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Houston is energized about the upcoming super bowl. The Baptists are praying over seat cushions so that when the fans sit on them, God will watch over them: “Volunteers will say a brief “SOS” prayer over each seat asking for salvation, obedience to God and …
One of the highlights of the North South Radio Dialog was a one-hour talk show about the world summit on the information society and its relevance to local communities. Using its network satellite, ALER connected panelists from four countries: The Netherlands, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia. …
I am sitting with a friend, Pepe Arevalo who is going to start his own blog…daily. He runs the systems at ALER. He is from Peru and wants to hear from anyone who is passionate about radio. Especially from the US he wants to hear …
Yesterday I visited Ximana Chala, one of the inspiring leaders within the Centro Cultural Afroecuatoriano. She is working on a new video about the afroecuadorian legacy in the tourist areas of Ecuador, unveiling many surprises about the African history in Ecuador. If you click on …
Happy new year. Back from vacationing during the holidays, I find myself in Quito, Ecuador, where I with 12 US and 12 Latin American radio activists-leaders. We�ll be here one week for a seminar that tries to forge working relationships in community and public radio. …
I’ll be off blogging, off computer, off work. For Christmas I’ll be San Antonio with my extended family, eating tamales, empanadas, mole. Peace and happy new year. Ad�n
Fair keeps an up-to-date watch on media coverage practices and features helpful commentaries. This commentary by Norman Solomon humorously compares the ten commandments to media practices. It has been reprinted in the WACC newsletter, “Action.” WACC helped to organize grassroots voices during the recent Geneva …
Mary points to a speech by Howard Dean on December 7th in which he offers reasons for winning in 2004. The speech is inspiring: “….we want to raise our children in a world in which they are not taught to hate one another, because our …
On Sunday in Dublin I visited the designer of the website, Sacred Space, which is now so popular that it gets 10,000 visitors daily and lots of email. Rev. Alan McGuckian, S.J thought of this design after attending a retreat in India where the group …
The central London traffic and pedestrian congestion is so dense that it is difficult to walk. I am told that everyone is scurrying to do Christmas shopping. I’ll return to Houston next week and get into this frenzy. Tamales will be on my table. This …