Art Miki speaks at the NAJC Leadership conference on how to be a leader and how to lead an organization. Group discussions are held on issues that may come up within the Japanese Canadian community and how to continue to move forward past the redress movement.
The Greater Toronto chapter of the NAJC states their hope for funding from the Redress Foundation to build or purchase a new headquarters. Momiji makes a case for financial support to help build their centre from the Redress fund. They also discuss how capital projects should be handled.
They discuss the Chinese Canadian National Council (CCNC) and a Ukrainian group, and members of the NAJC attending the other groups' meetings. Violence directed towards Asians and Japan bashing, forming a committee. Sending people to Windsor to settle racism in Detroit and the area. Innu demonstration in Queen's park against planes flying overhead. Proposal for a samurai collections exhibition to be held at the Science Centre, seeking members of the Toronto NAJC to be hosts of the exhibit and show students and teachers around the exhibition.
File consists of an interview with Lon D. Whitman interviewed by Joe Vorstermans at L'Arche Daybreak (Richmond Hill, ON). Whitman is a community leader living and working in L'Arche Erie (Erie, PA). Whitman first met Nouwen at a retreat in Denver, CO and subsequently visited him at L'Arche Daybreak and became his friend in the L'Arche community. Whitman recalls Nouwen in group and personal settings and his interest in the Flying Rodleighs. Themes present in Whitman's interview include migration, L'Arche Trosly (France), South America, L'Arche Harbour House (Jacksonville, FL), corporate life and Madame Vanier. The interview is transcribed and available electronically or in hard copy.
File consists of an interview with Linda Wilson interviewed by Joe Vorstermans at the home of Malcolm and Linda Street in Fort Worth, TX. Wilson is a social worker living in Fort Worth. Wilson first met Nouwen through a speaking engagement Malcolm Street organized at the First Presbyterian Church (Fort Worth, TX) and Nouwen subsequently became her spiritual advisor. Themes present in Wilson's interview include illness, Cal Farley's Boys Ranch (Amarillo, TX), abuse, spiritual awakening, Young Life Ministry (Amarillo, TX), Nouwen as celebrity and Nouwen's sexuality. The interview is transcribed and is available electronically or in hard copy.
File consists of an interview with Tom Wilson interviewed by Joe Vorstermans at the Leadership Network office in Dallas, TX. Wilson lives in Forth Worth, TX and is the President of the Leadership Network, a nonprofit public charity that fosters church innovation and growth in furtherance of its far-reaching mission to identify, connect and help high-capacity Christian leaders multiply their impact. Wilson first encountered Nouwen through his writing and subsequently met him at a speaking engagement arranged by Malcolm Street at the First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth. Wilson recalls worshiping with Nouwen at the Street home. Themes present in Wilson's interview include abuse, grandparents, Young Life Ministry (Amarillo, TX), spiritual awakening, Evangelicalism, Nouwen's sexuality and Nouwen's legacy. The print in the file is of Wilson from the shoulders up in front of plain canvas; Wilson's business card is also in the file. The interview is transcribed and available electronically or in hard copy.
File consists of an interview with Wim Wolters interviewed by Peter Naus in the Netherlands. Wolters is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist living in the Netherlands; he was a friend of Nouwen's. There is an envelope and note in the file from Wolters to Joe Vorstermans that accompanied the photograph. Two interviews were conducted by Naus. The interviews are transcribed and available electronically or in hard copy; two hard copies of the April 27, 2005 interview are available. All recordings and transcriptions are in Dutch. Brief English notes from the interviewer are in the file. They include: 15/06/04 "This was for me the most fascinating of the interviews because of the rather extensive analysis Wim put forth regarding Henri's personality and work. He is clinical psychologist with a psychoanalytic background who knew Henri for a long time and considered himself a close friend. He also knew Henri's family very well. Before the interview started we discussed briefly his ethical concerns about discussing impressions of Henri. I told him that in interviews and pieces I had written about Henri I had been guided by two considerations: not to divulge anything about Henri that was not already in the public domain and to protect as much as possible the privacy of Henri's family". 24/04/05 "Wim is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology. He is still active as a therapist and he is a member of a number of advisory boards a governing councils. I interviewed him last year as well because he and his wife, Milene, are long-time friends of Henri. This time around I wanted to focus on Henri's homosexuality because he had not said much about it in the first interview. He believes rather strongly that the emphasis should be on Henri's impact on people and how he changed the lives of many. As he stated in the tape, Henri's homosexuality as such is not a big issue, but that he did not come to grips with it is. Yet, it would be entirely inappropriate to interpret Henri's writing as the expression of a frustrated, neurotic gay person. One should not hide his homosexuality nor draw undue attention to it". File also includes letters between Wim Wolters and the Nouwen family in Dutch from 1962-1997.
File consists of an interview with Carolyn Whitney-Brown interviewed by Peter Naus in Waterloo. Whitney-Brown was a friend of Nouwen and a community member at L'Arche Daybreak (Richmond Hill, ON) from 1990-1997. There is no transcription available.
File consists of an interview with Marinus van den Berg interviewed by Peter Naus in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. van den Berg was a student at Yale. There is no transcription available.
File consists of an interview with Judith Goeman interviewed by Peter Naus in Gaanderen, in the Netherlands. Goeman lived and worked at L'Arche Hamilton. There is no transcription available.
File consists of an interview with Lieven Sercu interviewed by Peter Naus in Tielt, Belgium. Sercu was from Lannoo Publishing, the publisher of the Dutch editions of Henri's books. There is no transcription available. File also includes a typescript of a history of the relationship between Nouwen and Lanno.
File consists of an interview with Pieter Oussoren interviewed by Peter Naus in Utrecht, Netherlands. Oussoren was a former student and friend of Nouwen. There is no transcription available.
File consists of an interview with Jean and Rex Arnett interviewed by Errol Stein presumably at their home (Scarborough, ON). Jean and Rex Arnett are the parents of Adam and Michael Arnett, core members of L'Arche Daybreak; Nouwen was Adam Arnett's assistant. Additional ephemera in the file includes correspondence between Adam Arnett and Myra Alexander, copies of two photographs of Myra (originals available in General Files), 'Adam's Passion' by Geoffrey Whitney Brown, two copies of a poem about Adam by Archie B. Aitcheson, a letter to Adam from Peter [Don?] writing from L'Arche Trosly in France and one typed letter from Nouwen to Jean and Rex Arnett on his reflections after Adam's death. The interview is not transcribed.
File consists of an interview with Father John Eudes Bamberger interviewed by Joe Vorstermans at the Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard, New York. Bamberger was the abbott and superior of Nouwen at the abbey. There is a transcription available in the folder. Themes in the interview include discussions on the Genesee Diary and Nouwen's time at the Abbey.
