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At Weiner, Jessi had a lead role in "Who Will Carry the Word?" above and played Katharina in "The Taming of the Shrew" (right) --her plans for a career involving theatre took an unexpected detour...
At first, travel abroad made Jessi quckly think of London
Jessi received her first experience conducting oral history at Weiner High School. The above image shows a newspaper article where Ms. Hesse displays photos of students with the senior citizen they interviewed for G.T. project (Jessi is in the lower left photo). Jessi had no idea she would be interviewing one of the most important voices in the struggle of freedom for Tibetans --Ama Adhe.
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Jessi learns about TEXT - "Tibetans in Exile Today" --suddenly seeing Big Ben is not as important as it was
Jessi's mom was alarmed at the thought of her going to India.
Jessi's experiences in India life changing.
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"It is not our responsibility to preach our values or simply verbalize our opinions on what we perceive as injustices in the world. We must act in accordance with our truest calling. My trip to India revealed this to me more than any other experience I’ve had in my life." (Jessi Hicks) (reflection on quote on wall in room Gandhi stayed in when in New Delhi...) |
the beach at Goya --Indian Ocean
best bananas ever!
Dharamasala
Ama Adhe's story is available at Amazon with the forward written by the Dalai Lama.
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riding an elephant!
Drepung Loseling
a gift of a traditional Tibetan dress --for everyone
Happiest Place in the World!
Ama Adhe talks with Jessi
Above: the transcript Jessi prepared of her interview with Ama Adhe for the TEXT Program.
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Interviewing Palden Gyatso
Click HERE to hear and see Jessi in the Holocaust play, "Who Will Carry the Word?" as she so poignantly recites Delbo's poem, "Do Something With Your Life."
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