by Linda Egenes | Aug 9, 2016 | Women's Empowerment
Sometimes a single phone call can change the direction of your life. That happened to Alena Goldstein when she answered a call from her mother in the fall of 2012. In the call Alena’s mother, Leslee Goldstein, shared her exciting plans to conduct her PhD research in...
by Linda Egenes | Jan 21, 2016 | Trancendental Meditation
Angelique Kidjo, the beloved Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter from Benin, has been called “Africa’s greatest living diva” by NPR and “the undisputed queen of African music” by The Daily Guardian. Renowned throughout the world for combining diverse musical...
by Linda Egenes | Jun 11, 2015 | Trancendental Meditation
When I met Gladys Kimtai, an orphan from Kenya who had recently finished sending herself through an American college on a track scholarship, I was immediately struck by her beauty, her poise and her humble nature. When I heard her story of transformation, I felt I had...
by Linda Egenes | May 7, 2015 | Children, Trancendental Meditation
There was a time during second grade, when I didn’t want to go to school. Not because I was a poor student or didn’t like to study. I actually loved school. The problem was that we had just moved to a new neighborhood where two girls my age lived—only they made it...
by Linda Egenes | Mar 3, 2015 | Education, Our Work
Uganda, like most countries in Africa, has experienced drought, famine, war, political instability, human rights violations, an AIDS epidemic, and extreme poverty. Providing higher education for Ugandan girls is especially critical, as research has shown that when...
