Curriculum-Based Courses, Cultural Immersion Experiences and Transformative
Learning Opportunities
University programs on a variety of topics - Biology - Public Health/Global Wellness/Alternative Medicine - Global Leadership - Social Entrepreneurship - Psychology, Assessment,
Trauma - Creative Arts Therapies - Other curricula
2. Specialized Programs including
Medical Programs with MEUs
Ayurvedic Training
Trainings & Leadership Programs
Exclusive/Custom-Designed Cultural Immersion Journeys
3. Bali Institute “Signature” Programs
Global Social Entrepreneurship Course
ISEP Programs & Embassy of Indonesia Global Leaders Dinner Sponsorship
Facilitative & Women in Leadership Programs
BIGR Program Offerings
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4. Partnerships with Universities and Consortiums
Udayana University & Ganesha University
Cultural immersion for Foreign Students in Bali
Future plans to serve as a satellite campus for University of California-Irvine, Long Island University, and others
Private seminars bringing American and Balinese students onto Udayana/Ganesha University campuses
Member of ISEP (International Student Exchange Programs) - Students from any of ISEP’s 300+ member universities around the world can earn
school credit through our programs in partnership with Udayana University
5. Internships, accredited practicum, and Doctorate studies
Internship and co-op opportunities with a growing list of universities
Practicum placements with vetted Balinese NGOs using solutions-based approaches to social and economic issues
- Provide guidance and supervision - Consultation services with NGOs to maximize shared benefits
Doctoral dissertation supervision - Connect researchers studying about Bali to BIGR network of academic, village
and civic leaders.
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University of California, Irvine Public health students from UC Irvine participate in a 5-week practicum working closely with local Balinese NGOs focused on issues like services for the elderly and disabled, access to healthcare, and sexual education. Student groups from our most recent program raised over $2,000 for a playground at a school for mentally disabled children, organized a medical supplies drive and an activities fair at a home for the elderly, and conducted social media outreach and grant research for an organization that provides free medical care to Balinese people living in remote areas of the island. In addition to their practicum work, the students experienced traditional medicine firsthand through visits to local healers, herbalists, and Ayurvedic experts.
Northeastern University We have led several Northeastern classes on topics including music and the arts, alternative medicine, and social entrepreneurship. The Global Corps social entrepreneurship program is particularly unique, as we pair the Northeastern class with a class of Balinese students from Ganesha University and together they create business plans that aim to address current social issues in the nearby Balinese communities. A group of students from our most recent class presented their proposal to the Clinton Global Initiative University Conference in March 2014 [see Appendix for full article].
Udayana University
We have arranged numerous seminars held on Udayana’s campus, bringing together large groups of undergraduate and graduate students from U.S. universities with Balinese students in the same discipline to discuss topics like psychology and trauma, global leadership, public health, and biology and sustainability. Lectures have included both visiting U.S. professors and Balinese academic leaders to give all participating students a cross-cultural perspective of their area of study. Seminars also include small group discussions and presentations by groups of local and visiting students to encourage deep dialogue and creative collaboration.
A Sampling of Client Profiles
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Dominican University
BIGR developed a field-based biology experience for a group of Dominican University students, traveling to some of the most biodiverse areas of Bali to enrich their knowledge of ecological systems, processes, and human interaction with the environment. Students spent time snorkeling the island’s coral reefs, hiking through national parks, and visiting conservation projects for corals, sea turtles, and Sumatran elephants. The class also explored how the Hindu belief system of the local population, which emphasizes man’s symbiotic relationship with nature, affects environmental management on the island.
Global Leadership Adventures (GLA)
In partnership with GLA, we provide an exciting and unique cultural immersion program for high-achieving high school students offering international leadership training, service learning and meaningful volunteer experiences. These 3- week trips combine exploration, service with inspirational local Balinese organizations, and cultural immersion through meeting local villagers and personal experiences in Bali’s rich culture.
University of San Diego
We have led several programs with University of San Diego on topics including leadership and the arts, and risk assessment and trauma intervention. Students have had the opportunity to meet with Balinese leaders in a variety of fields, celebrated Balinese artists, and the small community of Balinese who are gathering steam in starting the conversation about mental health on the island. We are also currently hosting a PhD candidate from USD’s School of Leadership and Education Sciences who is writing his dissertation about leadership through the lens of Balinese culture.
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Long Island University Global Studies
Students in the LIU Global Studies program spend each semester of their college career studying at a different one of their eight global campuses. Their Australia semester now contains a Bali component in partnership with the Bali Institute, providing an important regional and comparative context and allowing students to further deepen their understanding of the critical juncture of indigenous and environmental issues. Through seminars with Balinese students, guest lectures and visits to local NGOs, students learn about indigenous peoples and philosophies, local ecology and sustainability efforts, and the crucial relationship between social justice and environmental justice.
IKON Institute of Australia
Bali Institute hosts IKON Institute of Australia students of Art Therapy doing three-week internships focused on bringing creativity tools that allow Balinese participants to express feelings and issues of concern in their lives. The IKON students are challenged to be creative in working across cultural and language barriers with participants who have physical and/or mental disabilities. Although art and creativity are central concepts in everyday Balinese life, participants are excited to have the IKON students guide them to use it not just as a reflection of their surroundings, but as an expression of themselves.
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Interaction Associates Australasia
In partnership with Interaction Associates Australasia, Bali Institute hosts Facilitative Leadership® and Women in Leadership® Workshops for professionals from both Bali and abroad. Participants in our most recent workshop included a local Balinese woman starting a women’s empowerment project. Also in attendance was a former participant in a Bali Institute social entrepreneurship program who is launching an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in his village. In addition to the Interaction Associates curriculum, we include cultural activities, meetings with Balinese leaders, and discussions addressing cultural differences in leadership.
Other Universities and Organizations Include: - New York University - Sonoma State University - VOENA Children’s Choir - Doctors on Tour - Meridian University - Young Women’s Leadership Training - SMA Negeri Bali Mandara High School - Reef Seen Sea Turtle Conservation Project - International Yoga - Dancing Freedom - Mitra Bali Fair Trade - Eco Bali
- Ganesha University of Education - Pusat Kegiatan Perempuan Women’s Center - Bumi Sehat Natural Birth Clinic - Bali Sari/Fair Future Foundation - Senang Hati for Balinese with Disabilities
- KISARA for HIV/AIDS Awareness - IDEP Environmental Foundation - Bio Rock Coral Restoration Project - Panti Wreda Wanaseraya Nursing Home - ARMA Museum - Campuhan College - Anak Alam
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1. Over ten solid years on the ground 2. Growing knowledge of cultural learning 3. Deep, long-lasting relationships 4. Partnerships with two largest Balinese Universities 5. Gateway to Indonesia and Asia 6. More than 3,000 participants with a growing base of support 7. Comprehensive management of all ground operations (selection of
homestays, transportation, activities, private dialogues, etc.)
Seven Reasons for Our Success
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Leadership Marcia Jaffe Linda Dunkel Tony Dunkel Ryan Feinstein
Founder, Chairman President, CEO COO Program Director
Staff Prita Febrina Nina Fojaco Reed Lauren Constantino Bali Operations Manager Administration Manager Assistant Program Director
Agung Dharma Putra I Putu Wira Guna Program Coordinator Program Coordinator
*For full bios please visit www.baliinstitute.org/staffadvisors/
Our Team
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Bali Advisors
Ramia Adnyana President of Bali Institute Prince Tjok Dr. Luh Ketut Global Foundation Agung Prana Agung I Gede Ardika Suryani
Prince Tjok Prince Tjok Prince Ni Komang Sariadi Agung Rai Putra Ace Tjok Gede
Global Advisors
Dr. Larry Dr. Illana Dr. Benina
Donna Meredith Karlin Sloan Kubota Berger Gould
Donald Proffitt Kate Sweetman Kim Weichel Gary Malkin Alan Yu
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*For full bios please visit www.baliinstitute.org/staffadvisors/
Jakarta Post: U.S. Students in Town for Cross-Cultural Immersion…………………………………….. i
Jakarta Post: U.S.-Bali Students Join Forces to Solve Social Problems……………………………………. ii Clinton Global Initiative Students: Turning Water into Rice……………………………………………………… iii
Appendix
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Edition: Tuesday, June 03 2014
US students in town for cross-cultural immersion
Students from two American universities will spend their summer break in Bali to enrich their studies with
firsthand experience of the island’s culture, environment and traditions.
The Bali Institute for Global Renewal organized the visit of 17 students from the Dominican University of
California in San Rafael, California; and 20 students from the University of San Diego, also in California.
Founder and chairman of the institute’s board, Marcia Jaffe, told Bali Daily that the program had been
designed to immerse the students in the life and culture of Bali, relative to the subjects they were taking at
university.
“They will meet with community leaders; students; NGO representatives; healers; environmentalists; and other
influential people,” said Marcia.
Agung Prana, who has been awarded various international accolades for his ecological work, will meet
students from the Dominican University of California. Agung’s main labor of love is the conservation and
preservation of coral reef in Pemuteran Bay, Buleleng regency, North Bali.
The group has already visited the West Bali National Park, the coral reef conservation site in Pemuteran and
Menjangan Island.
The University of San Diego worked with the institute to organize a global course on risk assessment and
trauma intervention, which began on May 29 and will run until June 13.
In addition to meeting and interviewing locals, students will also get the chance to take part in Balinese group
activities as well as meet local psychologists, healers, cultural leaders, students and families.
“On June 3, the students will participate in a full-day seminar with students from Udayana University’s
psychology department,” she said.
Case studies centering on the two terrorist bombings in 2002 and 2005 as well as other incidents that required
quick response teams and medical intervention skills.
“The seminar will also discuss the trauma experiences after 9/11,” she said.
According to Ronn Johnson, professor of psychology at the University of San Diego, the experience was
expected to present the theoretical and cultural underpinnings of risk assessment and trauma intervention
practices from an international perspective.
“The course also aims to impart an understanding of how individuals respond and adapt after exposure to
traumatic life events and the role culturally responsive interventions can play in alleviating distress,” the
professor said.
The groups will also explore the villages of Ubud in Gianyar, Amed in Karangasem (east Bali) and Mengwi in
Badung regency.
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Edition: Tuesday, June 05 2012
US-Bali students join forces to solve social problems
After five weeks of collaboration, students from the Northeastern University in Boston and their friends from
the Ganesha University in Singaraja in Buleleng regency, north Bali, will be proud on Tuesday to present their
research and studies on various social and cultural issues at the Ganesha University Seminar Building.
Around 60 students from both universities have been involved in conducting projects covering problems faced
by young people in Singaraja, the capital of Buleleng regency, and neighboring villages.
Ryan Feinstein, Bali Institute’s youth program development director, shared with Bali Daily, that the students
had been divided into 10 groups. “Every group comprises Balinese and American students working on specific
issues ranging from education, water management, poor infrastructure, drug and alcohol abuse, population
issues, basic health facilities, as well as cultural subjects,” explained Feinstein.
The Bali Institute has worked with Northeastern University to bring these 32 American students and their
professor to Bali to undergo a rare five-week cultural immersion here. During their stay in Bali, the students
participated in cross-cultural classes at Ganesha University in Singaraja for three weeks to learn about Balinese
culture in particular, and Indonesian culture in general.
“This is also a part of the global youth initiative to promote global social entrepreneurial studies among young
people around the globe,” Feinstein said. He continued saying that this was the first time the Bali Institute had
organized a student exchange program in Singaraja. “This city is amazing, rich in multicultural elements. The
population comprises different ethnic backgrounds, each with their own problems.” Previously, foreign
students have been very comfortable working in the famous Ubud art village in Gianyar regency.
Today’s presentation will be the highlight of the event to mark the end of the five-week cross-cultural
program. During their time here, the American students made several field trips to a number of villages in the
regency, such as Sudaji village.
Every group has identified several crucial social and cultural issues faced by the people in Buleleng regency.
The management of Ganesha University is expecting that the local authorities, NGO and the private sector will
be present to learn about the findings and solutions presented by these talented students.
Marcia Jaffe, president of Bali Institute, said the social entrepreneurial studies required active participation and
collaboration among young people to solve problems faced by their communities, their cities, their nations and
the international world.
“There is no better creative and innovative way to draw these young students from different countries with
different cultures to find solutions to local problems,” Jaffe had said previously.
Bali Institute has been active in building cross-cultural bridges by organizing student exchange programs and
international cultural events involving influential world leaders and distinguished figures to share their views
on important global problems.
“It would be a great and rare opportunity for students to closely interact with each other, despite their language
and cultural barriers. This is the way we should forge our youth, the leaders of tomorrow, to communicate and
to bridge differences to create a better world in the future,” Feinstein added.
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Turning water into rice February 20, 2014 by Joe O'Connell
A group of Northeastern students on a Dialogue of Civilizations program to Singaraja, Bali, last summer
had their sights set on making a difference in the lives of the town’s young orphans. With that goal in
mind, they developed a proposal for a social enterprise that would provide purified water to local schools
and food to a local orphanage.
The young humanitarians named their proposed venture Toya Wirasa, which translates to “watering your
shared emotions” in Bahas Indonesian.
Last week, they learned their business plan had been accepted to the Clinton Global Initiative University
Conference in Phoenix this March.
The CGI U was launched by former President Bill Clinton in 2007 and convenes students, innovators,
thought leaders, and civically engaged celebrities to discuss and develop innovative solutions to global
challenges. About 1,200 such leaders are expected to attend the 2014 conference at Arizona State
University.
The students—Anette Blystad, SSH ’14, Emily Godward, SSH ’17, Oceane Langreney, SSH ‘16, and
Colleen Maney, SSH ‘14—visited Bali as part of Global Corps Bali, a Dialogue of Civilizations program
run by international affairs assistant professor Denise Horn.
Open to Northeastern students of any major or college, Dialogue programs aim to connect students with
their peers in different national, cultural, political, and social environments and provide them with a
global experience that builds upon their academic studies in Boston.
“The Global Corps Bali model is interesting because you work side-by-side with Balinese students,”
Maney said, noting that two such students helped create Toya Wirasa’s business plan. “I know that was a
big draw for me because it added a totally different perspective and dynamic to my learning.”
In addition to providing food for children, the group’s plan aims to create a self-sustainable enterprise that
would help reduce the orphanage’s dependence on monetary donations. Toya Wirasa’s utility, they said,
lies in its potential to tap into the current water purification market in conjunction with local schools and
work with nonprofits to donate rice to the orphanage.
“We decided from the beginning we wanted to work with children and specifically orphans because there
were a lot in the area,” said Langreney, one of three group members who will attend this spring’s confer-
ence. “It was just figuring out how we could help them in a sustainable manner.”
The students noted that their first few project ideas failed, but said their shortcomings gave them the
opportunity to focus on a more solvable problem. “The Dialogue’s structure is great because it made us
fail a couple times so we could understand what we were doing wrong and then improve,” explained
Blystad.
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Bali Institute for Global Renewal www.baliinstitute.com
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