2010 VOF Week 3

To answer the question of challenges and barriers to creating change in my community, I first need to define what my community is. … Read More»

I started to feel the pain that surround my community since I was a child. … Read More»

I was outraged in reading the New York Times on Monday by the story of the gang-raping of at least 200 women in Luvungi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One was an 80 year-old grandmother. … Read More»

It is 3 in the morning in my barracks room and I’m lying in my rack still holding my breath; my head is swirling, grasping to understand. He finally left. … Read More»

As a person connected with the media, I am perfectly aware of the lack of representation of women in the media and publishing. … Read More»

My city, Recife, was pointed in a research some years ago as the most dangerous in Brazil. This unfortunately reflects how my community is immersed in a routine of violence and vulnerability. … Read More»

The first question of the assignment refers to change and community. So, I wonder which that community is. Women? Argentinean women? The LGBT community? My city? My country? … Read More»

False media representation is a barrier that has influenced Arizonans in a negative manner, especially in regard to Law SB 1070 against illegal immigration. … Read More»

The challenges to the change that I want to see are not rooted in any institution within the U.S. They are not challenges that we have to go to the government to march or petition about. … Read More»

One of our mentors asked, what is it that is unique about each one of you other than your DNA, finger prints that makes you different from everyone else? The room fell silent. … Read More»