What happens when the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics’ Pink Ladies meet with BCSMen to discuss big life questions?
The answer: incredible communication.
“How do boys feel about girls’ insecurities?” “Why do guys not show sensitivity?” “Why don’t you tell me what the problem is instead of ignoring me?” “What does it […]
First QUESTion Day at TAPCo reaches 700
Magic happens when 700 high school and middle school students come together to explore life’s biggest questions!
And, the magic yields power when our biggest questions are part of a larger conversation. We were thrilled to […]
Three Schools in Fall 2016!
The most exciting chapter in the QUESTion Project story has begun. As the fall 2016 semester kicks off, the QUESTion Class is running in three different public high schools in the South Bronx with over 330 […]
QUESTion Community Labs Grow and Spark Dialogue
As part of our summer internship program, our high school QUESTion Ambassadors facilitated two QUESTion Community Labs with several dozen students from the Boys’ Club of New York (ISP Summer Prep Program) and the Central […]
To Reach a Younger Audience… QUESTion Goes to Elementary School!
We recently reached our youngest group of QUESTioners, ever! And what we found couldn’t be more eye-opening.
When we were first asked to engage a room full of seventy 5th graders at Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, we […]
Student Ambassadors Lead Inspiring Workshop At Global Kids
Five of our star QUESTion Student Ambassadors came together last week to facilitate a 3-hour workshop for their peers at Global Kids, a nonprofit organization that provides global education and leadership development programs for NYC-based youth.
This was one of […]
Student Ambassadors Take QUESTion Out of the Classroom
As our QUESTion alumni family grows, so do our program offerings. We’ve launched our first-ever afterschool QUESTion Ambassador Program for students who have taken the Course and wish to stay involved. Their voices are reaching beyond the classroom as […]
Model High School In Its Second Year
A new semester is underway at our model school, Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics. Now in our second year of partnership, a team of newly trained BCSM teachers have become QUESTion Facilitators and stand […]
The QUESTion Project: We Are Busy this Summer!
At Open Future Institute Headquarters, we have an international hive this Summer…from India to Egypt, to the Bronx….we are so happy to have with us 13 interns, in addition to our staff. Srikanth who is […]
Bronx Center of Science and Math: An Inspiring Story
We successfully concluded our first year at the Bronx Center of Science and Math this past June. We ran three daily elective classes, and the impact on the students, as we can see from our […]
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Gerard Senehi, Founder of Open Future Institute, was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor last week.
NECO, the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, sponsors the award, which is presented annually to American citizens who have distinguished […]
TEDx Talk: Why Big Questions Matter
Our Student Coordinator, Josh, just returned from giving a TED Talk at the TEDxFSU conference at Florida State University. In his talk he spoke about why big questions matter in education, and how his own explorations into big […]
Welcome OFI Netherlands: Our Newest Chapter
We are thrilled to announce our first international chapter in the Netherlands! Led by our dear friends Florence Fabbricotti and Chris Hollanders with an Advisory Board of three (Susanne de Neeve, Bas de Jong and […]
The QUESTion Project Begins in the South Bronx, NYC
We have formed a wonderful partnership with the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics, a public school in the in the South Bronx, NY. This is a great school that has been selected as a […]
Second QUESTion CO-Creative Lab Sparks Curiosity at Florida State University
We just completed our second Co-Creative Lab at Florida State University. This lab was entirely co-led by two of our student facilitators, Josh Mesnik and Zach Kaye. It provided a structured forum for all the participants to explore […]
Graduate Students Get a Taste of The QUESTion Project at a Daylong Summit
At Eastern Mennonite Graduate School this November, we explored what it would take to make the QUESTion Project available to graduate students.
In this 6-hour co-creative session, titled the QUESTion Summit for Social Change and Conflict Transformation, […]