Notes on Stages and Soil
By Grant Higginbotham, Community Fellow As a reformed theater kid, I find the golden rules of improv and scripted acting showing up in my...
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- Dec 15, 2020
Our Common Roots
By Grayson Shelor, AMI 2017-2017 Fellow In troubling times, we return to our roots. For AMI Fellows and Alumni, that often means...
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- Dec 7, 2020
Community Action Year Survival Guide: Pandemic Edition
By Georgia Meyer, Community Fellow While the Community Action Year provides ample opportunity to lean into your respective placements, it...
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- May 13, 2020
It’s Not Always “Pinterest Perfect,” But That’s OK!
By Naomi Desilets, Phase II Fellow Studies show children must have 10-15 interactions with a new food before the child begins to prefer a...
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- Nov 21, 2019
Alumni Blog: Nourishing Fellows, Nourishing Communities
By Grayson Shelor, Education Coordinator, AMI Farm at Augusta Health AMI Fellow 2017-2018 “Ma’am, MA’AM!” The boy is jumping up and down,...
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- Apr 16, 2019
Helping Hands
By Ariel Duran, Phase II Fellow I believe food is best shared. Whether it’s the last slice or the first batch of something special,...
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- Mar 5, 2019
A Shift
By Audrey Carter, Phase II Fellow Entering into the ninth week at Project GROWS, a sense of normalcy and familiarity is slowly washing...
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- Feb 28, 2019
From Virginia to Guatemala
By Katie Gilman, AMI 2015-2016 Fellow I was drawn to the AMI Fellowship in 2014 when I returned home to Virginia after spending 8...
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- Feb 18, 2019
Transitions
By Nick Hodgson, Phase II Fellow Transitions can be hard. For many, they are often met with lots of apprehension and anxiety over the...
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- Jan 18, 2019
Sustainable Communities
By Ariel Duran, Phase II Fellow At the end of Phase I, I felt a mixture of emotions as I prepared to return home for the two-month break...
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- Dec 20, 2018
The Hard Days (and why they were the best)
By Pat Banks, AMI Phase II Fellow I suppose every day can feel difficult when farming. I can’t recall a time this summer when everything...
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- Nov 15, 2018
One Tomato at a Time
By Maya Eppelbaum, Phase II Fellow Why did you come to the Allegheny Mountain Institute? This is a question every Fellow has been asked...
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- Nov 5, 2018
Seasons of Change
By Elora Overbey, Phase II Fellow On Halloween morning, the Phase I Fellows packed their bags and headed home. The next morning, I...
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- Oct 30, 2018
Phase I in Photos
By Grace Grattan They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I thought I’d share some of my favorite photos from Phase I for the...
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- Oct 26, 2018
A Bear Mountain Snow Day
By Ariel Duran, Phase I Fellow When I arrived at AMI, I worried that I might arrive to snow covering the mountain and that my little...
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- Oct 25, 2018
From Seeds to Service
By Grayson Shelor, AMI Phase II Fellow On a rainy night in October, AMI welcomed its very first college service group into our community....
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- Oct 5, 2018
Culminating Capstones
By 2018-2019 Fellowship Cohort In addition to their six months of living and working on the mountain, AMI Fellows have been busy...
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- Sep 20, 2018
Seeing Things Through
By Elora Overbey, Phase II Fellow This time last year, fall had just arrived hot off the heels of a whirlwind summer, and we were a few...
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- Sep 10, 2018
Fellowship Road Trip
By Julia Loman, Phase I Fellow For a full week in August, we came down from the mountain and hit the road, participating in workshops,...
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- Sep 4, 2018
Alumni Weekend
By Ariel Duran, Phase I Fellow Last weekend was the AMI Alumni Weekend, a time when past Fellows are invited back to enjoy some time in...
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