Thinking Aloud - January
Dear friends and colleagues of the NMI,
One of our goals this year is to become better at communicating about our work. Our goal is not only to communicate about our work formally, but to have opportunities to informally share our experiences and thoughts, with people like ourselves, who are committed to creating an education system that works for all our children.
Walking with Nobuntu
It is an enormous challenge for me to reflect on who I am, the work that I am doing and the role of the Nelson Mandela Institute. This is not because of what I have to say, or how I wish to say it, or to whom. Maybe it is the decisive, humanising and nurturing support I have received from the Institute and how big I see its work that makes it difficult for me. However, writers and activists like Paulo Freire suggest that action without reflection is mere “busyness”. Action is only powerful to the extent that it is subject to our own critical reflection.