Many times people are stripped down to nothing. Their homes, their jobs, their family, even their entire towns get wiped out from under them. This is what happens to people when they have to endure the painful side-effects of war, ethnic conflict or environmental destruction in the world. They have to deal with the nothingness…
I recently saw army tanks driving down I-25 this weekend and it frightened me terribly. I thought to myself, “Wow. I never see those things.” They were enormous and frightening. How weird is it to see a tank drive through the Cherry Creek mall area? And then I thought how terrible it must be to…
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Twenty years after the well-known 1994 genocide, Rwanda is looking like a reformed country – one built on pre-colonial ideals of strong governmental accountability, social justice and grassroots organization. There are now more than 6,000 registered social or industrial cooperatives in Rwanda, many of which are in agriculture, according to the Rwandan Cooperative Agency, the…
Patty Mills, Spurs and the Stolen Generations of Australian Children By Alan Gilbert, Ph.D, Professor of Democratic Theory at the University of Denver June 16, 2014, Denver – In the third quarter of the Spurs’ vanquishing of the Heat Sunday night, Patty Mills launched beautiful arching three point shots. Small, 5’11″, he outhustles others. After…
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High school students learned how to tackle the most troubling issues in the world today at the University of Denver Model UN Conference. But more importantly, they had the chance to experience the dynamic power relationships between countries and self-interests. Pressing issues such as Myanmar’s ethnic conflict and Venezuela’s drug trafficking occupied a a…
March 3, 2014, Denver, CO- Alejandra Tello Alejandra Tello tells the story of Israeli activist, Eran Efrati (part of the traveling group The Soldier and The Refusenik) following the group’s week-long visit to Colorado. Eran was born and raised in Jerusalem. He was a young man in his early twenties who joined the military…
Denver, CO, March 2, 2013 – John Davies-Schley (16 years old, Denver Center for International Studies)This is a reflection of John Davies-Schley following his interaction with former Israeli soldiers and his interview with Denver locals on the complexity of the Israeli/Palestinian issue. The dirty little secret about complexity is that it’s everywhere. Consider that…
A few local, Denver artists decided to come together recently to talk about the importance and beauty of contemporary Middle Eastern hip-hop. In this portion of KGNU’s Sunday show “Eclipse” (airs on Sundays at 7-9pm, see below) Dave Ashton (KGNU Denver’s program manager and hip-hop artist) and I discuss some popular MidEast hip hop stars…
