On Food & Culture
This post is about US soldiers and does not discount our Iraqi brothers and sisters who have died. As of Yesterday, at least 2,344 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated …
I plan to be here in Houston on April 10, marching. What I find awesome about the massive demonstrations is the spontaneity, the diffused organization. Although local long-time activists are helping to organize the march, there is no predicting the life of this barrio natural …
I am so thoroughly thrilled at the thousands of Latino high school students here in Houston who are taking to the streets to protest the immigration legislation passed by the house of representatives. Adelante, raza! I think it’s the family issue that has ignited their …
Here’s a bit of good news that, in my still naive hopefulness, may start a trend. SAME (Straight Alliance for Marriage Equality) Press Release For Immediate Release: March 24, 2006 Contact: Tarek Farouk Maassarani Voice: (202) 398-4166 E-mail: maassive@gmail.com Straight Couple Launches Project for Marriage …
This morning I had a delightful breakfast with Claudia Peña y Lillo, a charming and disarmingly insightful Pauline sister in Santiago, Chile. She is undertaking an ambitious project that moves her large publishing house from content creator and distributor to content enabler and promoter. To …
These are some of the experiences in Santiago, Chile that confirm the strength and historical endurance of the movement of humanistic values, Christian passion for justice and peace. 2 nights ago I met with a group of women,leaders, from various community projects (housing, education, abused …
This is a plug to consider the work of the Canadian and USA members of the World Association for Christian Communication. The site of this association offers concise explanations of media and religion issues. Two of the issues that we are working on are: Communications …
I’m in Buenos Aires, visiting a Catholic parish elementary school that wants to renew its curriculum, integrating media education. They don’t want to re-do that old media education model of “I’ll show you how to de-code TV and properly defend yourself.” No one-dimensional approach here. …
I’ve recovered from my stomach bacteria attack. On LinkTV I saw a fascinating documentary about aesthetics, a conversation between two indigenous artists, James Luna (Luiseño tribe in Souther California), Ningali Lawford (Walmajarri tribe in Western Australia). “Vis a Vis: Native Tongues” is truly unique. The …
I’ve not blogged because I got sick. Too much activity in the 3+ mile-high Andean regions of Ecuador and Colombia and too much delicious but unaccustomed foods in Peru. Am slowly getting back to normal. I must say that returning to the US was, again, …