tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57764289184592471382024-03-13T14:00:54.483-07:00Colombia - Summer 09tallerdepaz09@gmail.comTaller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-78561450869460992392010-06-06T01:49:00.000-07:002010-06-06T01:49:55.349-07:00New Summer, New Website!Hey Everyone,<br />
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Just in case you came looking for us here, we've moved! Check out the link below to see our new website and learn about everything we will be doing this summer 2010.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre;">http://sites.google.com/site/tallerdepazbogota</span><br />
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But since you are here already, we'll give you a quick overview of what we have been up to.<br />
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Over the past year we have been at work raising funds, developing the workshops, generating new ideas, and spreading the word. We are happy to report that we were able to obtain enough funding to sustain the project and not only continue but improve upon what we started in summer 2009. And, with money comes responsibility, so through months of deliberation and planning we have formed 4 new workshops that will build on the previous ones. They are Art, Story-Telling, Inquiry, and Leadership. We have also formed the groundwork for a Parent's Committee, Research Projects, Mini-Workshops, and a collaboration with Project Next Generation for an intercultural exchange.<br />
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Also, this year we will be welcoming two new Swarthmore students and one more from La Javeriana. Mariela Puentes '12 will be leading the Art Workshop this summer and Jovanna Hernandez '13 will direct Inquiry (a new workshop which explores the scientific method as a way of analyzing and resolving social problems). And, Natalia Jimenez Molano, a psychology student from La Javeriana, will join Alex in the Story-Telling workshop.<br />
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To learn more about these projects and people, check out the new website. And we'd love to hear from you.<br />
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un abrazoTaller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-8844103590124439452009-08-03T13:36:00.000-07:002009-08-03T13:43:09.696-07:00Conciencia Social Blog/Website<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i>By Deivid Rojas:</i></span></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If you wish to learn a little more about our partnership with Conciencia Social/La Javeriana, here is the link for their blog. Enjoy</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.concienciasocialcolombia.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.concienciasocialcolombia.org/</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Si les gustaria aprender un poquito mas sobre nuestra relacion con Conciencia Social/La Javeriana, aqui esta el link para el nuevo blog de ellos. Disfrutelo.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.concienciasocialcolombia.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.concienciasocialcolombia.org/</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-9066404164909982772009-08-03T13:28:00.000-07:002009-08-03T19:58:54.303-07:00Protesting the Displacement Crisis<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">By: Deivid Rojas</span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">On Saturday July 18, 2009 the Taller de Paz team (from Swat and La Javeriana) attended a protest/rally on the displacement crisis in Colombia. The protest was successful on many levels.</span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9Ks0TiTLB7EypPeqcX4P2NZSLP-QLCLiPOOZjDE5-GEp8D3EwiwbVhPXNR5eeUFFwNPNS-DLbQggvry7tIR22ofQUkHnj1SwdNMCCeRjByjd3aDknpWfvqOdmT-FT2ZnO8ewzkpCRTTp/s1600-h/IMG_2282.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9Ks0TiTLB7EypPeqcX4P2NZSLP-QLCLiPOOZjDE5-GEp8D3EwiwbVhPXNR5eeUFFwNPNS-DLbQggvry7tIR22ofQUkHnj1SwdNMCCeRjByjd3aDknpWfvqOdmT-FT2ZnO8ewzkpCRTTp/s400/IMG_2282.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365839861620996386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1. Though millions of people did not show up to the protest (more like a thousand), for the people that did go it was a great sacrifice, a sacrifice they were willing to make in order to expose the injustice. Some had to skip a day of work, pay transportation costs (from money they don’t have), but more admiringly, most had to sacrifice their safety. For many displaced individuals, identifying as “displaced” can be extremely dangerous because even in Bogota—displaced people still run the risk of the military, drug lords, the guerrilla, the para-militaries, or even the government wanting to cause them harm. Thus, this rally was not only a sign of protest, but also a significant symbol of </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">courage.</span></span></b></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLk7NXwFk1XMPrCFiFeh1wLMUPZnrUrPSY3icgKvJzisX6b7Kqh_AR2qLlBOQBvhhZV6GfBXy6mqHnNyfENZ130HAaIv6TwP3gegy5fgS3UJeBL879-N-pPcLFNtjG4Byi4Oi5TsVnx0N/s1600-h/IMG_2319.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLk7NXwFk1XMPrCFiFeh1wLMUPZnrUrPSY3icgKvJzisX6b7Kqh_AR2qLlBOQBvhhZV6GfBXy6mqHnNyfENZ130HAaIv6TwP3gegy5fgS3UJeBL879-N-pPcLFNtjG4Byi4Oi5TsVnx0N/s400/IMG_2319.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365839873799113810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLUX0VVdApAx5JA2EqfQCiizoTN8buqcnCZxUcacx9S9jsgD-uhw4CUtB3k776ATMoFrbZQ9B2seZxfjrB4f7lZ4lI_8QqJF9zsfoR7L-FeRs16-dOv8X3yKXY6UfhAPoAR9vbDojjQmY/s1600-h/IMG_2275.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLUX0VVdApAx5JA2EqfQCiizoTN8buqcnCZxUcacx9S9jsgD-uhw4CUtB3k776ATMoFrbZQ9B2seZxfjrB4f7lZ4lI_8QqJF9zsfoR7L-FeRs16-dOv8X3yKXY6UfhAPoAR9vbDojjQmY/s400/IMG_2275.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365839824132721346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 206px; " /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2.</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> 2. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The day picked to hold the march was very strategic. Two days later, July 20, is Colombia’s Independence Day. By having the protest just two days before, the displacement community challenged the notion of Colombia’s Independence. They showed Colombians and the world that in fact </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">independence in Colombia is not for all.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Not for the displaced community.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYidjuSLxRcNsmZ6HyRzVxwAvJh7EjV5c53lhMYzbtcD3rbPOr7LZfuQdzkCotmouO6HcVEjto60MQRLk80_TBHjfAt-Vt1OhSpS5q__Jjhg5g_-cTkWDuUf1XDCHx9Zft_9WQqBwUJF_/s1600-h/IMG_2280.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYidjuSLxRcNsmZ6HyRzVxwAvJh7EjV5c53lhMYzbtcD3rbPOr7LZfuQdzkCotmouO6HcVEjto60MQRLk80_TBHjfAt-Vt1OhSpS5q__Jjhg5g_-cTkWDuUf1XDCHx9Zft_9WQqBwUJF_/s400/IMG_2280.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365839857683758290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">One of the biggest issues in the displacement crisis is the common apathy of many Colombians (especially those living in the urban areas). Since most of the displaced community come from rural areas many Colombians living in the cities seem unaffected by it. Though, for example, the displaced community has significantly grown in Bogota over the years (affecting schools, public spaces, population, etc), the attitude of the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">rolo</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> has not changed. Most think that the situation is all under in control. Therefore, this rally was a (forced ) attempt for the displaced community to be seen and heard by the rolos. To become visible in the eyes of the unaffected. To become Colombians.</span></span></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOvkhNq_FGtr_sZZvZJKEE_ZszDQWa_WVRtmlzl_40VNcVLMioBs1qyDGIxR7slbjLvLHqbP4-p0-EK3o6CAULVfU3-VtDmdiTpuJxivaLyj1xUm-XATabt1W_PvoFWAiMiSFaH2KKZRg/s1600-h/IMG_2303.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOvkhNq_FGtr_sZZvZJKEE_ZszDQWa_WVRtmlzl_40VNcVLMioBs1qyDGIxR7slbjLvLHqbP4-p0-EK3o6CAULVfU3-VtDmdiTpuJxivaLyj1xUm-XATabt1W_PvoFWAiMiSFaH2KKZRg/s400/IMG_2303.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365839870734043746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Throughout the march there were many chants and songs, here were my favorite ones:</span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">-Abajo el Govierno de Uribe! Abajo! Abajo! Abajo!</span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space: auto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Down with Uribe’s Government)</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Quienes Somos? Desplazados. De donde vivimos? Colombia, Colombia, Colombia</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Who are we? Displaced people. Where do we live? Colombia, Colombia, Colombia)</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hay estan, hay estan, los que roban la nacion</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(There they are, there they are, those that rob the nation)—This was said every time we passed a government office, a food/clothes chain, a person in suit.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Abajo Accion Social! Abajo, Abajo, Abajo</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Down with Accion Social! Down, Down, Down)—Accion Social is the president’s agency that deals with many social issues, and is the one that is mainly dealing with the displacement issue. After talking to many of the families that participated in Taller de Paz, talking to la Defensorial del Pueblo in Colombia </span></span><a href="http://www.defensoria.org.co/red/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">http://www.defensoria.org.co/red/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, and by witnessing this protest, the conclusion is that Accion Social is a complete failure, lyers, and frauds.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Que se cumpla la ley 387! Que se cumpla, que se cumpla, que se cumpla!</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space: auto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Fulfill Law 387!, Fulfill, fulfill, fulfill)—Law 387 is law that was passed in 1997 especially to address the displacement crisis. Obviously, this law was just constructed with false promises. You can read more about it here.</span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space: auto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.disaster-info.net/desplazados/legislacion/Ley387de1997.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In Spanish: </span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.unhcr.org/469e2c3b4.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In English:</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Somos desplazados, no somos delinquentes!</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(We are displaced, not delinquents)</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">El pueblo, sin techo, exige sus derechos!</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(The community, without a roof, demands their rights)</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I leave with some footage from the protest.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b5UbZMimIW4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b5UbZMimIW4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f-GChU2fLSo&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f-GChU2fLSo&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-89773783377870902232009-07-30T17:44:00.000-07:002009-07-30T19:02:37.527-07:00Presentaciones finales del taller de fotografía<div style="text-align: center;">BY ANDRÉS<br /></div><div><br />Hey everyone!! We just got back from a week-long adventure on the costa caribeña of Colombia, and now it’s back to work for us again. Fuimos al Parque Tayrona (one of Colombia’s national parks), Santa Marta (the coastal city that Carlos Vives is from) and finished up our foray in Cartagena de Indias (a city saturated with history – founded in the early 16th century, it was one of South America’s first major cities and served as an extraction point for all the gold that the Spanish took from Latin America). These are only superficial descriptions of the beautiful places that we’ve been - I’ll leave it up to Deivid to fill everyone in with the complete details.</div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCWlB2yxTZOXVf-jb7VqXQqyx_YT75TS-OZE5zoCG6WpLAqMdasZ5rmrqjbpg9JasINch2OJctngruYpeQ4PsOEZLYVsTvamlRMfjmI4mf5Gg7XQAVlYrvD3zQ2j54OtU2AXBZWuzFgq8/s400/5300_1133930743861_1095060315_30462555_6088623_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364438638135981650" /><div><br /></div><div>What I’d like to accomplish with this blog entry is to showcase one of the final projects produced in Deivid and I’s Photography Workshop. For the final projects, we gave our students two options from which to choose: they could either create a photographic “retrato” of their working partner’s life, or they could choose an issue in their community or in broader Colombian society and explore it through conducting interviews. What was great about the colegio in which we were working is that it happened to be in a very central location: close to the city hall of Suba, the Suba police station, and the Suba fire station. Additionally, the streets around the colegio were always bustling with people. This provided a great opportunity for the students that chose to conduct interviews. Deivid and I arranged for them to interview district councilmen at the city hall, the police chief, and people they met out on the street about the issues that they chose to explore.</div><div><br />In the taller de artes, our peer Camila had been facilitating discussions about community issues and the possibilities for change and for our final projects in fotografía many of the kids decided to further explore the issues that had been brought up in artes. Among the Topics generated by the kids for the final projects were the garbage disposal and contamination, homelessness, drug addiction, sexual abuse, and kidnapping.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGfhlsP3Zp2BC5DN8dBGAZgGAScBB70oXQA4em1sbb9yT_PkHpelqKYOrJyijrliqVGoLPpUoFrABYGJk0Q1ByT3HAnBX4xCognAnh9SF5JpJCveFE9IcfGq6W2n6T9OFYLsyqDLtna9k/s400/P7050119.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364437907324043842" /><div><br /></div><div>Our goal for this project was for the kids to apply all the skills they’d learned throughout the Taller de fotografía, but more importantly for those skills to be a medium through which the kids could communicate with influential community leaders as equals. What resulted was just that. In the presentation below made by three of our students, Yeimy, Margarita, and Sonia, you can observe how through the process of conducting interviews they gained a sense of confidence in themselves and approached their adult interview subjects as equals. This can be observed in the way they carry themselves during the interviews, from questioning the answers provided by Edil (district councilwoman) Ana Cristina regarding homelessness, to the back and forth with the police chief about drug addiction.<br /><br />We thought that this experience was really valuable for the kids for a couple reasons. One, it provided them with access to spaces and people that they wouldn’t normally have been able to access or hadn’t previously been interested in exploring. Two, we feel that the projects demonstrated to the kids what they are capable of achieving and that they have the power to voice their opinions and question authority figures. Both these issues, access and empowerment, were a recurring theme throughout the Taller de Paz; the final projects served to reinforce what had already been brought up in all of the talleres.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6i1UNW6ktQpjK0Q2AgT3bEifqHpBe2W_RIXYW1KLQEc_C_TH5CRDziaSxKs1fQpQKrNSNlaRilS5lAdXfenMWy-ZFYSQRz5XgyfKBoAOAVHMXIV1rGNfemFW74b7Pmk9JfwmHxllCo91/s400/IMG_2082-2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364435693293596546" />The progress the kids made in the three weeks of our taller was very impressive. The first week they barely knew how to use the cameras, and by the third week the cameras were being used to conduct projects like the one below. Before finishing I would like to note one more thing: our students only had four class periods to complete these projects. This means four hours to choose a topic, discuss it, create questions, conduct the interviews, and edit the presentations (using Imovie for the first time!). For this reason the presentations were a little basic in regards to editing but we still felt that what was produced was very cool and a testament to the kids creativity, energy and initiative. I would just ask that you keep in mind the time restraints while watching.</div><div><br /></div><div><br />So without further ado, I present to you “Temas problematicas de Colombia” by Yeimy Contreras, Sonia Patiño, y Margarita Gutierrez (the subtitles were added by me).<br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CfRm2U_g6Hc&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CfRm2U_g6Hc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-1925885971213303912009-07-20T21:26:00.000-07:002009-07-20T21:35:02.668-07:00La GraduaciónToday was our last day with all of the kids. We held the graduation ceremony at the colegio Maximino. We started off with a small refregerio (snack) then presented each of the Talleres, then presented each kid with their diploma and a regalito (school supplies, TdP polo shirt, and a bag compliments of La Riviera Bags), and ended with a slideshow of the whole project. <br /><br />Below are some of the videos we showed<br /><br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5675444&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5675444&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5675444">Presentacion Final de Ingles y Lit</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2028384">Alex Frye</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5688057&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5688057&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5688057">Fotografía</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2028384">Alex Frye</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-56233247098209904842009-07-14T18:51:00.000-07:002009-07-14T21:55:07.268-07:00Movie NightWe talked with some of the students who will be working with us in the next few weeks on digital stories and they told us that they have never been to the movies. Due to the hard work that they have put in already, the projects that they will have to do, and that everyone should have the opportunity to go to the movies, we have decided to try to take them. <br /><br />A movie ticket costs about 6 mil pesos or $3 US. Plus we are thinking we should probably buy everyone some popcorn to complete the experience so we need about $40. This is a great opportunity to donate just a few dollars (ie sponsor a kid's ticket/popcorn bag) and bring what for many of us is an 'everyday' activity to the TdP kids who have never gone. <br /><br />Thank you for your support so far and for visiting our blog.Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-51360829252816612092009-07-14T07:49:00.000-07:002009-07-14T07:51:44.922-07:00Visual Podcast<object width="400" height="230"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5586644&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5586644&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="230"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5586644">Untitled</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2028384">Alex Frye</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-19186268203964099972009-07-12T21:04:00.000-07:002009-07-12T21:43:19.214-07:00Somos Hijos de La Revolucion, Nuestra Almas Gritan Revolucion (We are Children of the Revolution, Our Souls Scream Out Revolution)<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;font-size:small;">By: Deivid Rojas</span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Before I start make sure to listen to the following song while you read my blogpost. The following song is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">what is probably the most classic/famous Colombian song---enjoy.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_download_shared_file&blog&file_id=f_308440484&shared_name=jfhccvco7a"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">El Camino de La Vida.mp3</span></a><object align="middle" id="player_v04" height="52" width="364" codebase="https://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param value="sameDomain" name="allowScriptAccess"><param value="http://www.box.net/mp3player/player.swf?playlistURL=http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_v2_mp3_player_shared%26_playlist%26node=f_308440484" name="movie"><param value="high" name="quality"><param value="#ffffff" name="bgcolor"><param value="transparent" name="wmode"><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" align="middle" name="player_v04" height="52" width="364" bgcolor="#ffffff" quality="high" src="http://www.box.net/mp3player/player.swf?playlistURL=http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_v2_mp3_player_shared%26_playlist%26node=f_308440484" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">These last three weeks we have been extremely busy with the program, as Cami wrote (which explains the lack of updates on the blog). We finished the end of the curriculum based program, sad I know, but before I talk about that I will give a quick recap of things that have gone down the last three weeks.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-size:small;">Taller de Tecnologia/Fotografia:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The taller that I have been facilitating with Andres (El Taller de Fotografia y Tecnologia) has gone pretty well. The kids have really enjoyed it. The first week was more technological based, teaching the kids how to use the basic camera and computer functions. While the second week we focused more on the ability to tell stories through pictures. However, through out the whole program we have focused on individual expression through photography.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Some of the activities we have done are:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Mixing identity through pictures:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhXr7vJjtx4cLelxtSHHae-DYil84RdS3mETT3sxjfoC53Ysi1Q59vSb6uhtj9L5vCwnkGoPxSZgXgLozVk8AIsZuyjQG4UL4bOUhmTKBiXTUa36rMcDZpdT3wR9GsULbpJkKqWRp02z1/s1600-h/IMG_1500.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhXr7vJjtx4cLelxtSHHae-DYil84RdS3mETT3sxjfoC53Ysi1Q59vSb6uhtj9L5vCwnkGoPxSZgXgLozVk8AIsZuyjQG4UL4bOUhmTKBiXTUa36rMcDZpdT3wR9GsULbpJkKqWRp02z1/s200/IMG_1500.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357793960104613906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Making stories out of pictures:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFI11jvUiM5OuwIcT8CrmCYq6-WHQj-6zv3efII97GyVe8cROW5F6jJm-F3r1VL2XmrgAizvDEv4xxVb-r3Ng7eAyTq3T4RV_BPhf2C3dWdDYvqwgMpfNdeb49ygrYdtEhWLFrYJNfwoSY/s1600-h/IMG_1635.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFI11jvUiM5OuwIcT8CrmCYq6-WHQj-6zv3efII97GyVe8cROW5F6jJm-F3r1VL2XmrgAizvDEv4xxVb-r3Ng7eAyTq3T4RV_BPhf2C3dWdDYvqwgMpfNdeb49ygrYdtEhWLFrYJNfwoSY/s200/IMG_1635.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357793979225914962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Creating a comic book story</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfB9GI05hnJYl9sndqfBbfTAEmR-XwTpxre2EwtFjhWrmbIiSP6dwNeyeww_VWqbwHfhkpAt5eOWvV5Yf2U79l8wrmX0kKgsjH2lt2GGeQiovfyYUZY8FgsIPwbLQKNQ0nMx-rHmgHCxvu/s1600-h/IMG_1507.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfB9GI05hnJYl9sndqfBbfTAEmR-XwTpxre2EwtFjhWrmbIiSP6dwNeyeww_VWqbwHfhkpAt5eOWvV5Yf2U79l8wrmX0kKgsjH2lt2GGeQiovfyYUZY8FgsIPwbLQKNQ0nMx-rHmgHCxvu/s200/IMG_1507.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357793964124499762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Connecting multiple pictures through stories</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8oFhXwU7PGtEBfF_h3pifV6set8ZRDhnSuJDX_nMRNIlvTRvy_tP-AOKwiHZyYJArxz7ms3ZZGpOz6d9W5JYaOS3aDsGA30kOgw-TwOgGpVV58I_zc6UPez1I-t4Pv-QmR0_PKsCOyGJ/s1600-h/IMG_1516.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8oFhXwU7PGtEBfF_h3pifV6set8ZRDhnSuJDX_nMRNIlvTRvy_tP-AOKwiHZyYJArxz7ms3ZZGpOz6d9W5JYaOS3aDsGA30kOgw-TwOgGpVV58I_zc6UPez1I-t4Pv-QmR0_PKsCOyGJ/s200/IMG_1516.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357793968091387826" style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">For the final project, which is a culmination of everything we have learned, the groups are created a digital presentation using iMovie.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">They went</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">pretty well. The older groups had the choice of either pretending to be the president, doing a self-portrait, or choosing a problem facing Colombians.</span></span></a> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We had a variety of topics chosen. Everything from garbage problems to the poverty problem in Colombia. This presentation has given the kids a great opportunity to use technology to explore these topics. During the whole last week, the kids had the opportunity to interview government officials, talk to the police, and start conversations with regular Colombian citizens on the streets. This was a great moment for our taller because it is where eventually we wanted to arrive at--using technology to explore issues and problems that affect the kid’s lives.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">& Now, the Unscripted Colombia:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">La Universidad Nacional:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A week and a half-ago the group ventured into the unknown, otherwise called La</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeowMUp1RJ4wT4KybikQN60XNdvSF4o4QddmJMB8FRgX1TwnKYhAn7xIVGxd1cvM-xWYSOzv_XvLh7gy70L6KH6gSBYs9uJgahWTWErfRa911vcbKGFExz7_OA96HpOpAxHHtCkwk9D_vY/s1600-h/IMG_1627.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeowMUp1RJ4wT4KybikQN60XNdvSF4o4QddmJMB8FRgX1TwnKYhAn7xIVGxd1cvM-xWYSOzv_XvLh7gy70L6KH6gSBYs9uJgahWTWErfRa911vcbKGFExz7_OA96HpOpAxHHtCkwk9D_vY/s200/IMG_1627.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357796111195445570" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Universidad Nacional branch in Bogota (La U, La Nacho).</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We were lucky that Camila had a connection there, otherwise we might have never gone. Once inside the sprawling campus, we met with some very kind and energized group of students who were nice enough to show us around. I had been to two of the most prestigious universities in Bogota, La Javeriana and Los Andes, indeed very nice. Nevertheless, as I walked around La Nacional, there was more to this University than ‘nicety’. La Nacional smelled like the sweat of revolutionaries, it looked like a passionate, flame-hearted mosaic of quotes where many of the walls were tagged, drawn</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDlqgrVlv7kgsorxgiLB1Jt2EB8bGoTW8KU15MCmUZZqZGuRPwiCwEPTs8TJcJlAn3bEVXp3bVtwi0Xe52ATJY-9p-8F8bgQR4tBkkPz2HfmzoNDd8UtOQpswOOeudlcmLWbefV79hFZc/s1600-h/IMG_1629.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDlqgrVlv7kgsorxgiLB1Jt2EB8bGoTW8KU15MCmUZZqZGuRPwiCwEPTs8TJcJlAn3bEVXp3bVtwi0Xe52ATJY-9p-8F8bgQR4tBkkPz2HfmzoNDd8UtOQpswOOeudlcmLWbefV79hFZc/s200/IMG_1629.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357796119920474066" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 149px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">on, and muralized. For a moment there I imagined myself drawing on Swarthmore’s walls, but then I realized I would probably be tazered. Perhaps the coolest thing was walking through a campus so filled with history. Thanks to our student-guides, we got a glimpse of the complex/violent/exciting history of La U. The massacre of 1984, Che speaking at La U (the space where he spoke is now called La Plaza Che), and los piedrasos (consisting of students throwing bricks at the police)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EqUIEUyC92JUGS2HivOu3aDzAs4baWHzBQo1UAhVh8hn9ls4Q0I59iW812DDj0QKS-mmYBW9T5QWMo2NS79p2GwRI1fPxfHzer_3lFpdNLbsMr5yYtLwHPhwOOeWu3_iWSaeFLrrhEvO/s1600-h/IMG_1623.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EqUIEUyC92JUGS2HivOu3aDzAs4baWHzBQo1UAhVh8hn9ls4Q0I59iW812DDj0QKS-mmYBW9T5QWMo2NS79p2GwRI1fPxfHzer_3lFpdNLbsMr5yYtLwHPhwOOeWu3_iWSaeFLrrhEvO/s200/IMG_1623.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357796106356764322" style="text-decoration: underline;float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EqUIEUyC92JUGS2HivOu3aDzAs4baWHzBQo1UAhVh8hn9ls4Q0I59iW812DDj0QKS-mmYBW9T5QWMo2NS79p2GwRI1fPxfHzer_3lFpdNLbsMr5yYtLwHPhwOOeWu3_iWSaeFLrrhEvO/s1600-h/IMG_1623.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EqUIEUyC92JUGS2HivOu3aDzAs4baWHzBQo1UAhVh8hn9ls4Q0I59iW812DDj0QKS-mmYBW9T5QWMo2NS79p2GwRI1fPxfHzer_3lFpdNLbsMr5yYtLwHPhwOOeWu3_iWSaeFLrrhEvO/s1600-h/IMG_1623.JPG"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This speaks to the kind of student activism that is experienced here and in other parts of Latin America. Not that there has not been such experiences in the U.S., but even currently many students in Colombia fight (literally) against the government while students in the U.S. have shifted to a more "cause activism". </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Misc. Pictures:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnssPWXPxiXFWOZn51br2__GiNpMUagDwuRgNnBjVALgpEoxbIXRgb-_QfMwW2hTLme_WuFWOn1p2Gqt-TITuinbneNc7oy5JsxDi_k1rtN1Ei0lo_pLwzpAtT5TXYskMyS_PTE9Hg158/s1600-h/IMG_1666.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnssPWXPxiXFWOZn51br2__GiNpMUagDwuRgNnBjVALgpEoxbIXRgb-_QfMwW2hTLme_WuFWOn1p2Gqt-TITuinbneNc7oy5JsxDi_k1rtN1Ei0lo_pLwzpAtT5TXYskMyS_PTE9Hg158/s200/IMG_1666.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357799515915866098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></b></p><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Dre happy we got a filled fridge</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDWf2MOakSrmgwDDUER2mK7GU6VJG_sYfkzRFcfxX79-q5KIw5pWy2zh927L6tVT4w515ApsUO-PulZWuc-_xAA8vtDzB7sn2i6g5pC3CKonDuiOeQC9Oy2E9iRrn90HMT_sthqR8CO3I/s1600-h/IMG_1664.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDWf2MOakSrmgwDDUER2mK7GU6VJG_sYfkzRFcfxX79-q5KIw5pWy2zh927L6tVT4w515ApsUO-PulZWuc-_xAA8vtDzB7sn2i6g5pC3CKonDuiOeQC9Oy2E9iRrn90HMT_sthqR8CO3I/s200/IMG_1664.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357799507723983986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">A delicious cup of Colombian coffee</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWhUGL0KmYypKTXnw9OXdPCyqLLChmzWn32sTWulIAkOTSdwwp5F9Hw1i4EW0W1AWjP6KHnphWhUKT6KI92fNZz7QAoE-6C3gQIyEJrfBYP3OjdCuRiCTFqLg6y_ChKg-YzsxwOVEVS-a/s1600-h/IMG_1659.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWhUGL0KmYypKTXnw9OXdPCyqLLChmzWn32sTWulIAkOTSdwwp5F9Hw1i4EW0W1AWjP6KHnphWhUKT6KI92fNZz7QAoE-6C3gQIyEJrfBYP3OjdCuRiCTFqLg6y_ChKg-YzsxwOVEVS-a/s200/IMG_1659.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357799500379300562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">A Beautiful afternoon in the Calendaria area.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyXGWC8UhlyQSqW2cjpRcDHEZqhgP_jw8SOKy_HGZ5UMX6PkybxpzFMDWg0re7AchVN-kZ9IKfkAFOTyvd57IY_4w35_xNg1Uk9vFqq-vBBxZWkZh4oYGp-JMf0pJhOIsZERt1n40vtMB/s1600-h/IMG_1477.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyXGWC8UhlyQSqW2cjpRcDHEZqhgP_jw8SOKy_HGZ5UMX6PkybxpzFMDWg0re7AchVN-kZ9IKfkAFOTyvd57IY_4w35_xNg1Uk9vFqq-vBBxZWkZh4oYGp-JMf0pJhOIsZERt1n40vtMB/s200/IMG_1477.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357799495379057186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Almuerzo time!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTw9oZzhhYtHX_IW1bRgRfoCgeKrn2xJYBi2wo4CoN0N-_SEeyrKujCJwbQLQ4RxyDkYFxfQKUkjjVeI9YJjhBOQL4208SMOvg_Dxp5vlJlKw_Pt64SRYRNwJublV5T_AnzeCbfaaXT-f/s1600-h/IMG_1430.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTw9oZzhhYtHX_IW1bRgRfoCgeKrn2xJYBi2wo4CoN0N-_SEeyrKujCJwbQLQ4RxyDkYFxfQKUkjjVeI9YJjhBOQL4208SMOvg_Dxp5vlJlKw_Pt64SRYRNwJublV5T_AnzeCbfaaXT-f/s200/IMG_1430.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357799491455852034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Taller de Paz Materials</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family:Times;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Up Next---Minutos! Kumis! What’s next--Look out for our podcast post</span></b></span><!--EndFragment--></div>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-79863910505202580732009-07-11T17:24:00.000-07:002009-07-12T08:09:32.789-07:00Taller de Arte, Week 2by Camila<br /><br /><br />Hola todos!<br /><br />Mil discuplas for the lack of posts in the last couple of weeks! We have been extremely busy every day with work. We just got home form our second to last day of Taller de Paz. Tomorrow will be our final event with all the kids, which will be a field trip to the Javeriana soccer field where we will be doing games, relay races, tug-o-war, a water balloon fight, and pickup soccer.<br /><br />We have a lot of catching up to do, to share with everyone what we have been doing these last two weeks. Rather than write, I wanted to show photos from the second week of Taller de Arte. Enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The sign outside our classroom:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlNp2Bnm0Ogb5c-HbnMk_TaA-tfyh3iOS3hRQ1whlt76KkrdjeUbCxDarwy8HIX8RVcmqN5Uq7WCUjeLrBwvacuMr8MkF4pG1ee2su0cNB0YqD68r54qcyt6ofGSS9W_V440uO35ysSHk/s1600-h/P7080032.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlNp2Bnm0Ogb5c-HbnMk_TaA-tfyh3iOS3hRQ1whlt76KkrdjeUbCxDarwy8HIX8RVcmqN5Uq7WCUjeLrBwvacuMr8MkF4pG1ee2su0cNB0YqD68r54qcyt6ofGSS9W_V440uO35ysSHk/s200/P7080032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357365863820114050" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Grupo Rojo worked on Marimonda masks:<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOV5cqEfVF06PwHuScKW2smIpV6W11OxHf7p0pSNyVemfHkgLA2qLi8tstoj8k8I-cN7ANS9UoH3DXzfX-4pMlnkrVx-4LC9CMV2lf4zmU_7JtNJ3EHu4MqD60q2xlFqGcuGDXU-zi3vPW/s1600-h/IMG_1662.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOV5cqEfVF06PwHuScKW2smIpV6W11OxHf7p0pSNyVemfHkgLA2qLi8tstoj8k8I-cN7ANS9UoH3DXzfX-4pMlnkrVx-4LC9CMV2lf4zmU_7JtNJ3EHu4MqD60q2xlFqGcuGDXU-zi3vPW/s320/IMG_1662.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357367814645062466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5ZVFfdlmzDQybnluhI1aI7LhJJqGlUyLpzz5BWikLXBBHRsEopzgSCd5Z3WhJoykW8eDlYJYrkTKwVUmO62p7t2e3hmCPx-W8n_GYo4idJKHFEP46RV1f4VaPyWVi62SCma83AmKoG-6/s1600-h/IMG_1674.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5ZVFfdlmzDQybnluhI1aI7LhJJqGlUyLpzz5BWikLXBBHRsEopzgSCd5Z3WhJoykW8eDlYJYrkTKwVUmO62p7t2e3hmCPx-W8n_GYo4idJKHFEP46RV1f4VaPyWVi62SCma83AmKoG-6/s320/IMG_1674.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357368517113015090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXAefIujSsOrzr9cLEnChMcR6wGuN2OUqWv8nemO9W7mMiUtu07JNS6OUZJFnZj2CandyJR0OPUVTWCdqf7AXYEZVCygDhKJQ54EQnUlRms1Yr7TlGl_7mGXY4cVZkh_jyh3dT_vDgPA_/s1600-h/IMG_1720.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXAefIujSsOrzr9cLEnChMcR6wGuN2OUqWv8nemO9W7mMiUtu07JNS6OUZJFnZj2CandyJR0OPUVTWCdqf7AXYEZVCygDhKJQ54EQnUlRms1Yr7TlGl_7mGXY4cVZkh_jyh3dT_vDgPA_/s320/IMG_1720.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357370135863797378" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Grupo Rojo members, inlcuding Cristina, Yeison, Carlos, Andres, Karen and Laura work on their various art projects with "la profe Coco"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7XSNtZ5XM1XFwgltEcwLVOk0X8udyWtm9GXCxiVEp4uqo0iIwjvxvwjRdCu1kfWEDWBgnExlIaLdj96APn1EADRYpJ424xb9a0un9zo3ipcnq8BPc5Jes0fYXDkmt_R9UErptKSayzwq/s1600-h/IMG_1751.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7XSNtZ5XM1XFwgltEcwLVOk0X8udyWtm9GXCxiVEp4uqo0iIwjvxvwjRdCu1kfWEDWBgnExlIaLdj96APn1EADRYpJ424xb9a0un9zo3ipcnq8BPc5Jes0fYXDkmt_R9UErptKSayzwq/s320/IMG_1751.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357369181480775410" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Juan Carlos painted his papier-mâché mask to show his Colombian pride, and got himself a little painted along the way...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnodCr73MMQP6Idd3o7k97H_hzKwIYeizUmq2yat8N8K_aRbGV3x46fZBCQjTNkjFg18nilFSvQIDjF8_sJnz_Z_msMu2uiz_e4hwsGPQz5zSnMOwRwbuWAtPGdkoJPaZ_2CAwBRHuLBFE/s1600-h/IMG_1785.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnodCr73MMQP6Idd3o7k97H_hzKwIYeizUmq2yat8N8K_aRbGV3x46fZBCQjTNkjFg18nilFSvQIDjF8_sJnz_Z_msMu2uiz_e4hwsGPQz5zSnMOwRwbuWAtPGdkoJPaZ_2CAwBRHuLBFE/s320/IMG_1785.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357370802838058626" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Luisa also got some paint on herself...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aGp-5cH8SH4XRqLXnL-99ycfk5RwfSTLUlPxsgELGTfYsZYMX9sA5ibzgY25NPH7ut0GI-DKNh4wyUKSJea_YYKrBFPL5Sn-mhKveLfS3bwSHFZz2-pos-kYx6ll2xGpx9QmTD6cJJNN/s1600-h/IMG_1784.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aGp-5cH8SH4XRqLXnL-99ycfk5RwfSTLUlPxsgELGTfYsZYMX9sA5ibzgY25NPH7ut0GI-DKNh4wyUKSJea_YYKrBFPL5Sn-mhKveLfS3bwSHFZz2-pos-kYx6ll2xGpx9QmTD6cJJNN/s320/IMG_1784.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357579592139829746" border="0" /></a>Juan Pablo also made his mask to rep Colombia. He explained that it would come handy while watching soccer games of la selección Colombiana.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPtwMRN4gVVt6kRJ8hfxce__l4C_g91B3cTw-s5ig01CdtvFeD179tkBk6LxhFsrduDqX-sEKfp2-ENZahme6MwmlRlJBN8PqDbPNnZNnGMvfOXaJBtxp9PpkDf6mDaLsbme3zhgJtZTB/s1600-h/IMG_1783.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPtwMRN4gVVt6kRJ8hfxce__l4C_g91B3cTw-s5ig01CdtvFeD179tkBk6LxhFsrduDqX-sEKfp2-ENZahme6MwmlRlJBN8PqDbPNnZNnGMvfOXaJBtxp9PpkDf6mDaLsbme3zhgJtZTB/s320/IMG_1783.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357579594799375602" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">With the Green Group, which is of the group of the youngest kids in Taller de Paz (ages 6-9) we made finger puppets one day. Yorgen and Yohan show off their puppetry skills:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33Loo-O2TfgCXnvbibsZ6Kvl592k9iTGoErOKgPAf2nf6hPIgZ8KqiLnbkd7BKRoJBa5YItReYIEz-D6SnuhMdzhyphenhyphenlEPjHxn-TE4v8aXDIudSu3Fiui5KR_qq2zjuE5RU8yBldNBAr5b5/s1600-h/IMG_1708.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33Loo-O2TfgCXnvbibsZ6Kvl592k9iTGoErOKgPAf2nf6hPIgZ8KqiLnbkd7BKRoJBa5YItReYIEz-D6SnuhMdzhyphenhyphenlEPjHxn-TE4v8aXDIudSu3Fiui5KR_qq2zjuE5RU8yBldNBAr5b5/s320/IMG_1708.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357577639180240082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDcV5CmRajy2auX2Ns1_MUoBnqOFaEFvgS93cHgZg3__RtXOyScgNjstO-DkAMTH91PMci5w11TBJ1Xrd95fxbesG9Jz3orLGpDDDgLqOen0NgV0nyEdTZDf1BHPAEKvpms-FB9Yx5th2/s1600-h/IMG_1705.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDcV5CmRajy2auX2Ns1_MUoBnqOFaEFvgS93cHgZg3__RtXOyScgNjstO-DkAMTH91PMci5w11TBJ1Xrd95fxbesG9Jz3orLGpDDDgLqOen0NgV0nyEdTZDf1BHPAEKvpms-FB9Yx5th2/s320/IMG_1705.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357579580391072322" border="0" /></a><br />Edna Rocío and Yeimy from the older group work on a model of their community, aka their "maqueta de barrio" which represented issues they see in their community. They decided to include both the rural and urban settings in which they've lived.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeCwCwtAYSAcr4Zlix54xYpMeIhOg-DdiTZPAUOIKgEEdOEE_cpLRUQHfENxv2MU8v2SRsF2JVAvi8mHGroC9F1lZ_N-QnzcK92mxvru7jZKU6JxBjG4e0EYe0kBDHPjizMKwADVbF_I9/s1600-h/IMG_1814.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeCwCwtAYSAcr4Zlix54xYpMeIhOg-DdiTZPAUOIKgEEdOEE_cpLRUQHfENxv2MU8v2SRsF2JVAvi8mHGroC9F1lZ_N-QnzcK92mxvru7jZKU6JxBjG4e0EYe0kBDHPjizMKwADVbF_I9/s320/IMG_1814.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357581196925535618" border="0" /></a><br />Maqueta in progress...on one side you see the tall buildings of Bogotá, the river that divides the two (which they subsequently made to look contaminated to represent the river that runs through their neighborhood in Suba) and the countryside on the other side with some colorful cows in a pen.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfong327Xy-G11sjxYtArxPER179Vyo4UJ2m-CuOxL5rgc2CofdTwovp5iNJRCIpwoq2YCQQilfMjx291Mk6G-gbKoCTMX8wCApebklQpCPCX3t1JHNepDES7X8hCuPN02IsFTekZTkdux/s1600-h/IMG_1797.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfong327Xy-G11sjxYtArxPER179Vyo4UJ2m-CuOxL5rgc2CofdTwovp5iNJRCIpwoq2YCQQilfMjx291Mk6G-gbKoCTMX8wCApebklQpCPCX3t1JHNepDES7X8hCuPN02IsFTekZTkdux/s320/IMG_1797.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357581203034596594" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Bus ride home on Friday of the second week of Taller de Paz. I really like going with the kids on the bus ride to pick them up in the morning and drop them off in the afternoon...it's a chance to hang out with the kids in a non-classroom setting, hear more of about their lives and families, talk to parents, and LAUGH!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpPx_MEwRf1nAVe-LAceX1SbgC-CSznYISEmXhft9ZGvZKNCMH-4odVxSoZ3REM99rVcqeKjD3ebQs-bn_IlxcEi5c9r3W1dX8_06H95eTQ0bW_yn4TDbeqRfTyzkUvbaevfP2VSoECBh/s1600-h/IMG_1823.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpPx_MEwRf1nAVe-LAceX1SbgC-CSznYISEmXhft9ZGvZKNCMH-4odVxSoZ3REM99rVcqeKjD3ebQs-bn_IlxcEi5c9r3W1dX8_06H95eTQ0bW_yn4TDbeqRfTyzkUvbaevfP2VSoECBh/s320/IMG_1823.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357581210364332850" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">More to come on the third and FINAL week of Taller de Paz which we just completed. We painted mural/banners in Taller de Arte! Look out for the photos of the murals to come soon!<br /><br />And finally...sunset over Bogotá. In this huge city of more than 8 million people many different realities coexist. Like most huge cities in the global south, extreme wealth of a small percentage of the population masks the marginalization of the poor, who in Bogotá are often from displaced families that have arrived to a tight job market and discrimination because of their status as desplazados (and because desplazados are often Afro-Colombian, indigenous and women...more to come on the relationship between race, gender and displacement)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvU5cOPH-2mm0RDu3_oeKzRIMhBs1Nf7ud-qbLcEGrSbYp4R5YmqiE5fuHdr7YX88Z8zWXgTivKQp0e-W1GzEnhFOVaYs1l_dEvWA0n2yNUguxngSlyjqMNg5zztUwwDSFMwi-fKu5iL6j/s1600-h/IMG_1887.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvU5cOPH-2mm0RDu3_oeKzRIMhBs1Nf7ud-qbLcEGrSbYp4R5YmqiE5fuHdr7YX88Z8zWXgTivKQp0e-W1GzEnhFOVaYs1l_dEvWA0n2yNUguxngSlyjqMNg5zztUwwDSFMwi-fKu5iL6j/s320/IMG_1887.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357588281131164818" border="0" /></a>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-33312763606166646242009-06-28T13:49:00.000-07:002009-07-30T11:49:03.843-07:00Defying “Beauty”, Colonial Structure, La Primera Maravilla, Los NO Uribistas, and Como Siempre More Amazing Comida.<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;font-size:small;">By: Deivid Rojas</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">While the Taller de Paz group was preparing for the program last week, we got glimpse of some very interesting things:</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1. Botero</span></b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> On Thursday of last week, while pasiando around La Candelaria (Center City) we bumped into famous Colombia painter Fernando Botero’s museum. The museum, which used to be una casa colonial, has a a very large collection of Botero’s famous paintings. There are many different views on Botero’s purpose, such as using obesity to mock the rich and powerful. However, when I look at these paintings I see defiance. Defiance of the structures that are rooted in art and in society about the meaning of beauty. For example, in the following picture,</span></span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-5LgxR5mvm56x8SS_72ty-0Jq4F5ay4PH13TKBx04EPfxdTlQo1N3XaPcnyQBkAQiQ6NnsielrsdxbxVSy8qVIf8MOCrh-tplnGqXboBz-uRTDyRjs2q9aaphy8jxKBSQmhaygvFPps6/s1600-h/IMG_1232.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-5LgxR5mvm56x8SS_72ty-0Jq4F5ay4PH13TKBx04EPfxdTlQo1N3XaPcnyQBkAQiQ6NnsielrsdxbxVSy8qVIf8MOCrh-tplnGqXboBz-uRTDyRjs2q9aaphy8jxKBSQmhaygvFPps6/s200/IMG_1232.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352485417136489730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Botero gives this “gorda” a very sexual appeal, as implied by the fruit, the powerful colors, the whip (I like to believe its a whip), and the naked body of this woman.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2. Colonial Structure</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Colombia, at least in Bogota, has kept some of the colonial organization left by the Spanish. This is best demonstrated by the continued importance of the “Plazas”. The following</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36NE94S5d3vwA1jh_rZOM5emKrl2pMLLsdo1ICKjRgwIaWaftmX-4l7z-S9i9Oe9Xdv0lQ2hz4DjKSeFfMQr71e5OjYBzqX8Y4RCuQbP3P0Sb4COA2U1681ivcaVAARuZdh3l47AHunfF/s1600-h/IMG_1204.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36NE94S5d3vwA1jh_rZOM5emKrl2pMLLsdo1ICKjRgwIaWaftmX-4l7z-S9i9Oe9Xdv0lQ2hz4DjKSeFfMQr71e5OjYBzqX8Y4RCuQbP3P0Sb4COA2U1681ivcaVAARuZdh3l47AHunfF/s200/IMG_1204.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352486173892892898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IQHYQBN8_xeJAM6xzXddTZ_X9aa9r_LMoakuTcGqPkkcwTV9walNa6W-lrcYPSR_s1SpuWTpiurPMNMwOu-3ADS8SR6FklqmUGd8YKADT2cx6gtTgsqmyEZrknU_INn6TCMVnTjv6qZo/s1600-h/IMG_1226.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IQHYQBN8_xeJAM6xzXddTZ_X9aa9r_LMoakuTcGqPkkcwTV9walNa6W-lrcYPSR_s1SpuWTpiurPMNMwOu-3ADS8SR6FklqmUGd8YKADT2cx6gtTgsqmyEZrknU_INn6TCMVnTjv6qZo/s200/IMG_1226.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352486187990208754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">These plazas were supposed to be the center of town, where government and administrative buildings are found, as well as well the towns church and schools.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oh, and in the Plaza de Simon Bolivar (Bogota’s main plaza), you are bound to get attacked by pigeons.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> 3. La Primera Maravilla de Colombia</span></b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvq7TZ7IcIIy21fcWcIkzq_8vzCioQG8oOKdypqvamK4Jmcd2mF8JsY9Go8pXGh9EA3J9_B7s-4thNCCteW2MT-c0QtAvzIUwox7ARUFMtH7WybZ6egMHlR02sV997GiUYmn5a13PtSGI/s200/IMG_1328.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352486990398347122" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 200px; " /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Last week on Father’s Day, the group, along with my family members, took a now tren turista, to go to Zipaquira. In Zipaquira, the famous salt mining town of Colombia, the group descended to the famous “Salt Cathedral” of Colombia. Voted, Colombia’s First Wonder, the cathedral is simply breathtaking, even for the non-religious. And yes, it is all made out of salt. Just lick the floor and walls!</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJtbaGIMM3O3sgWs5g2g2ZunvkrVQmRq3loBFjvFpcGhyoCyf5oyKEGHKSP4l6BMq-VBXO6vC9idxGSmXoeTTWlQqPPdsgyvs_Btzs7RkcCTXmco7fkQ9d2l3bX2HSgOwTqssyfd_372dn/s1600-h/IMG_1309.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJtbaGIMM3O3sgWs5g2g2ZunvkrVQmRq3loBFjvFpcGhyoCyf5oyKEGHKSP4l6BMq-VBXO6vC9idxGSmXoeTTWlQqPPdsgyvs_Btzs7RkcCTXmco7fkQ9d2l3bX2HSgOwTqssyfd_372dn/s200/IMG_1309.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352489687407905042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzOxeeCyyktbSbWKnovnY_pWiU86NIjTkXALMv4dh-euedA1E02N0kSHJXRc5CQN34zqKUW-dA1qXCRc_EirmPccWD7jtT6Gkbydm56m4nLMNHF0sn0qZQNOoxHpQnLcT2BCHjky5TNq-/s1600-h/IMG_1353.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzOxeeCyyktbSbWKnovnY_pWiU86NIjTkXALMv4dh-euedA1E02N0kSHJXRc5CQN34zqKUW-dA1qXCRc_EirmPccWD7jtT6Gkbydm56m4nLMNHF0sn0qZQNOoxHpQnLcT2BCHjky5TNq-/s200/IMG_1353.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352490165665919874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">4. Los NO Uribistas:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> And now, for some political analysis. After almost seven years since President Uribe came to power, many readings on Colombia, and a Latin American Politics class, and I still have not decided if I am Uribista, leaning towards no. President Uribe is praised for his firm hand against the guerrilla movement, the drug war, and for making Colombia safer. Nevertheless, many things get missed from this analysis. During Uribe’s administration, the displacement crisis in Colombia has significantly increased (making Colombia the country with the most critical internal displacement crisis in the world), drug trafficking and production has also increased. Thus, yes its true that the guerrilla crisis is under more control, but at the cost of many innocent lives. That is the lives of farmworkers and villagers.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So, while talking with one of my Taller de Paz colleagues, Sandra, who is from Colombia. She made me realize the in fact Uribe has made Colombia safe. But, not safe for all. Safe for those who have money and live in the cities.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">5. To leave on a good note. Here is more amazing Colombian food, yes, espero que se pongan celosos. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqKFMEbEFzUNqp0EblrYZQxw_uVU0l_DUIb7T7sfqUYhO3s3j7a0l7GaG8jMvQ3j5B1w1BjTaAqo1JSxJnKJmP0KD0oJx0mudLjdBYT-vb4zukI1g9sSnlRPQSL5pUDr5N6B7HSxtzZkX/s1600-h/IMG_1185.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqKFMEbEFzUNqp0EblrYZQxw_uVU0l_DUIb7T7sfqUYhO3s3j7a0l7GaG8jMvQ3j5B1w1BjTaAqo1JSxJnKJmP0KD0oJx0mudLjdBYT-vb4zukI1g9sSnlRPQSL5pUDr5N6B7HSxtzZkX/s200/IMG_1185.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352491522810469826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 192px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Crispy arepas.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvNlRyrNLjds0I0FylMVlWHFOdczvymXkFfCiOmdnJWD_BO_Oec3WqX1Fw_5jvHR0iVOuB-4hFr5aA8I_6o_sVEXNOo5y1BPL4j2Yin2p-D012SqsSbj9TBy1-8pJUAKoOxdSxYJXtzjG/s1600-h/IMG_1189.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvNlRyrNLjds0I0FylMVlWHFOdczvymXkFfCiOmdnJWD_BO_Oec3WqX1Fw_5jvHR0iVOuB-4hFr5aA8I_6o_sVEXNOo5y1BPL4j2Yin2p-D012SqsSbj9TBy1-8pJUAKoOxdSxYJXtzjG/s200/IMG_1189.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352491528677731730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Patacon, con carne y aguacate.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqzBcBZepXJO5no7BX5JAr1yaxH8_zYb2FDNEZxFQ4sVqMZrTVhAmDxPRxjv_jq4N3aZV80ZQ8XOZSc4EeAF3Foe9LHyGT-7v4pyHpOIfvSIAQQBKGFGcPYDdDun0A7cL1anHerHVStYc/s1600-h/IMG_1215.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqzBcBZepXJO5no7BX5JAr1yaxH8_zYb2FDNEZxFQ4sVqMZrTVhAmDxPRxjv_jq4N3aZV80ZQ8XOZSc4EeAF3Foe9LHyGT-7v4pyHpOIfvSIAQQBKGFGcPYDdDun0A7cL1anHerHVStYc/s200/IMG_1215.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352491533219326210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Crepes and Waffles: Cheese and Mushroom Creppe</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0Ylep9VbDQ1568RtRHFjBpLp86kOzXfIQrpA-xN3uIMADXVw0XJJ2kq8QyV1tC63ZDcCPrdKC-nWUI4Lbu97450uMtCt974TzK1I4wNWYzaF8tXKvHWOUlrJ_CqiB-5c9VinP12SF9qE/s1600-h/IMG_1243.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0Ylep9VbDQ1568RtRHFjBpLp86kOzXfIQrpA-xN3uIMADXVw0XJJ2kq8QyV1tC63ZDcCPrdKC-nWUI4Lbu97450uMtCt974TzK1I4wNWYzaF8tXKvHWOUlrJ_CqiB-5c9VinP12SF9qE/s200/IMG_1243.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352493422998729410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhZ-bdkrH2GjeSxrfPzSJME0Ev7_8EHHPQSZZS-r4-646tcPq8yQPsxoWIHpsAnp3m5SBT9me4LPAu64TypKlEqLSxMQ6J5a-dByl2a49pv3bQsE9BZvk0Ggpkh5zxImpft3CbaO_9rBJ/s1600-h/IMG_1244.JPG"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhZ-bdkrH2GjeSxrfPzSJME0Ev7_8EHHPQSZZS-r4-646tcPq8yQPsxoWIHpsAnp3m5SBT9me4LPAu64TypKlEqLSxMQ6J5a-dByl2a49pv3bQsE9BZvk0Ggpkh5zxImpft3CbaO_9rBJ/s1600-h/IMG_1244.JPG"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhZ-bdkrH2GjeSxrfPzSJME0Ev7_8EHHPQSZZS-r4-646tcPq8yQPsxoWIHpsAnp3m5SBT9me4LPAu64TypKlEqLSxMQ6J5a-dByl2a49pv3bQsE9BZvk0Ggpkh5zxImpft3CbaO_9rBJ/s1600-h/IMG_1244.JPG"></a></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tamal</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhZ-bdkrH2GjeSxrfPzSJME0Ev7_8EHHPQSZZS-r4-646tcPq8yQPsxoWIHpsAnp3m5SBT9me4LPAu64TypKlEqLSxMQ6J5a-dByl2a49pv3bQsE9BZvk0Ggpkh5zxImpft3CbaO_9rBJ/s1600-h/IMG_1244.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhZ-bdkrH2GjeSxrfPzSJME0Ev7_8EHHPQSZZS-r4-646tcPq8yQPsxoWIHpsAnp3m5SBT9me4LPAu64TypKlEqLSxMQ6J5a-dByl2a49pv3bQsE9BZvk0Ggpkh5zxImpft3CbaO_9rBJ/s200/IMG_1244.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352493418440824402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Two Golden Buñuelos</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And some miscellianous pictures:</span></i></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></i></b></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbaCfXwdQ0qyR1N0RtHqjQpM8xuzNWj58C9nG79CCE1VCeniUeeHPFQjyQa5FmWaGl4YJ89QmKXykA-bgvaNqFMFknmpqy6qprWjWgtqfstOOZrS5XgEP1B9i_j5qkbSIDJQ9zZL4YxtO/s1600-h/IMG_1418.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbaCfXwdQ0qyR1N0RtHqjQpM8xuzNWj58C9nG79CCE1VCeniUeeHPFQjyQa5FmWaGl4YJ89QmKXykA-bgvaNqFMFknmpqy6qprWjWgtqfstOOZrS5XgEP1B9i_j5qkbSIDJQ9zZL4YxtO/s200/IMG_1418.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352494591850437202" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Skyline of the north of Bogota</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSApcZOmRd5BVn7bDo48FK5m3pS-Qx7vNj3hLttjoeiH8d9CWTn8zzkLRo9l_ol3DbpU2g5WUFMOYc25A7PUxhPDaEu0_9QDo-Zh1LnA5Dpv54ZwwqQjWT4ZOViNkTTtAjCS3M6WxCEQ0/s1600-h/IMG_1220.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSApcZOmRd5BVn7bDo48FK5m3pS-Qx7vNj3hLttjoeiH8d9CWTn8zzkLRo9l_ol3DbpU2g5WUFMOYc25A7PUxhPDaEu0_9QDo-Zh1LnA5Dpv54ZwwqQjWT4ZOViNkTTtAjCS3M6WxCEQ0/s200/IMG_1220.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352494578255793330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Dre and Cami cooking</span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Stay put, Up Next: The first week, Candelario Obeso, Colombian music.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div></div>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-44563636967818383912009-06-27T12:20:00.000-07:002009-06-27T13:56:52.174-07:00First week of Taller de Arteby Camila<br /><br />Saludos a todos! We are so happy to hear people are enjoying our Taller de Paz blog! We are enjoying a leisurely Saturday after a busy and exciting first week of Taller de Paz. I wanted to share with everyone what we've been up to in the Art and Muraling Workshop. The two main projects we worked on this week were "Auto-retratos" (self-portraits) and the creation of masks inspired by the Carnaval de Barranquilla. The Carnaval de Barranquilla is celebrated every year in February the Saturday to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. The most famous masks from the Carnaval de Barranquilla are the "Marimondas" which are anthropomorphic elephant representations which reflect the diversity of Colombia's Caribbean region. These "elephant" masks began as a mockery of the upper classes. The Marimondas and the Carnaval de Barranquilla's other masks and dances reflect the combination of African, Indigenous and European cultures that exist in Colombia. Here are some photos from the Carnaval and the Marimonda masks:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_ZXq_lPJe9stpJoLQujPaWPtQMtU7Hg5cvVRjN0RTT6QLSOF8Y8EMlpsFtTUi11F2yu8DWI_bKCgOHV_n7fgyRj2SM2VU5QyIBj85ZoASDPrtLsiaTR3AgFykrU0mNyY2imV_27G9d4n/s1600-h/carnaval_de_barranquilla1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_ZXq_lPJe9stpJoLQujPaWPtQMtU7Hg5cvVRjN0RTT6QLSOF8Y8EMlpsFtTUi11F2yu8DWI_bKCgOHV_n7fgyRj2SM2VU5QyIBj85ZoASDPrtLsiaTR3AgFykrU0mNyY2imV_27G9d4n/s320/carnaval_de_barranquilla1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352099843097594498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3WDOJ9s1791VtKuAb7NVMAnEmeFiv1HbT-lSeWVUFZfXhTKQ4Cj8c2Lo-1Ot8Dh0O_2_7t7_5wmcUzADqDl5kZ3MUv_VzGS7BCeD4pbh5IdWbC0V-6IgqyiZlE1Z1BXZHulrIUOnv5pS/s1600-h/marimondas+carnaval+de+barranquilla.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3WDOJ9s1791VtKuAb7NVMAnEmeFiv1HbT-lSeWVUFZfXhTKQ4Cj8c2Lo-1Ot8Dh0O_2_7t7_5wmcUzADqDl5kZ3MUv_VzGS7BCeD4pbh5IdWbC0V-6IgqyiZlE1Z1BXZHulrIUOnv5pS/s320/marimondas+carnaval+de+barranquilla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352100052090860642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSG-XjeF4drh83kVY3jKDzGjw3rmjq2IwuX-TvrDpxWIeFD0-Ks60aaGC7rmF1HKsagRHVxq6NIwg3Isg6VHPSIE9GVmUwOym6VF5x47Qtc3AMxOnaAUOcJkH-zL2pCvk7vQDqZl7l1V26/s1600-h/carnaval-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSG-XjeF4drh83kVY3jKDzGjw3rmjq2IwuX-TvrDpxWIeFD0-Ks60aaGC7rmF1HKsagRHVxq6NIwg3Isg6VHPSIE9GVmUwOym6VF5x47Qtc3AMxOnaAUOcJkH-zL2pCvk7vQDqZl7l1V26/s320/carnaval-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352100306413741026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjaiE2eRQWRtGYNgWd4veCJtpAXDd7ESe1pEZb8CP3BLd8ZIChE0r9RV-cUZ_ismZLvlrXfn7P3bUPyhrAdOW3xJWBE-fhGWotPxfrPA3RaA-PU0f4_0i5_GZNd8R7hKbzvjhYws9btDK/s1600-h/440px-Leon_del_carnaval_de_barranquilla.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjaiE2eRQWRtGYNgWd4veCJtpAXDd7ESe1pEZb8CP3BLd8ZIChE0r9RV-cUZ_ismZLvlrXfn7P3bUPyhrAdOW3xJWBE-fhGWotPxfrPA3RaA-PU0f4_0i5_GZNd8R7hKbzvjhYws9btDK/s320/440px-Leon_del_carnaval_de_barranquilla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352102908545746242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Auto-retratos</span><br /><br />Since we are working with such varied age groups, the focus of the self-portraits changed depending on what made sense for each age bracket. With the older kids the self-portraits included their Head (what they think about and worry about on a daily basis), their Heart (the people and places that are most important to them) and their Stomach (what they like to do and eat). To do this they had newspapers and magazines to cut out and colored pencils and markers with which to color. With they younger kids (ages 6-9) we let them do their self-portraits including cut-outs of anything they liked. One of our younger students decided to represent himself as a dinousaur. I will share photos of the self-portraits in my next post.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Carnaval de Barranquilla Masks</span><br /><br />My Art Workshop partner Angélica, and I, began this activity by asking the students if they new of any events in Colombia where there were masks. To my surprise even to youngest kids knew about the Marimondas and the Carnval de Barranquilla. I have loved this activity because the Taller de Paz participants were really excited to make their Marimonda and Tigre masks for the Carnaval de Barranquilla - a hugely important Colombian cultural event that they've all heard about but never been to. I also learned a lot from the students through this activity, since they know much more than I do about the Carnaval. With the younger students we made the masks out of cardboard and paint, glitter, blue and yarn. We are still working with some of the older kids on newspaper papier-mache masks of Marimondas. Below are some photos of the masks (more to come!):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAjqFtjZIxasqf6_suWh-WTlcZZzKFAJDxylO7f6OzBYUHHcUsRUJ6Ad9ysQDOAifTjOOgWcXetXkuCdFZ5v1wkCyospB1CfOPfq3P2uh4Q2Y_vAKVxuQKMYJ7tfs0tRNDL0cqjhHOMuR/s1600-h/P6240308.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAjqFtjZIxasqf6_suWh-WTlcZZzKFAJDxylO7f6OzBYUHHcUsRUJ6Ad9ysQDOAifTjOOgWcXetXkuCdFZ5v1wkCyospB1CfOPfq3P2uh4Q2Y_vAKVxuQKMYJ7tfs0tRNDL0cqjhHOMuR/s320/P6240308.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352101889063135026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtq0ayptQrBzK6XH2vFEpzVzUbus5An2Y6yspZAeyJWNwJnghWt_VEq94V6GyBCWGG9jyD1zWdMFjD9ULdDrplkBkJ4Ujk1D4RJYOAWa9ilACKefEvHoK0VOlJ0kFWeTFvOV0zaSuKIL4F/s1600-h/P6240307.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtS9rbf3BsZfamptflb6DvaotjG-BmabGK4ZXuLRTzAM8FnwVXhFM2GCEtNgUB66NAOT4MHi2S7rqx0ztJGPxVrA4W7r1tqIrJWV0sjc9Sv5V7tPKH8DOOSCZPfAyvaC8udNwAljKN6KgK/s320/IMG_1508.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352110344217913122" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJrfGwUKGu7-nI90cjyiPUhvyIACrVRooBm4TN5ns85azkaU1G1YQjQ9GNH6a8iVxZY3qt3YxQXo6KcuYdlgyfYwXmwzZKS71GTrXZO6XyTZxetaz8bTC6p_ulOgldGEbQmgv96dOcVVn/s1600-h/IMG_1517.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJrfGwUKGu7-nI90cjyiPUhvyIACrVRooBm4TN5ns85azkaU1G1YQjQ9GNH6a8iVxZY3qt3YxQXo6KcuYdlgyfYwXmwzZKS71GTrXZO6XyTZxetaz8bTC6p_ulOgldGEbQmgv96dOcVVn/s320/IMG_1517.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352110966581252098" border="0" /></a><br />Next week we will begin "maquetas de barrios" or models of the student's neighborhoods where they have to represent in 3-D from their communities and include issues that are present which they would like to change or address (some initial ideas were the presence of drugs, lack of activities for young people and poor trash management services which contaminate and attract rats). We started brainstorming ideas at the end of this week and people seemed very excited about this project. We told them to think about their maqueta as if they were presenting it to local community leaders and elected officials, giving them a young person's perspective on what must be done to improve their neighborhoods in Suba of La Gaitana, El Rincón and Lisboa. Additionally we will begin brainstorming for the mural that everyone in Taller de Arte will create. We are hoping to bring in some muralists and graffiti artists from Bogotá as guest artists and presenters. I'm excited for the coming weeks!<br /><br />Lastly, I'd like to share with you the usual scene at home with my Taller de Paz family: everyone working, lesson planning and blog posting in front of their compu's:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MjUAlukhyA-i5rurJpPxVJ5pjOtMGttohgvp9koL-DkOjGvTndJKyLFndIWRvp9OqsbF_OH0qSzNIKe1bAtcnLiM6qPeZIsPHj9DUGQjTs8FWQYXPChl0P6Trwx0nBcHqk_0uSDiE-CT/s1600-h/IMG_1541.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MjUAlukhyA-i5rurJpPxVJ5pjOtMGttohgvp9koL-DkOjGvTndJKyLFndIWRvp9OqsbF_OH0qSzNIKe1bAtcnLiM6qPeZIsPHj9DUGQjTs8FWQYXPChl0P6Trwx0nBcHqk_0uSDiE-CT/s320/IMG_1541.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352114146866634914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />besos y abrazos a todos desde Bogotá!Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-55339813427570969002009-06-26T23:09:00.000-07:002009-06-27T20:15:24.237-07:00El ComienzoBY ANDRES<br /><br />It has taken a while for me to make my debut on this blog. I must apologize for that, it’s been a busy two weeks since I got here. For now, I would like to give everyone a recap on the events of last week and the beginning of this week.<br /><br /> Last Thursday and Friday (6/18-19) were the days that families had been notified to come to register their children for the Taller. On Thursday only five families showed up so by Friday we were slightly worried. Alex and I decided to go and observe – our Colombian peers were the ones actually conducting the interviews – by the time we got to the Alcaldía around 10AM only about ten other families had shown up. This was slightly worrisome. In the end, Alex and I ended up going across the Plaza de Suba (where the Alcaldía is located) to the UAO (Unidad de Atención Integral a Población Desplazada) de Suba with a community worker that we had met about five minutes before. The UAO is basically the agency that displaced persons must go to register and obtain official status as displaced persons which allows them three months of emergency medical care and access to other programs specifically for the displaced (this sounds like a decent system however in practice there are many issues with the administration of these emergency benefits). People also go to the UAO to make denunciations – to identify the reasons for which they were displaced, although few actually do this for fear of retribution from those that they are denouncing (usually either guerilla or paramilitary groups).<br /> <br />So this guy we met, Lionel Morillo, brought us to the UAO, gathered everyone (mostly single mothers who were there waiting to be attended) there into a conference room and had us present the project to them. Neither Alex nor I were prepared for the rush of stories and questions that followed. Almost everyone we talked to at the UAO had been directly affected by the armed conflict, either by guerrilla or paramilitary groups. Many had lost children, family members, or had been personally persecuted. Everyone was extremely eager to take advantage of the opportunity that we were offering and we ended up bringing about ten mothers back to the Alcaldía with us. This added about 15 children to our count and by the end of the day we had about 35 kids—what we needed. With our goal accomplished we had many more logistical issues to solve so meetings occupied the rest of the day. However my mind was not really ever able to escape the events of the morning, our first experience with the displaced community had taken a heavy emotional toll on Alex and I.<br /><br /> As this week was the beginning of the project, on Monday we had a “bienvenida” for the families of the kids that had been signed up through intake interviews in the Alcaldía the previous week. During the weekend leading up to Monday, we were afraid that not many families would actually come; our fears proved unfounded as we ended up having to create a waiting list for the families that we could not fit in. Almost everyone had fulfilled their commitment to coming to the Bienvenida even with the transportation costs that many families could ill afford, or the long walks for those that could not afford transportation.<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMuB7uj5ybTlikCmhNi8JFSaF7p1IkcTzdKM9uU4IofJPdnAATq0dhGdSrJJZ2DGKm8iqrzVXeVFFVzPOa6t6PEAbD3Ugpu8_o1ofxa_3h2JTECw5qUMU3_FQn3ya5vAHNB8UsFz1_w0z/s1600-h/P6210195.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMuB7uj5ybTlikCmhNi8JFSaF7p1IkcTzdKM9uU4IofJPdnAATq0dhGdSrJJZ2DGKm8iqrzVXeVFFVzPOa6t6PEAbD3Ugpu8_o1ofxa_3h2JTECw5qUMU3_FQn3ya5vAHNB8UsFz1_w0z/s200/P6210195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352111665619365954" border="0" /></a><br />We held the Bienvenida in La casa de la participación which is also located in the Plaza de Suba across the street from the UAO. The event was set to begin at 10 and by that time, there was already a long line outside the door. Registration was completed without any many major hitches and our presentation for the par<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilp7hG1Umej_zHhwR-VjwYbe26hXdECvIPW0avadVdZ_chCyDvkrFmkvAwr5R5Ph4huIVSe5l9-pCf5tjjH_zlAFMK0GZX6uIlL0Rdu-ZL1BN098nV8O7dYk1v3IIc-Fo_E3VX5eDrPBR2/s1600-h/P6210204.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilp7hG1Umej_zHhwR-VjwYbe26hXdECvIPW0avadVdZ_chCyDvkrFmkvAwr5R5Ph4huIVSe5l9-pCf5tjjH_zlAFMK0GZX6uIlL0Rdu-ZL1BN098nV8O7dYk1v3IIc-Fo_E3VX5eDrPBR2/s200/P6210204.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352112610480858514" border="0" /></a>ents began at 11. Daniel Huerga, one of the founding members of Consciencia Social and a student of La Javeriana, began the presentation by introducing the project after which <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4wE_8KUv7-KiP6NgOGkohJQDc8oj6HiO9_ACI2bBL9xhrAHdjLENGfYtbiiKIy41WMlKbzJj_KjV11P8mCuypkqAyKiPXFx3tBDivzOj3Ixhm6DAR1MVwPXgMoSKMd-MjPaEP2m5z3el/s1600-h/P6210237.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4wE_8KUv7-KiP6NgOGkohJQDc8oj6HiO9_ACI2bBL9xhrAHdjLENGfYtbiiKIy41WMlKbzJj_KjV11P8mCuypkqAyKiPXFx3tBDivzOj3Ixhm6DAR1MVwPXgMoSKMd-MjPaEP2m5z3el/s320/P6210237.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352113583561666274" border="0" /></a>a member of each Taller gave a short presentation about what they would be doing with the kids (for more on the presentation, watch the video in the sidebar). After the presentations, we held small group question and answer sessions to make sure that any fears or misunderstandings the parents might have would be assuaged. While all this was going on, the kids were taken to another room to do introduction activities.<br /><br /> What was great about this first day was that after months of planning and working on this project, we finally got to see the tangible results: everyone that showed up seemed very enthusiastic about the project and it was great to meet the kids we would be working with as<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCK9q4wKQHMmgvyvNoEvfidqLo1n8Kdc_BGwd9KyyQ8Oo6Vi4uiDRfiAspmVTPOdIWM3dGEVGLHGT7IMuPnYN5Bdob_sXVQHW1DO4_7dHWkw1KabGyaVn3m_oH_rOA9lJB4Qyn7l0O_C3/s1600-h/P6210260.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCK9q4wKQHMmgvyvNoEvfidqLo1n8Kdc_BGwd9KyyQ8Oo6Vi4uiDRfiAspmVTPOdIWM3dGEVGLHGT7IMuPnYN5Bdob_sXVQHW1DO4_7dHWkw1KabGyaVn3m_oH_rOA9lJB4Qyn7l0O_C3/s200/P6210260.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352114519828408994" border="0" /></a> well as all their families. It also provided an opportunity to learn more about the general histories of all the families as well as the conditions that they now live in. I left the Casa de la participación that day with a mix of feelings: happiness because of the success of the first day and all the energy that the families brought to our project, some melancholy, but mostly a sense of responsibility; our real work was about to begin.Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-52834701816844399482009-06-26T22:46:00.001-07:002009-06-27T10:55:00.439-07:00Ingles y Literatura Day 4<div>26/6/09</div><div><br /></div><div>After learning quite a lot of vocab in the first three days, today was a day of review. We started off as always with our Warm-ups; this time imitating transportation modes, expressions, and animals. For the second activity we played pictionary using the same vocab. Things got pretty heated between the two teams, but in the end we remembered that it was just a game.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsmsYF8K317Jiph8KIBGZ5BLYQNJcz9WikHDe2MfCuGkDUD5daKMgfVoGfnNb6ad7j7Y-B9rizZhNks9wjgCXqH1SzwcIpEDoDjK2DEIf1QV1o_VY3AqixThAZcT8olswtDJdBCbeFrNn/s320/IMG_2320.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351881543066519922" /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Andrés waits expectantly as the teams work <br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>out the word Octopus (el pulpo)<br /></div><div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GYP8jeaX2u5gTK9SUtWtmRIn2dv_kuIAaRJV5-euhE8yyBHTDBE30Tr6RM1eD-KCqIrAI85H7zghVxkH13_e4aixYHYp62wKBCah-plTfXOoF_SViOKCj16bDcMUEeX3B0LMzHW6tYTO/s320/IMG_2341.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351881546850091922" /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Yeihfer draws out Eye Lashes (las pestañas) for his team to guess<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUFGqYdHsss-jst7OLMl-yS8We5GEqa04BC3eE9YCgGbKYO6lwNoB-45o8IAhx4YDnkYhgtZpSiX2jqOdpBGeJc2vMO8J4G-_0itpNZjvu3uTzyGaOdIdif-r_eP_2_sMHmO14ykHrrtO/s320/IMG_2344.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351881552978131010" /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; ">Charlie (Carlos) trying to think of a word that <span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>has escaped him </span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuyjCEeu4r1-3yA_3P308dBJeuNkqL-a-DPjGzeEWSamiZnZ8lGTdPYYC8YSATQAaxivOKXxGK64GnV8d5hJ7Fd3zVWyjITx6_wk4FhH4nq6U5u5QrUP0j9JbQF555t8lH0GI3WJKBZKcK/s1600-h/IMG_2326.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuyjCEeu4r1-3yA_3P308dBJeuNkqL-a-DPjGzeEWSamiZnZ8lGTdPYYC8YSATQAaxivOKXxGK64GnV8d5hJ7Fd3zVWyjITx6_wk4FhH4nq6U5u5QrUP0j9JbQF555t8lH0GI3WJKBZKcK/s320/IMG_2326.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351881558241015074" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Luis Felipe celebrating his team's correct guessing of a word<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpO5oUrvPDHJCeHqQWPQ4Q4wvzmaBkbckw0RYZKy2QFuV2DKpoZ6KbJ8gdXL5IrU1BIqRjpv4N6RQTmkTsAANtjaaUapH5yQS0dCiZgIYbluy8hp1U1hUYYPu2NQznvfhx2LD2g3Ywvwj/s1600-h/IMG_2335.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpO5oUrvPDHJCeHqQWPQ4Q4wvzmaBkbckw0RYZKy2QFuV2DKpoZ6KbJ8gdXL5IrU1BIqRjpv4N6RQTmkTsAANtjaaUapH5yQS0dCiZgIYbluy8hp1U1hUYYPu2NQznvfhx2LD2g3Ywvwj/s320/IMG_2335.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351884375006898914" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fabian, unable to accept defeat<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRLFFBgAPcpEcetDHsAwKSqZp0HPqKh9JSI6LkbdRVRgSJa5dmVC4kGltVSAiqELpgVb6NYdo8UjFDx6STWK3caIE6N1x9ETns-7TUYXHCONsvh3gGwPOiPt6QX4VZTIUddTmSDxkYszD/s1600-h/IMG_2355.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRLFFBgAPcpEcetDHsAwKSqZp0HPqKh9JSI6LkbdRVRgSJa5dmVC4kGltVSAiqELpgVb6NYdo8UjFDx6STWK3caIE6N1x9ETns-7TUYXHCONsvh3gGwPOiPt6QX4VZTIUddTmSDxkYszD/s320/IMG_2355.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351884371440704962" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The beginning of the long trek up from the Colegio to </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>the Parque de las Nevadas.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMuDj-t5Pxyb6pBC_8srLXVJUGpafUy-yqAS54lBAORKpxzwC6ul2MRYLYE01WdtLsICLoSwy3ho7eKnb8btH-WSas9B3KUGaj4QWGGh_nihtFXqnwKR28O5Jp6of8-0-QX6RtkvzVUMW/s1600-h/IMG_2373.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMuDj-t5Pxyb6pBC_8srLXVJUGpafUy-yqAS54lBAORKpxzwC6ul2MRYLYE01WdtLsICLoSwy3ho7eKnb8btH-WSas9B3KUGaj4QWGGh_nihtFXqnwKR28O5Jp6of8-0-QX6RtkvzVUMW/s320/IMG_2373.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351884360054846834" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ingrid, posing on a ledge above all of Suba<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZEvHA1dGgp1fXuTBCGLN_k7Y3WPmFXqAXZGNwZnB9FYDTW3GMvI_99nwrDur7tXcbkWLmCYstmY8iy1UzBpbY54J9Pp3d8y7rmUgf5nD9iAmLXUb-mHa8jnEby9sXPFfxc7mhLDVDyPw/s1600-h/IMG_2378.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZEvHA1dGgp1fXuTBCGLN_k7Y3WPmFXqAXZGNwZnB9FYDTW3GMvI_99nwrDur7tXcbkWLmCYstmY8iy1UzBpbY54J9Pp3d8y7rmUgf5nD9iAmLXUb-mHa8jnEby9sXPFfxc7mhLDVDyPw/s320/IMG_2378.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351884355859630834" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Eva, with a forlorn look, gazes over the city<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxBZgY712LKmKQ1M2FOCyFYD-Opj2eDguWOU2x2ad61I2RvGEnRgaUq5r_mjvGlIAfpxhN-cVmmCDAB48URNUykOQ2JqFI7IBXL-a4grg56jIxXnzATHWi3LN7-f5VCjGSZsJENyhnoH4/s1600-h/IMG_1584.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxBZgY712LKmKQ1M2FOCyFYD-Opj2eDguWOU2x2ad61I2RvGEnRgaUq5r_mjvGlIAfpxhN-cVmmCDAB48URNUykOQ2JqFI7IBXL-a4grg56jIxXnzATHWi3LN7-f5VCjGSZsJENyhnoH4/s320/IMG_1584.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351884348628680338" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The police who escorted us on our field trip<br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>took the group picture.<br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJwpNei0Ol5tZ8ZMwB1qrFfKlwhyAGbWoAGz-NNQ9CrzVvOS7VOrautkdC2Jm6W9eBs00U5EfuxtjAVFVEi4MWiuYJJprbjjZNPAHS88zSNAKPmV52_8qRJ-F93DIsZWRYPMwweXd3KIZ/s1600-h/P6250251.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJwpNei0Ol5tZ8ZMwB1qrFfKlwhyAGbWoAGz-NNQ9CrzVvOS7VOrautkdC2Jm6W9eBs00U5EfuxtjAVFVEi4MWiuYJJprbjjZNPAHS88zSNAKPmV52_8qRJ-F93DIsZWRYPMwweXd3KIZ/s320/P6250251.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351889970244197506" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>At the park, we played soccer ... <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZ2He_r43r6aUpGEfSMmWcLbFM6hcJUIiAmthmk0M-IIxPb821_jLKFDA5srJUil_yPDI3fZHVmMDDbwoDCQBPebMZYSS17vn9fcfs3afCXTEuxN4k7Kh5Ri0JUIbuW8ChZYyOPGrd5Ny/s1600-h/P6250241.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZ2He_r43r6aUpGEfSMmWcLbFM6hcJUIiAmthmk0M-IIxPb821_jLKFDA5srJUil_yPDI3fZHVmMDDbwoDCQBPebMZYSS17vn9fcfs3afCXTEuxN4k7Kh5Ri0JUIbuW8ChZYyOPGrd5Ny/s320/P6250241.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351889964877611426" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>raced ... <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDnEKwIvEH3HIyE-jCP06NNCyG0Pm6_H5vTeYd4OpWTYV7Zm_jZRyHQ4hawHTLYwqmXaAtqzAZrsjj-AKOmjeFxOuwYeRL5tDLvpm8Flr1UHKss-Pwl_3pEqOYy0X8trQ_owNGlLrN1E6/s1600-h/P6250221.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDnEKwIvEH3HIyE-jCP06NNCyG0Pm6_H5vTeYd4OpWTYV7Zm_jZRyHQ4hawHTLYwqmXaAtqzAZrsjj-AKOmjeFxOuwYeRL5tDLvpm8Flr1UHKss-Pwl_3pEqOYy0X8trQ_owNGlLrN1E6/s320/P6250221.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351889955144580242" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and took pictures of ourselves. <br /></div>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-91100440479818950892009-06-25T23:10:00.001-07:002009-06-26T00:27:35.446-07:00Ingles y Literatura Day 3<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">25/6/09 </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Today was an exciting day in the Taller de Ingles y Literatura for two reasons:<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1) The students were able to really loosen up while they learned the vocabulary of quite a long list of animals. We ran, pounced, jumped, slithered, swam, and crawled around the room as monkeys, snakes, bulls, whales, penguins, wolves, and even rhinoceros. For the most part the rooms are sound proof, so the other classes were spared the multitude of noises made to howl at the moon, sing like a whale, growl like a dog, and OooOOooo like a monkey. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2) We did are first activity with acting and many of the students loved it. The scene was at a police station with an investigator and a thief. The thief had to explain to the police officer why they had a certain animal in their bag. Though a bit ridiculous considering that the bag is about a 1'6'' x 1' and the thief had stolen a monkey, then an elephant, then a cat, the students had some creative and real answers. They were extremely adept at thinking on their feet.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7SEVTo_DTOxrj-QX_7g-oU8UI_YldRYxoupLTy4aAPV1alpQbeT_sLZfbrriRo4U_bilw9Jaxkb-klinrxIsEXpvkFKtKbbqKH5CqEeNrEXW3KUJFg98yzNWe0vpLjJew4vvQGoKzH89/s1600-h/IMG_2242.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7SEVTo_DTOxrj-QX_7g-oU8UI_YldRYxoupLTy4aAPV1alpQbeT_sLZfbrriRo4U_bilw9Jaxkb-klinrxIsEXpvkFKtKbbqKH5CqEeNrEXW3KUJFg98yzNWe0vpLjJew4vvQGoKzH89/s320/IMG_2242.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351520013612291138" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I interviewed Andrés to see what his thoughts were on the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">crime and to make sure that he wasn't an accomplice.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0NDaMzA9cePt3WxSDXnDNHwqdQXyG5JLpcrGwuu5Cqq4IiSrNft5FN4uX9Vt2W8e4optb9HWK-1CXibyEcaz_I3Xszi18wzYQgh__1M78psvQdkNii-yDr1VCYKe1CRnnMGVU53hVP6h/s1600-h/IMG_2236.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0NDaMzA9cePt3WxSDXnDNHwqdQXyG5JLpcrGwuu5Cqq4IiSrNft5FN4uX9Vt2W8e4optb9HWK-1CXibyEcaz_I3Xszi18wzYQgh__1M78psvQdkNii-yDr1VCYKe1CRnnMGVU53hVP6h/s320/IMG_2236.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351520010127171858" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Those in the audience watched excitedly, often times</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">participating in what was happening in the scene. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrOzcYfW93i9Z_TAWHLlX3W-KLqFanV4c8MPPwAxyQuKRkRSEkROGhzjukXGokB9yJZ8Y_JRwstIwu4zLFiRH9tnclgR1tMALW1bmV7JvL4NglGZlZRqk5EU6Ydq7MejTICfaKLcRm_cB/s1600-h/IMG_2198.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrOzcYfW93i9Z_TAWHLlX3W-KLqFanV4c8MPPwAxyQuKRkRSEkROGhzjukXGokB9yJZ8Y_JRwstIwu4zLFiRH9tnclgR1tMALW1bmV7JvL4NglGZlZRqk5EU6Ydq7MejTICfaKLcRm_cB/s320/IMG_2198.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351520002676362306" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Juan Carlos had to explain how he fit a full-grown </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">elephant in the small bag. Although the assumption was </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">magic, the truth was much graver as he admitted to chopping</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">it apart in order to fit it. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIphAibOeYQbolJlIwlnzgKGqHnCvilNHSu8deNTn-Yjpnz4sCQYM_inJ_24wE4bTGiHGANDN4oOAndaMNqjDqqxoxbI1LKxz1y8koFrx3gtSxibX1mETNytFMjBOLakAa1xAU50Ar8xpZ/s1600-h/IMG_2186.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIphAibOeYQbolJlIwlnzgKGqHnCvilNHSu8deNTn-Yjpnz4sCQYM_inJ_24wE4bTGiHGANDN4oOAndaMNqjDqqxoxbI1LKxz1y8koFrx3gtSxibX1mETNytFMjBOLakAa1xAU50Ar8xpZ/s320/IMG_2186.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351519996654832562" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XTQ7KHtFFb7Nk1ZgvrG-JdyNi5GfKkmgYO8CYZWsOWiUW0_ZRQN1xkAglbxRXTsIzigQryC_LDi6aDDxftxgvnsMtZiigv9jXf_8YjywFmYCEaITJC1BXvBBAmK6pnJGrHOv2EuPciJm/s1600-h/IMG_2179.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XTQ7KHtFFb7Nk1ZgvrG-JdyNi5GfKkmgYO8CYZWsOWiUW0_ZRQN1xkAglbxRXTsIzigQryC_LDi6aDDxftxgvnsMtZiigv9jXf_8YjywFmYCEaITJC1BXvBBAmK6pnJGrHOv2EuPciJm/s320/IMG_2179.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351519992270973986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Juan Pablo was the first to go for the day. He was the perfect<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">monkey thief but with good intentions. He asserted that he </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">had to steal the monkey in order to feed his children. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_download_shared_file&blog&file_id=f_303018590&shared_name=pkl9jx0p6j"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">juanpabloladron.WMA.ff.mp3</span></a><object align="middle" id="player_v04" height="52" width="364" codebase="https://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param value="sameDomain" name="allowScriptAccess"><param value="http://www.box.net/mp3player/player.swf?playlistURL=http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_v2_mp3_player_shared%26_playlist%26node=f_303018590" name="movie"><param value="high" name="quality"><param value="#ffffff" name="bgcolor"><param value="transparent" name="wmode"><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" align="middle" name="player_v04" height="52" width="364" bgcolor="#ffffff" quality="high" src="http://www.box.net/mp3player/player.swf?playlistURL=http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_v2_mp3_player_shared%26_playlist%26node=f_303018590" wmode="transparent"></embed></object></p></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPC3rlc284RujgFzILHK9odfm_ZoP-9kLCroHP3ReEwBlMbGmtPWk1sQqYQqUU_bQ1sSnbPQ-oiFTlm1hZ3tXvMpNyvhL5-JrYEFxUU2zY7AgXh6IvjLNqOTBDEaCLhWNYkEpIj8mO8ry7/s1600-h/IMG_2282.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSS7S7cBRBEzYSqw-g6ObUUKAxOqL8y-EyoWMX5XLC1pyHm37AHBkSGSy8mAqme9rKglQXVVAmTjGnPKUccLDye_OfsqTvbonjLvvNVKzTYiBPIAFSCNmy7wcHh7mC8QUHofXrVfvI949Z/s320/IMG_2267.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351522087989189570" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Paula showed now mercy during her investigation. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">She gave up to 50 years in jail for the robbery. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28ghNOILoa-UQTy3a3zxT-DCeyKrcrHrhtG7q4nkkkvU1dwfw7jivEjW7uLRFK7Kqp7h2OlCnuqFihwlcHAw_boDVx_wUIwYHfgvl_Mu_XqQiK50iZWZZldA-InM4I5sTiquNGkcHwFfV/s1600-h/IMG_2260.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28ghNOILoa-UQTy3a3zxT-DCeyKrcrHrhtG7q4nkkkvU1dwfw7jivEjW7uLRFK7Kqp7h2OlCnuqFihwlcHAw_boDVx_wUIwYHfgvl_Mu_XqQiK50iZWZZldA-InM4I5sTiquNGkcHwFfV/s320/IMG_2260.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351522081411403586" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">William played cool when he was on the hot seat. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nothing that I asked him seemed to phase him despite</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the steep charges against him, including stealing a shark</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in order to murder.<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubvDxNQlhgqXLYRq4XwHC1vwGoUQUZz7bCn_-AOxYhkPGEqqR62fTakgn9U5wewEy5dhYRLr_Fj7f_Hba6lyBi0OgXrVpZ1vr8grDBfZJ3Tl1PVyo3JwqIj9OP02cnhksAFSx2TqUr3pV/s1600-h/IMG_2250.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubvDxNQlhgqXLYRq4XwHC1vwGoUQUZz7bCn_-AOxYhkPGEqqR62fTakgn9U5wewEy5dhYRLr_Fj7f_Hba6lyBi0OgXrVpZ1vr8grDBfZJ3Tl1PVyo3JwqIj9OP02cnhksAFSx2TqUr3pV/s320/IMG_2250.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351522077769593906" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The younger students mapped out a zoo with the animals </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">that they had learned earlier. I can't say that I am a huge fan<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">of zoos because the animals always look so depressed, but this<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">was an excellent activity to reinforce the vocab. </span><br /></div>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-10214036164713751522009-06-24T16:44:00.000-07:002009-06-26T00:08:18.324-07:00Ingles y Literatura Day 2<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>24/6/09<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Today in the Taller de Ingles y Literatura we first learned several different expression such as happy, angry, scared, sad, and mocking. After practicing pronunciation, we eaach emulated the different expressions using animated faces and gestures as well as loud and most likely obnoxious sounds. Then we learned the different parts of the face including eyes, noses, ears, eye brows, cheeks, etc. We played a game where one student blind-folded was guided by another student to find the different parts of the face on the floor and collect a complete face. </p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvYKIG_B_e3plXS2leqvdlktkCS6ZfxJ74OZVzFkCr_vQfuli5KnwkP-9EkqUMGqe9g-b2b5P1R93wDx3TuLUSsk-JLVWLxijYb_rbnjcS60bhpPwlM55kes4dtTLUyWLl_67F9ocJtkP/s1600-h/IMG_1967.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvYKIG_B_e3plXS2leqvdlktkCS6ZfxJ74OZVzFkCr_vQfuli5KnwkP-9EkqUMGqe9g-b2b5P1R93wDx3TuLUSsk-JLVWLxijYb_rbnjcS60bhpPwlM55kes4dtTLUyWLl_67F9ocJtkP/s320/IMG_1967.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351509290128794818" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>To start the Taller off, we warmed up by animatedly expressing <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>happiness, sadness, anger, etc<br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcspmwhugS7t0pyUnAor0ZA8QgejW66YoiX5HpY0-xzjWv7tUHOX3bVQBIVhNMMlAXLajmnoBedbcNz-oGnZ3vJqmdpzWEKuosd4qHs5ziAkdMkOKtN-m1ea88XC4sitJyRo_LR3XEIZFZ/s320/IMG_2138.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351514706922586450" /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>After they had the vocab down, I passed them the camera<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and they gave me instructions as to what emotion I should </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>express. As soon as they said the word in English, I made the </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>face and they took the picture. This is the result of "scared". <br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR1RcSrJtmyDsYx6XeWk0NzO7dW8HFie_4j49lVor38mYH0zljabJhguUOOG9oROyJAxOCh1c0rjENIntxTN0jyMslQ9w-jeKQQG5bM6Vl1ieppLE7uSZF1qdEGzDzRZELlwvNusCI1-9/s1600-h/IMG_2121.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR1RcSrJtmyDsYx6XeWk0NzO7dW8HFie_4j49lVor38mYH0zljabJhguUOOG9oROyJAxOCh1c0rjENIntxTN0jyMslQ9w-jeKQQG5bM6Vl1ieppLE7uSZF1qdEGzDzRZELlwvNusCI1-9/s320/IMG_2121.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351514702881990658" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>After three workshops in a row, we went outside for some</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>recreation. The students hung out in different small groups</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>playing various games.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgE_mlkkpaZKO4F-uU4HEPk7_Ddj1ZWOUgVhWGxE-MIkbwBOIyi_qcrllMoGwhMJz8rbF8W86OwOh4B4_RpLhIML_eVHnfmyswYCf9rY1sSwSEvLj_-MkFQk3KebYekkEYnmmZA88JOjzH/s1600-h/IMG_2093.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgE_mlkkpaZKO4F-uU4HEPk7_Ddj1ZWOUgVhWGxE-MIkbwBOIyi_qcrllMoGwhMJz8rbF8W86OwOh4B4_RpLhIML_eVHnfmyswYCf9rY1sSwSEvLj_-MkFQk3KebYekkEYnmmZA88JOjzH/s320/IMG_2093.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351514698004855186" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Valeria is always willing to smile for the camera. She is</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>very active and very very curious. Every time I see her </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>she asks me to translate a new word from Spanish to English.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlpQsHkTVlteFCUKUvdh_WFQERwfmY7XkYgzDMkN27W5DsR5iyBqTNrNuaWL4yKVGSdLn8hyphenhyphenE-SMjATGcR4wUXa0DVcJLYtrOFHwCrA4_rBQu8ulgUEXS58TN-41c_oYeUIaYMv-PMc_Z/s1600-h/P6240048.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlpQsHkTVlteFCUKUvdh_WFQERwfmY7XkYgzDMkN27W5DsR5iyBqTNrNuaWL4yKVGSdLn8hyphenhyphenE-SMjATGcR4wUXa0DVcJLYtrOFHwCrA4_rBQu8ulgUEXS58TN-41c_oYeUIaYMv-PMc_Z/s320/P6240048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351526009607430594" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Then Deivid began the arm wrestling fights. All of the students</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>wanted to challenge the Profers (as teachers are called here), and we</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>were able to win all of them until they began to organize ... <br /></div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpgPHNmi0Wt1_2u4cHeXFJ9uVb3VYM8ntJX1U1YU49zjD0lRBPhU8515yVHABPq0EqCCUdlP3eqopEs2XFiLYat5ksUnFYkMtH8u4pj3m7Mip7pTGXWsdYDZXqxah7S2oNcd7-0ztPB9i/s1600-h/IMG_2091.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpgPHNmi0Wt1_2u4cHeXFJ9uVb3VYM8ntJX1U1YU49zjD0lRBPhU8515yVHABPq0EqCCUdlP3eqopEs2XFiLYat5ksUnFYkMtH8u4pj3m7Mip7pTGXWsdYDZXqxah7S2oNcd7-0ztPB9i/s320/IMG_2091.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351511893630577474" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>And we had no chance. <br /><br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2laSdg8TUvS50rAqUt6ny2lhuJ156ZWsTfZXcAojRHhYkm8pzZP0Wc8IGa2w_em1x9OS4ISyoLKjlUgfbzM9ThoYf_Q4mfVqjRoRssuLbYmr5MLdBAhuztT56mDkh5yc9eN1S8vtTN2NF/s320/IMG_2081.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351511877730903890" /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPLLYCEPjOSvZFA1QhznbgyGgNqnJUK7sFM3Ay4d6eIevjnBDGOfVopblT9fUzqHBRVj_AySysRdeUz2JrpYRHxWtbFDnZrKF6dVrHTOYRbJM68VAfznqhNNj8xfe0KtghXnqdPupB1xm/s320/IMG_2035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351509294219782866" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div>We returned to the Tallers for another activity that involved</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>finding the different parts of the face on the floor, naming them,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>and then putting the face together (eyes, ears, nose, and mouth). <br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>This was all done blind-folded with a guide to tell them where to</div><div>go to pick up the different parts, in English.</div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6hMGxpOoXQfsXkYdYfM9rhWgwdKVWt0vHiC-OpdCEZPYX0SHIVtorzoE2YuDOuscZjWnGfMsgg8JzhT-qSwzYkznIx07gf0sho1oG28qGp7ZfIvzJ9Oaxuj-2Juyly6ZgqnxY7X8XYYy/s320/IMG_2072.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351511862379414482" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4vkoDNGEEGGM-n_vhwGZNST3wZfUBfsC81cPUOYMxFmFkARdUuEM9SKIFKlDgq_ms-d8vHLqiVOD6LD0wpuR-SkQzh9aLyn0j9c6_rBz9MApy01j5W4218aP_hIIJ9Mn9rizeiAXt_S8/s320/IMG_2062.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351509313048477138" /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRfHCOP54g5gKMM8mluih8CZsGstMEi2wk7PfZK4QiCU7Tf7HFN6UxGWTK-ip8jfSlVcmNvlJJZzkvVOGgowvCUmTMtqjbvKXxsumgmBL6zyyDLrOCHcpLjX5bMco3p16t4wwWrMVnCY3/s320/IMG_2058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351509305577946674" /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKqLx99a9QAvIsRn2nY6UyfRt5gKi2tT3nc7ZzhWUxsJX-7CLA7zWNczf9_YrnT1GPaTHjg2phSnCpsYlqdEkl8ZgW-pbHh6EV3AutC4KCHtQrRjzVzWwmj4UREqRhYnL3EKgf8tiKmEX/s320/IMG_2053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351509302921778274" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCRevR774LPD0A0r_HvAubqiG_DEROBHd_fr9-MwbBOZ1sXHIpcV7tKkLXFm_Vouo5p15rlw1EL5tj-TB9mHUGSndQevSRT7Amfb1vPd9UBUXRoZ0A4m_xJrBj69pA5Wp2iZeDzJcee15/s320/IMG_2086.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351511882803530418" /><div style="text-align: center;">The younger students put the face together over</div><div style="text-align: center;">the real face of Valeria. </div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipo2dUGr7OGte_QDXyKUdnx-rzSWbdlpwu8pFttOMkOIY_gUyGgpPl4xy9X7k-jqBa46rx-TEXO7DCKfhftt-17WjePDNxDO_Js4J7izRwHkdWGvNoyCF6tq1eUTUWp7O0V5piQ98AG0Y/s320/IMG_2168.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351514712361643490" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Paula posed next to the face that she put together. <br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-50627670765169799832009-06-24T16:22:00.000-07:002009-06-26T00:28:28.620-07:00Ingles y Literatura Day 1<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>23/6/09<o:p></o:p></b></p> <span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We started the Taller de Ingles y Literatura learning modes of transportation, months of the year, a few numbers, and how to present yourself. In order to memorize the vocab for the different vehicles, each student was assigned a vehicle and we simulated traffic. Of course this traffic included cars, taxis, boats, airplanes, helicopters, and even submarines all on the same street.</span></span><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNB97BHbj1Dujcu6YoIX3e2183HrVSI2hDuNANBzFQVhS7xGrDOFxzruKVAKpKpIFPU57suL9SRplrig7_0soLGzwMMIMamhosEr97BZ64x6g3_QPO4LGKGbk4dGHUfZ3O-pcjn1Vqaeg/s1600-h/IMG_1975.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNB97BHbj1Dujcu6YoIX3e2183HrVSI2hDuNANBzFQVhS7xGrDOFxzruKVAKpKpIFPU57suL9SRplrig7_0soLGzwMMIMamhosEr97BZ64x6g3_QPO4LGKGbk4dGHUfZ3O-pcjn1Vqaeg/s320/IMG_1975.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351040882487970018" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>In the Taller running around as cars, trucks, airplanes, etc.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlv1pmKoc3HQ7xqeGQFb6Wn3dj1eEQKMAa4I4uf2fN7gETFV33JdlgDIy1_6Ebxkllkdut0tZHX_n9XQ4xsbwUyIMYsl_U-obs_eAI1vtwhPlbfCWzac5DKaH0rO9UEw8oXrd02NQ-63nA/s1600-h/IMG_2007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlv1pmKoc3HQ7xqeGQFb6Wn3dj1eEQKMAa4I4uf2fN7gETFV33JdlgDIy1_6Ebxkllkdut0tZHX_n9XQ4xsbwUyIMYsl_U-obs_eAI1vtwhPlbfCWzac5DKaH0rO9UEw8oXrd02NQ-63nA/s320/IMG_2007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351042151044367042" /></a><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>On the bus with Luisa and Denis <br /></div>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-11224081967585978832009-06-21T21:32:00.000-07:002009-06-21T22:48:05.640-07:00¡Anticipación!<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >by Camila<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWHuTne9bd6HkNyhSgAz56expsnVRY0ZE9l1wZg9-QN1-wSXf7UsGpoeWpcBq-DU8dE3n_RTzvNADj_LeQidxkM_gv4pPBUiL8NG8P883cxlSkSelopekXJgxkgWtzCq-rVPJyXrhXS-lH/s1600-h/swat+group+mirador.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWHuTne9bd6HkNyhSgAz56expsnVRY0ZE9l1wZg9-QN1-wSXf7UsGpoeWpcBq-DU8dE3n_RTzvNADj_LeQidxkM_gv4pPBUiL8NG8P883cxlSkSelopekXJgxkgWtzCq-rVPJyXrhXS-lH/s320/swat+group+mirador.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350011852159415890" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Saludos a todos!<br /><br /> I’m excited to be writing my first Taller de Paz blog entry. Here were are, the night before the Welcome/Bienvenida for the parents and kids that will be participating in the Taller de Paz program. Tomorrow we will finally see the fruits of our labor—a binational brainstorming, planning, coordinating and creative process that began more than five months ago. We are excited, nervous and anxious to see how tomorrow will turn out. We have around 50 kids signed up for the program, and after interviewing parents and making follow up calls we hope that tomorrow at the Bienvenida we have a full house in the auditorium of the Casa de la Participación de Suba (“House of Participation” in the district of Suba). For the Bienvenida we will be introducing ourselves to kids and parents, doing “actividades de integración” (integration activities) with the kids, while giving parents a more in depth description of the project and doing small group question and answer so we can respond to any concerns parents may have. We will end the Welcome event with delicious food for everyone in attendance. On Tuesday we begin our regular programming from 10am to 3:30pm with our morning icebreaker and the four daily workshops: Photography, English & Language, Social Justice and Art & Muraling (my workshop!).<br /><br /> Since my arrival in Bogotá a week ago we have been busy meeting with our wonderful and committed student partners from la Universidad Javeriana to solidify both logistical details (e.g. outreach, transportation, food and materials) as well as the day-to-day functioning of the four weeks of the Taller de Paz (e.g. curriculum planning, coordination of the workshops and field trips/special events). Much of this had been figured out before, but of course there are always last minute details. Below are photos from our various meetings this week (what could be more exciting that photos of a meeting!? haha).<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgildNBeYoDnyBesnA_nHfLt1N2wnaIzwH5WEAHgd-dAY646DKBukksCX0JExwHbYDyojss3WBTxVomUxkBGSdnFnQlGVPNz_J-KU37j72FyXwMvZVXJyQbosgAV_IgY6-w_0b4s1f1pOl/s1600-h/taller+de+paz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgildNBeYoDnyBesnA_nHfLt1N2wnaIzwH5WEAHgd-dAY646DKBukksCX0JExwHbYDyojss3WBTxVomUxkBGSdnFnQlGVPNz_J-KU37j72FyXwMvZVXJyQbosgAV_IgY6-w_0b4s1f1pOl/s320/taller+de+paz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350008724027706386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZl0XCK1106JuwNUH77OzUh3LtaWXG1HQa06StIItkklCm3mYZTSXdplUzjzQmoOubsPMn4KPaqweTLA4sEI6tw9eXC2b4VVSYNk3TQ4cAFkH79j4poBew05GHVPOjtH4vRY7B1mpObv7d/s1600-h/taller+de+paz+suba+mtg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZl0XCK1106JuwNUH77OzUh3LtaWXG1HQa06StIItkklCm3mYZTSXdplUzjzQmoOubsPMn4KPaqweTLA4sEI6tw9eXC2b4VVSYNk3TQ4cAFkH79j4poBew05GHVPOjtH4vRY7B1mpObv7d/s320/taller+de+paz+suba+mtg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350009502177242130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3eZXp84OAq8KzdCHjCPhO-zvdPRq0ke-VaWeonZV90-MWrptgF64lk-DbiR2rzKbH6SAkrSbBXC9aFk0zZUWysxR-wcFsUegwWsNIYEKs_q7UTc_5VWNX4L-J-crh9sKPoakJJLGiATj/s1600-h/cristian+y+alex.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3eZXp84OAq8KzdCHjCPhO-zvdPRq0ke-VaWeonZV90-MWrptgF64lk-DbiR2rzKbH6SAkrSbBXC9aFk0zZUWysxR-wcFsUegwWsNIYEKs_q7UTc_5VWNX4L-J-crh9sKPoakJJLGiATj/s320/cristian+y+alex.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350010203168323618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilyFIUNbjGKUOWsrrGciPA8E8XXyuMejMvk51adIIK_TY1R7g3-8olilZJ4fRazrRcDkcFVgt951eSfIewfBSs6yhNX429oQMIujeeriImwSE_RTgbewX5xPuOxj1rrRMWLrqvNj_EgZXR/s1600-h/tdp+reunion+casa+diana.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilyFIUNbjGKUOWsrrGciPA8E8XXyuMejMvk51adIIK_TY1R7g3-8olilZJ4fRazrRcDkcFVgt951eSfIewfBSs6yhNX429oQMIujeeriImwSE_RTgbewX5xPuOxj1rrRMWLrqvNj_EgZXR/s320/tdp+reunion+casa+diana.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350010408812255266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> Besides meeting with all the Taller de Paz coordinators (Javeriana & Swat students), we have had a chance to get to know our contacts in Suba, within the local government as well as different organizers that do work in the community.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2Xo8uhewTr2smOaEuL7VXwVA-fpULgHd7_3aXddPrsmM8IgSleVIHbKMO2uJlcS7KNqIA-MqPqfx6YIHBo6DNUGkl7HbzCqGSgsPsDq9hT9Ltz3foGdesv8E4gVgEgT7woVl0Tm9wKvq/s1600-h/dei+y+se%C3%B1or+st+catalina.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2Xo8uhewTr2smOaEuL7VXwVA-fpULgHd7_3aXddPrsmM8IgSleVIHbKMO2uJlcS7KNqIA-MqPqfx6YIHBo6DNUGkl7HbzCqGSgsPsDq9hT9Ltz3foGdesv8E4gVgEgT7woVl0Tm9wKvq/s320/dei+y+se%C3%B1or+st+catalina.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350012484485169618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqX2uH1Tp-siP4QFMnVw4zDcXtTWFy8bhPm7NtmQxI9qCv0JCdWCsahHRe6hL-NFonpwNLXKq6EOKs3aP73q0n4s6yoSlTOE0rA9iOs8DYjDZ-GsoQbRYRpZisY58DjLYm-YSL55oUFEtZ/s1600-h/edil+carlos+camacho+y+alex.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqX2uH1Tp-siP4QFMnVw4zDcXtTWFy8bhPm7NtmQxI9qCv0JCdWCsahHRe6hL-NFonpwNLXKq6EOKs3aP73q0n4s6yoSlTOE0rA9iOs8DYjDZ-GsoQbRYRpZisY58DjLYm-YSL55oUFEtZ/s320/edil+carlos+camacho+y+alex.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350012740493624210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> On Thursday and Friday parents came to sign their children up for the program. Those were the first days that we got to know the families with which we will be working and hear about their experiences as internally displaced people that have recently arrived to Bogotá. Alex and Andres were the members of the Swarthmore team that helped conduct interviews, along with Sandra, Angélica, Diana and Katherin from the Javeriana team. I will allow them to share more in depth about these experiences. What has become apparent is the degree of violence and loss that displaced families live with; many families that we interviewed have had their children killed and once they moved to Bogotá have found it extremely difficult to find employment. There seemed to be great interest in the Taller de Paz program.<br /><br /> We hope that tomorrow will be the beginning of a process of growth and community-building that will take Taller de Paz from a seed of an idea to an empowering, collaborative and relevant program for kids from displaced families in Bogotá.</span>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-14202476597272886182009-06-15T11:02:00.000-07:002009-06-15T21:58:44.474-07:00The Colombia Less Seen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOt9MLl0SN223aCPmg8oC7oFoZaVUx7iDsfSZzZK7PWhS7Y_o208-9PFpxS_zHnoIFv52F__p7iVpGWuyvgtrXFNqn31nXAnTMTH9bt1uNdukmQssbngVcikMVKi2610UsIvYlTCl-ImPm/s1600-h/IMG_1167.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;font-size:small;">Hola--</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I'm sorry I've taken forever to publish my first post, but the first week in Bogota has been filled with doing project related stuff, meeting up with family, finding an apt. etc. I promise to be more on top of my blog posts.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">My colleagues (Alex, Camila, Andres) and I have decided each to focus on a different aspect of Colombia/the project. The voice that I have chosen to take for this blog is <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">one of </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">esta es la verdadera Colombia, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This is the realColombia! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Growing up as a Colombia<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">n-American all I've heard people talk about when they mention Colombia is drugs </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(specifically Cocaine), the war, and once in a while, Shakira. However, I don't blame them because that is what the media chooses to portray. Nevertheless, through my two months here I would like to show the unique, rich-in-color, culture filled, and fascinating place that is Co<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">lombia. This is not to say that I will not talk about the negative aspects of Colombia, because like any other country there is plenty to talk about. However, I would like to place more of a focus on the part that most people and the media leaves out--</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Colombia Less Seen-</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The food, places, transportation, colors, people.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">With that being said, I want to highlight some of the interesting things I experienced in my first week in Bogota.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Public Transportation</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bogota has is a bustling city, I would even compare it to New York. There are people everywhere, walking, working, shopping, eating. With 7 million people, Bogota has developed an innovative and amazing transportation system that is way better than that of most cities, such as Miami and Philadelphia.</span></span></div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvYsIf0K4pKiFDw9uZ1Z2NWXYsOBK8PjT3TZOnW2QwTpVo3MOxiCYC18wlVIeZ75QcH8IaOpGUpCVQoPSHgGwXYmiwmXzPzFdf6HJ3XLjMTEgQseZ3iuI1O3NndxJjWrv92p5Kyxdplvh/s320/images.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347770484996998114" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The main source of public transportation is the </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Transmilenio. </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This is a fast-</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">speed bus system that works to reach most places in Bogota. Basically, two road lanes that would normally be used for cars, are closed off for solely for these</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> buses. Inexpensive, practic</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">al, and accessible to most </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">rolos </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(people from Bogota), the Transmilenio is a great option for a growing city with a growing population. Its been so popular among rolos that other countries have started taking the idea. The downside to the Transmilenio is the amount of people that at peak hours are found in these red buses and what this facilitates (a haven for pick pocketers).</span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Besides the Transmi, Bogota has other private buses that have access to parts not accessible through Transmi and the cab service is excellent (over 100,000 taxi cabs in the city!)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Food</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The amount of food that I have consumed during this week has been ridiculous. I lost like 6 lb while in Miami, but I</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">believe that those have been gained. It really is hard avoiding all the variety of food that Colombians eat. In </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">my blog posts I will try to highlight specific foods, but since I've been running between restaurants and relatives' houses, for this week ill just provide pictures and names, and you can be the judge!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAXpR8pzC0dreYdmld0ZxeW1njfmy_7OI91GdwwN7NJR4lRM9on2mASpqwkB1ftCGvu2sWDXci_PeEj1ar8Ej5U-RSSnKDoghPxKQsU0MV9DUURv_ttPU7eODOpNEbSbxFgz_MhhGYaW7/s200/IMG_1146.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347775441574163282" /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkPoO4qZhjAKeNMtMcj031Dx8xpwHhdoI1no0JU9f1KjbfyNlAMTE7kZXctF5ZAPGJ-UIYCGq0_wy8St-6jKkGTB0b8t3batMiqmReH2fyLhmC0Yy2vpSRykGdOcQtL03CvEW0CMkkEz5/s1600-h/IMG_1151.JPG"></a></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkPoO4qZhjAKeNMtMcj031Dx8xpwHhdoI1no0JU9f1KjbfyNlAMTE7kZXctF5ZAPGJ-UIYCGq0_wy8St-6jKkGTB0b8t3batMiqmReH2fyLhmC0Yy2vpSRykGdOcQtL03CvEW0CMkkEz5/s1600-h/IMG_1151.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Q945RZPDYmzyKaQEnHfxVD1Tehs4ewE8BXp86edrFTabfi5TXwgbs-ViV8Skr8tNKfaXGj1kCQjiV2EilYLJXO2MrONqp7J0l8qe6JGRR_bXZGS0QUwo56QFBocvO-TKmyP686gOimyy/s200/IMG_1134.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347777643964456050" /></a></b></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Granadilla</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This deserves its own section. Alex mentioned this fruit in his last post. Simply amazing...don't judge a book by its cover!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVfH_p702uWrYksOuQr-PH1CjDisqYiPQ7WykGZ9Wyf5835fbf_SHbfDStq8u8ZK9VZmOXV5cl33O7VF209ytDcZSR-OCqH4AE0bU4z0Gzyz1rHxHoMPpZnwuDJOgPR6JnUiChPHaLBDQ/s1600-h/IMG_1175.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVfH_p702uWrYksOuQr-PH1CjDisqYiPQ7WykGZ9Wyf5835fbf_SHbfDStq8u8ZK9VZmOXV5cl33O7VF209ytDcZSR-OCqH4AE0bU4z0Gzyz1rHxHoMPpZnwuDJOgPR6JnUiChPHaLBDQ/s200/IMG_1175.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347778961059943474" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A Classy Flea Market</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I've been to only a couple of flea market, but the ones that I have been to do not come close to the ones I went to on Sunday in the Usaquen area of Bogota. Beautiful arts, amazing food, and live artists. What more can you ask for?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Here is just a small preview:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOt9MLl0SN223aCPmg8oC7oFoZaVUx7iDsfSZzZK7PWhS7Y_o208-9PFpxS_zHnoIFv52F__p7iVpGWuyvgtrXFNqn31nXAnTMTH9bt1uNdukmQssbngVcikMVKi2610UsIvYlTCl-ImPm/s1600-h/IMG_1167.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOt9MLl0SN223aCPmg8oC7oFoZaVUx7iDsfSZzZK7PWhS7Y_o208-9PFpxS_zHnoIFv52F__p7iVpGWuyvgtrXFNqn31nXAnTMTH9bt1uNdukmQssbngVcikMVKi2610UsIvYlTCl-ImPm/s200/IMG_1167.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347782321542823394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 88px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57-MB174-3S_7L3tnwk27jam6ZqJfsRYNH-_AU6Cr6J4ybdowGUTOsuKUGXDVL3PAMSH6C54-BTeLGV4g58iox0B3M7Kc_6yTPpFVjZ0zrKrF6FbpbRoOUeeGA9CXeX1HTPXrpH94tNlo/s1600-h/IMG_1171.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57-MB174-3S_7L3tnwk27jam6ZqJfsRYNH-_AU6Cr6J4ybdowGUTOsuKUGXDVL3PAMSH6C54-BTeLGV4g58iox0B3M7Kc_6yTPpFVjZ0zrKrF6FbpbRoOUeeGA9CXeX1HTPXrpH94tNlo/s200/IMG_1171.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347782317927189202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpkopUzpRLlRGjrtH2YeSqtmQ-G-Gy-RsNC3h8yB18EQXxIvdDbJ6xhbq4qfWEX_zok6ZqW76vZKUpm2hgbAWiIZWJUECtQdgaR3rEPoNtwqoKDgRCfjtkO5JudAmpoSesp2xGMMuBZFY/s1600-h/IMG_1158.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpkopUzpRLlRGjrtH2YeSqtmQ-G-Gy-RsNC3h8yB18EQXxIvdDbJ6xhbq4qfWEX_zok6ZqW76vZKUpm2hgbAWiIZWJUECtQdgaR3rEPoNtwqoKDgRCfjtkO5JudAmpoSesp2xGMMuBZFY/s200/IMG_1158.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347782311617809090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCQHansbVtReWY_YtyqeUUt2W_uS_3wzwZTbtpaFoQMVutgUnGGvfH-Bc-ZzlRN_YVZ6R93j4vucmNdHOrtQlNm-BRNKNOhXGwwZT49rEANSdGX1QnnB03OhpvH9uFqriRQkOnGtfR0J5/s1600-h/IMG_1155.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCQHansbVtReWY_YtyqeUUt2W_uS_3wzwZTbtpaFoQMVutgUnGGvfH-Bc-ZzlRN_YVZ6R93j4vucmNdHOrtQlNm-BRNKNOhXGwwZT49rEANSdGX1QnnB03OhpvH9uFqriRQkOnGtfR0J5/s200/IMG_1155.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347782305109562978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 158px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">With this I end my first blog post. Hope that this </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">r</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">n</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">g</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">d</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">f</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">f</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">r</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">n</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">d</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">f</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">l</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">b</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">d</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">l</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">d</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">c</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">l</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">y</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">r</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Deivid Rojas.</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span> </span></span></span></i></b></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span> </span></span></span></i></b></span></span></div>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-50378776264421638792009-06-12T23:56:00.000-07:002009-06-15T10:48:45.100-07:00¡Todo es chévere!<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">New Words</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />Chévere -- the Colombian all-purpose adjective: Cool! Sweet! Awesome! Delicious! Perfect! Super-Fun<br /><br />Arepa -- delicious breakfast food, that kind of looks like a mix between a hash brown and a pancake but takes nothing like that combination. It usually is accompanied by butter, cheese, and eggs. ¡MUY RICO!<br /><br />Ubicar -- to locate, to find: ¿Estás ubicado? Do you know where the hell you are?<br /><br />Franja -- stripe or band: For your safety, do not stand on the yellow FRANJA.<br /><br />Lúdico -- fun, non-academic: usually describing activities<br /><br />Pico y placa -- As words, together they make no sense as far as I know, but to Rolos (those who live in Bogotá) it is the traffic control system which determines which cars can drive on which days<br /><br />Incrustado -- embedded, inlaid; however, when used to describe how you feel about life, it means that you'd rather not: Él está incrustado de la vida.<br /><br />Billetera -- wallet<br /><br />Alcadía -- governmental body for a city, the head official is called the Alcalde, similar to a mayor<br /><br />Granadilla -- One of the most delicious fruits on the planet despite that the insides look like a giant slug upon first opening<br /><br />Rumba -- partying, clubbing, dancing, drinking, the usual fun stuff<br /><br />Chimba -- Bogotá slang for a good time, cool, fun, etc<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Introduction<br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />How exciting it is to be in Bogotá! The city is alive and absolutely full of people. I have never been anywhere like it. I would even venture to say that New York would have a hard time keeping up especially with the buses that give you no more than one second to board.<br />I apologize for not having written sooner, but there has been so much to do and see. To catch up, I'll start form the beginning.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Monday, June 8th<br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />I left my home and family (see my most magnificent mother and me below), and stepped on to a plane headed for Miami Despite a 24 hour flu and some strange single-serving encounters during the flight, I arrived and was picked up by Deivid and his most gracious family. After doing some major packing, we rested for our final day in the United States.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9QocMJ1ib0lOVsBtIR_BexZ-UWPVa5huJVe73UzwNONQBntLkOWFpWjAXZ26ciy4arwaTQlRjDD4t2RhQK3MEI70-i8FjSQ3q6Km_KNma2j3pRybQiqcmXUSsP3y69Ivagyuf11nDXT9/s1600-h/IMG_1421.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9QocMJ1ib0lOVsBtIR_BexZ-UWPVa5huJVe73UzwNONQBntLkOWFpWjAXZ26ciy4arwaTQlRjDD4t2RhQK3MEI70-i8FjSQ3q6Km_KNma2j3pRybQiqcmXUSsP3y69Ivagyuf11nDXT9/s320/IMG_1421.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346706576792704674" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tuesday, June 9th<br /></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />Drive to the airport, check in 6 bags (carry-on 2), shuffle in socks through security, wait at the gate, board the plane ... nerves on end. The plane is gigantic (see below), no one is speaking English, but the food is delicious (Note: Comparable only to other airline food), and the entertainment is even better: choice of movies, tv shows, music, even games such as </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Who Wants to be a Millionaire? </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(apparently not me). Avianca treats its passengers well.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtA_MjgxbI-UPfHUCW3LOB8s5wCebG9JH0Wb3ODqUMmrrxixuVIaDB2v5WM-PApoUY1zvL5oxvf1QCckp8TIX8I-MiCjEP8OVf5CY_DpAuOhDSYiPWVBjZeDdlKckdKgHjy0boqS4RAXuN/s1600-h/IMG_1433.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtA_MjgxbI-UPfHUCW3LOB8s5wCebG9JH0Wb3ODqUMmrrxixuVIaDB2v5WM-PApoUY1zvL5oxvf1QCckp8TIX8I-MiCjEP8OVf5CY_DpAuOhDSYiPWVBjZeDdlKckdKgHjy0boqS4RAXuN/s320/IMG_1433.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346709122277690306" border="0" /></a></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbyk-zKYT8X3i_ZWBWQMNHINRDs8_XSqBrS_lvin0omFU0NhAFcx2TXuJzmOMXduCx1UnsFiFutvn_1CMUIKU_9H8FKVe6eaP5Smhfz0pvjXvUIdH_TW4tbiwGyZj4Y-ijfvY9QCTwRm5/s1600-h/IMG_1427.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbyk-zKYT8X3i_ZWBWQMNHINRDs8_XSqBrS_lvin0omFU0NhAFcx2TXuJzmOMXduCx1UnsFiFutvn_1CMUIKU_9H8FKVe6eaP5Smhfz0pvjXvUIdH_TW4tbiwGyZj4Y-ijfvY9QCTwRm5/s320/IMG_1427.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346708528439987810" border="0" /></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyduAqOoSay7KqKB01pFqjEOM-H-6XqbHURSxVXwxWsHSF-IrkplobyVQOPs2mit-C_m9H9UiMOlLQMf21dwrNyGngR65wKrEBKsqSDjz_vBVoe_rRWFl0FvBbqsV4DY4cnORTfDurNCX/s1600-h/IMG_1436.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyduAqOoSay7KqKB01pFqjEOM-H-6XqbHURSxVXwxWsHSF-IrkplobyVQOPs2mit-C_m9H9UiMOlLQMf21dwrNyGngR65wKrEBKsqSDjz_vBVoe_rRWFl0FvBbqsV4DY4cnORTfDurNCX/s320/IMG_1436.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346709627999093890" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Once darkness settled in, we arrived to be picked up by a friendly and generous crowd of Deivid's family. After we had a quick bite to eat at Deivid's tío's (Uncle's) place (sandwich con jamón y queso) and dropped Deivid off with some bags at his abuelos' (grandparents') place, I left with Cristian and Daniel, the Colombian team leaders, to stay with Dani at his most hospitable tía's. Although I lost at both FIFA and Mortal Kombat vs. DC, it was a great first meeting, and I couldn't be more excited for our project.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Wednesday, June 10th</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />Woke up with a swollen left earlobe, second guessed the spontaneous decision to pierce ear 3 days before the trip, but the day began anyway and only got better. It stared with a most delicious typical Colombian breakfast: aprepas con queso y huevos and chocolate milk. ¡Que rica! I then walked around the city for a bit with Dani to get a fell for the city. Later we met up with Deivid and headed for Suba, the district for Bogotá where we will be hosting the project. There we met with Carlos Camacho, an official of the Alcaldía of Suba. After our meeting we toured the different sites in the area where we will be able to take the students. See picture of Plaza de Suba below.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGNAyI8ZYZZx0vxTA9Y5QIoynEwdqDZs0bH5fbbKrGB80Vb77qKhPCtb5KNTo_4bv8w5ieSNJJ3NWX5zL7bODC4olJElreqSlaWhc2V9LhFYjYkaHdYijZiqmdihfsIIcxbT-d5owO8UNJ/s1600-h/IMG_1451.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGNAyI8ZYZZx0vxTA9Y5QIoynEwdqDZs0bH5fbbKrGB80Vb77qKhPCtb5KNTo_4bv8w5ieSNJJ3NWX5zL7bODC4olJElreqSlaWhc2V9LhFYjYkaHdYijZiqmdihfsIIcxbT-d5owO8UNJ/s320/IMG_1451.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346714005321427106" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />After we finished all of the business for the day, we called for one last meeting with Dani, Cristian and some new members of the Colombian Taller de Paz team: Kathrin Lopez, Diana Diazgranados, and David Gonzalez at a nearby pub in "El T" next to the center of social life in the area Parque 93. I don't believe there is a country in this world without an Irish pub.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCw5GyDrR1WH34j6KOAliOUJM1b7iQ3h6BoovcMskZM4QoXkx5c-K5CZv1vtWE6X_97l5CJKBK9hjfGmWdjjJQbpLRkS7WYZrbBG-iwmKGivVaB8SBVOod2TtH7IgTapFGYxLnzYmmvmDn/s1600-h/IMG_1469.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCw5GyDrR1WH34j6KOAliOUJM1b7iQ3h6BoovcMskZM4QoXkx5c-K5CZv1vtWE6X_97l5CJKBK9hjfGmWdjjJQbpLRkS7WYZrbBG-iwmKGivVaB8SBVOod2TtH7IgTapFGYxLnzYmmvmDn/s320/IMG_1469.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346714439168008578" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thursday, June 11th<br /><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ear inflammation went down thanks to some quick action on the part of Deivid and Dani with some Isodine ... Youthful rebellion still intact!<br /><br />Today we visited La Javeriana, the home school of our Colombian team. On our way there, we rode one of the many buses that weave in and our as well as stop suddenly anywhere and everywhere throughout the city. While on the bus, we were provided with entertainment by a street performer who hopped on with his guitar. The music was bittersweet, and at the very least, moving for this young, impressionable American.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Listen to a sample in the player below.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_download_shared_file&blog&file_id=f_297665186&shared_name=kqbypr0c39"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">busRideGuitarJune11.mp3</span></span></a><object id="player_v04" codebase="https://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" align="middle" height="52" width="364"><param value="sameDomain" name="allowScriptAccess"><param value="http://www.box.net/mp3player/player.swf?playlistURL=http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_v2_mp3_player_shared%26_playlist%26node=f_297665186" name="movie"><param value="high" name="quality"><param value="#ffffff" name="bgcolor"><param value="transparent" name="wmode"><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" name="player_v04" bgcolor="#ffffff" quality="high" src="http://www.box.net/mp3player/player.swf?playlistURL=http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_v2_mp3_player_shared%26_playlist%26node=f_297665186" wmode="transparent" align="middle" height="52" width="364"></embed></object></span></span></p></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The rest of the day we spent searching for an apartment. We finally settled on a small but cozy, one-room apartment, complete with a bed space, kitchen space, table space, patio, tv, and internet. It is also near the Transmilenio which is Bogotá's public transportation system. It consists of a network of buses that drive around the city in </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Solo Buses</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> lanes and stop at numerous stations. It has so far been very fast, efficient, and cheap. We concluded our day with a little unpacking and some prep work for the project.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9W6v4DhRI-q_8UR1doWxraxHAPsSWNcyheykFJuIvkGYVf7NmX0BEJZi3_7HtLrnO26A07A7NJrUmusq37cZkpBVarol-ecsgnv7maYB9Euv7RhJLRet-PbKzRyZhWe0869z3jWSgK-_h/s1600-h/IMG_1475.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9W6v4DhRI-q_8UR1doWxraxHAPsSWNcyheykFJuIvkGYVf7NmX0BEJZi3_7HtLrnO26A07A7NJrUmusq37cZkpBVarol-ecsgnv7maYB9Euv7RhJLRet-PbKzRyZhWe0869z3jWSgK-_h/s320/IMG_1475.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346935772631739698" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Friday, June 12th<br /><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Late start, but not too late all things considered. Hopped onto the Transmilenio and rode over to the office of Deivid's grandfather's leather store, La Riviera. We drove over to their place for a delicious lunch of chicken rice and veggies. On our way back to the office we stopped by Parque 93 and picked up some Juan Valdez coffee, Colombia's (tastier) version of Starbucks. Afterwords, Deivid and I visited Parque Nacional, a wonderful green space in the city. (See photo below)<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBtk6jTwPykb13IuED8o4FSMyJihXmmhvE7WdefVHdkOVB7j9m8wTrDYZYS8dTvd_bcnsjT12fep3VZbbjmvEmWxKhmjReZuEOSfFI6eIBOi__djxb_2exBnE75__b9NHh0e9POBo1nf5/s1600-h/IMG_1494.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBtk6jTwPykb13IuED8o4FSMyJihXmmhvE7WdefVHdkOVB7j9m8wTrDYZYS8dTvd_bcnsjT12fep3VZbbjmvEmWxKhmjReZuEOSfFI6eIBOi__djxb_2exBnE75__b9NHh0e9POBo1nf5/s320/IMG_1494.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346718615284888386" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />We returned to the office and helped to pack up and ship the last order of the day. Leather wallets, belts, and bags sell very well around Father's Day. As Deivid slid the boxes down a long wooden ramp, I caught them and tossed them over metal rollers to the waiting truck. To finish the day, Deivid's tíos (Aunt and Uncle) invited us to dinner at the Corral in </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">La Gran Estacion</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, a rather large shopping mall in Bogotá. We then did a little grocery shopping and called it a night. </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLtWSHK8uY6O9pOMScuY-T6lYfLf2L6vcIIDi-z-P8EiHindHcK07Lf6Szm03bbA4Fq__-1vghfvcItV-TwjhLcbodKFfkh8cqhLwNZcKrnAiyhBYoufMpj7O4ZpYVGMiSB8I7cWEKbjx/s1600-h/IMG_1512.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLtWSHK8uY6O9pOMScuY-T6lYfLf2L6vcIIDi-z-P8EiHindHcK07Lf6Szm03bbA4Fq__-1vghfvcItV-TwjhLcbodKFfkh8cqhLwNZcKrnAiyhBYoufMpj7O4ZpYVGMiSB8I7cWEKbjx/s320/IMG_1512.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346722159414865058" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />(This is the milk section ... bagged and not refrigerated, but still delicious)<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Conclusion<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This has been my/our first week in Bogotá, and it has been muy chévere. Thanks to everyone who has made our move to the city so easy and enjoyable. Be sure to check out the slide show on the sidebar to see all of the photos from this week. If you click on it, you should be able to view larger versions.<br /><br />Much Love<br /><br />pax,<br /><br />Alex Frye</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776428918459247138.post-23434998002814770142009-06-06T15:08:00.000-07:002009-06-15T10:49:19.430-07:00Thank You! Gracias!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">MIL GRACIAS!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Now that we have introduced the program and have provided some background information, we would like to thank the people and entities that have helped make this program possible!</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ENTITIES/GROUPS:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Conciencia Social</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: La Javeriana University </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">La Pontificia Universidad </span></span></span></span></span><em style="text-decoration: inherit; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Javeriana</span></span></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility of Swarthmore College</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Swarthmore Foundation Grant</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Social Sciences Division of Swarthmore College</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Language Resource Lab of Swarthmore College</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">McCabe Library of Swarthmore College</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Friend's Meeting House<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The District Government of Suba in Bogota, Colombia</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Mayor's Office of Suba in Bogota,Colombia</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Colegio Distrital Simon Bolivar, Suba</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Alimentos Polar Colombia</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Shine-A-Light </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">http://www.shinealight.org/index.html )</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Avianca Airlines </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">La Fundacion Colectivo Revolucion y Rimas </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">SPECIAL THANKS TO:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Miyuki Baker<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Aurora Camacho</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Carlos Camacho <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Edison Freire</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Janice Gallagher<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Julia Graft<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Paola Guerra</span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Cristian Gomez<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Daniel Huerga<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Paul Jimenez<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sandra Jimenez<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Michael Jones<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Pamela Kane</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Deb Kardon-Brown<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Jennifer Magee</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Melissa Mandos</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ruben Pacheco</span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Leandro Ramos</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tony Rocco<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kurt Shaw<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Camilo Vega</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-weight: bold;">Stacey Bright</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-weight: bold;">Edston Detrich</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); 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This is over very first post of many to come, and we hope that you stay around as this project develops. Before we get started, we want to say thank you to all who have contributed to the project either through materials, space, advice, contacts, or all of the above. We'll get to naming all of you later, but for now we just just want to say thank you because without you Taller de paz would not be possible. </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Second: An introduction to the US team </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Deivid Rojas -- Deivid is currently in Miami, spending the few weeks he has there before the beginning of the project! He is originally from Bogotá, Colombia. He just finished his sophomore year in Swat and is excited to be a part of this project. He is planning to major in History and minor in Political Science and (Film and Media Studies, Latin American Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies..who knows?). Throughout the project he will be leading the Photography Workshop with Andres Freire and also managing many other aspects of the program.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Alex Frye -- Alex is currently in between his sophomore and junior years at Swarthmore College. He is originally from Illinois. He is planning to major in Political Science and minor in Spanish and Latin American Studies. Throughout this project, Alex will be leading the English & Storytelling Workshop along with managing the blog and PR. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nelson Andrés Freire Kane -- Andrés completed his Junior year at Swarthmore this year. He currently lives in Philadelphia, but his roots are in Ecuador. He is double majoring in Economics and Spanish. Right now, he is somewhere in the United States driving around on his cross-country expedition. During the project he will be leading the Photography Workshop with Deivid while also managing the budget. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Camila Leiva -- Camila has just graduated from Swarthmore! She is currently looking for a place to live, but finds her home in Chile. She special majored in Sociology and Education. She is also traveling around the world before she finally arrives in Bogotá. During the project she will be leading the Mural & the Arts Workshop and managing the direction of the big projects.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Third: A History of the Conflict</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As you may have read, this summer we will be working with kids who are from families that have been displaced by the violence of the civil war. For many of you this may be old news, the conflict has been going on for over 50 years), but for others this may be new so we'll give a brief overview.</span></span></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In 1948 Liberal presidential candidate, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, was assassinated. As one of the first viable candidates from a leftist party for an electoral rise to power, his death set off what would become decades of ruthless violence, the beginning of which is aptly named </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">La Violencia</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. During this time guerrilla groups organized in order to protect the interests of the poor and the farmers, the largest being the FARC (1964) and the ELN (1964). The fighting between the guerillas and the government forces and later the paramilitaries caused brutal violence throughout the country. In need of land, food, personnel, resources, and control, the soldiers often turned to the poor farmer as objects of exploitation. The violence against those living in the countryside was unbearable and created a constant fear that permeated the country. This violence has been further escalated by the U.S. "Drug War" against Colombia. As a result, many families made the decision to move to the cities for safety. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The children with whom we will be working this summer are living in the district of Suba on the outskirts of Bogotá because of this history. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Of course, as to any history, there is much more to say about this and we will explore it as the weeks go on, but please feel free to add comments with any knowledge or questions that you have about the situation.</span></span></span></span></div>Taller de pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626716573230438410noreply@blogger.com0