Hillsdale, New York. Voices of the North American Youth Section: Berenika Lehrman.
My name is Berenika Lehrman, and I’m 24 years old. I’ve spent the last two years creating and teaching at a small homeschool program called Chrysalis. It was born out of the desire to discover what a new education model could be, to take up the question that led to the formation of the first Waldorf school, and find its newness in this time. I’ve worked as a welder, actor, and craftsperson since I graduated high school, educating myself and being educated in the school of life and lived experience. I am currently creating an actors’ ensemble and am the house manager at Free Columbia, an arts initiative in Upstate New York. I am an organizer with the North American Youth Section and have been involved in the section for three years. I am continually searching for how to build and discover meaningful encounters. I have struggled (and still do) with the question of how to participate in the bigness of the world as a “professional” of any kind and maintain a genuine connection to spirituality; the significance of the small moments that provide powerful opportunities for depth, insight, and the feeling of the universal. The Youth Section has reminded me and given me a sense that, though I have encountered much apathy and materialism, there are many young people looking for a connection to the spirit, and through this, are full of enthusiasm and passion to engage with the difficulties facing our generation. I have felt the threads of potential and solidarity that extend across continents and experienced the blossoming that can happen when they weave together.
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