YJA Convention 2000 07 LA Fourth

Author(s): Young Jains of America (YJA)
Publisher: Young Jains of America YJA USA

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Her goal is to create within established businesses an Adult Story Program called "Story Connection". She believes we all can learn from each other's personal experiences. Stress is not because others do not understand us. Most of the time we do not understand ourselves. Sometimes sharing our own stories and listening to others connects us with one another, gives a sense of community, and provides something that we can ultimately relate with ourselves. Stories give us strength to deal with our own fears. The employer would have a healthier, more positively thinking staff and employees would have an outlet to share and learn. She plans to publish these personal stories into a little booklet and let employers share these books with their current and future employees.
Her long-term goal is to get her Masters degree in Psychology (Family Therapy and Counseling).
DR. VIJAY A. MEHTA is a board certified general surgeon from Temple Texas and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Texas A&M Medical School where he also serves on the Medical School admission Committee. Dr. Mehta is also president of the Gujarati Samaj of Central Texas and is active in community activities. For years he has counseled young Indian-Americans. He has spearheaded a nationwide movement to register 100,000 Asian Indians to the Bone Marrow Registry. He is a dynamic speaker and his unique style is based on personal observations and experience. His goal is to "empower the youth".
VIVEK MARU *...grew up in Danbury, Connecticut and cut his religious teeth in the Jain Center of Connecticut's then-incipient pathshala program. He studied social theory at Harvard College, where he also directed a dance program for inner city youth and co-authored the Jainism section of the Harvard Pluralism Project's CD-ROM on the American religious experience. After a stint writing for a travel guidebook in northeastern India, he spent the bulk of his year after graduation working in education and social ecology for two grassroots organizations in Kutch, Gujarat. Since then, he has been studying law at Yale University and has worked on social justice projects in New Haven, South Africa, Boston and San Francisco. He loves mangoes, rides a blue bike, and smiles a lot."
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