I can´t describe how amazingly well things are going here - loving it!
In short time, I´ll be back in the Far North for a whirlwind of family, food, and matrimonial celebrations - be ready!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Nuevas noticias
English classes at the UNLP continue to go very well. We have a class blog up now and movie night is a regular thing now. Also, Kristal´s bilingual writing workshop has taken off.
The immigrant experience continues to be interesting. I could see myself staying here a long time, given the chance.
I have a beautiful new guitarra criolla-eléctrica which rocks my world.
More about the Commission: The Comisión Provincial por la Memoria was created by the Argentine government in 2003, along with the Comité Contra la Tortura, with the mission of preserving national memory of the atrocities committed during the years of the last military dictatorship (under Videla, 1976-1983), a time when over 30,000 Argentines were illegally detained, tortured, and ´disappeared´. The Commission is funded by the national government but is autonomous from government agencies.
With the Comisión, I´m coordinating an internship for William and Mary students here on an exchange program who work to organize testimonies regarding the dictatorship using documentary films from the Jóvenes y Memoria program. I´ve also just recently started work with the Comité Contra la Tortura, a group of lawyers, law students and social workers who work on behalf of people detained in prisons, correction institutions, and juvenile detention centers. They publish annual reports on the state of detention centers in the province of Buenos Aires and they work daily to bring forward habeas corpus claims on behalf of prisoners. The Committee also makes surprise visits to detention centers to check on living conditions and possible human rights violations. So I´m doing a law internship with them now too, and attending a weekly training course they give for legal and social work professionals.
At the end of this month, I´ll be back in the US for a week for my bro´s wedding. Looking forward to another fly-by-night Gringolandia visit.
The immigrant experience continues to be interesting. I could see myself staying here a long time, given the chance.
I have a beautiful new guitarra criolla-eléctrica which rocks my world.
More about the Commission: The Comisión Provincial por la Memoria was created by the Argentine government in 2003, along with the Comité Contra la Tortura, with the mission of preserving national memory of the atrocities committed during the years of the last military dictatorship (under Videla, 1976-1983), a time when over 30,000 Argentines were illegally detained, tortured, and ´disappeared´. The Commission is funded by the national government but is autonomous from government agencies.
With the Comisión, I´m coordinating an internship for William and Mary students here on an exchange program who work to organize testimonies regarding the dictatorship using documentary films from the Jóvenes y Memoria program. I´ve also just recently started work with the Comité Contra la Tortura, a group of lawyers, law students and social workers who work on behalf of people detained in prisons, correction institutions, and juvenile detention centers. They publish annual reports on the state of detention centers in the province of Buenos Aires and they work daily to bring forward habeas corpus claims on behalf of prisoners. The Committee also makes surprise visits to detention centers to check on living conditions and possible human rights violations. So I´m doing a law internship with them now too, and attending a weekly training course they give for legal and social work professionals.
At the end of this month, I´ll be back in the US for a week for my bro´s wedding. Looking forward to another fly-by-night Gringolandia visit.
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