Boston Conference (a hyperlinked sketch in progress)

[avad]

I've been delaying a write-up on this because it felt so immense and I didn't know how to begin...but I realize as more and more time passes it does not seem easier so I'd better just give it a try and get out some of the highlights, even if just to sketch it out and fill in later...please check back from time to time as I fill-in and edit- I'm

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[aztecson23]

Cool! Nice to meet all thses people in your field, huh? You're so passionate about what you do, and your values. I admire that:-)

I was gonna ask you if you had read "I, Rigoberta" by Rigoberta Menchu, and "Don't be Afraid, Gringo" by Alvia Alvarado? Both books were actually dictated to a translator.

If you haven't, I think you should. These books really opened up my eyes to what the poor go through in Latin Amerca, has given a new-found appreciation for what I have, and has definitely motivated me to do something, rather than just "talk" about oppression. I really, really can't be a middle-class dolt after graduation: I want be involved in human rights and aware of what's going on with the working class of the world.

Anyway, just wanted to share that with you.

I hope you have the best holidays ever:-)

[avad]

that's great that you will be involved! hopeful.:)
I haven't read those books, thanks for the suggestions, I'll look them up!:)
A potent one I read was Luis Urrea's Across the Wire... and the one book I can't recommend enough just to help put things into perspective with even a quick repreated glance is Material World: A Global Family Portrait....

[rokkitz]

it's a wonder you didn't explode!

[avad]

tell me about it.:)